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Creative Works Portfolio: Connecting music writer and producers with underrepresented communities

Taylah Jade Jensen, Kevin Starkey, Andy Ward and Lachlan Goold
2021
Appears in  NTRO Research Collection
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Music technology and recording Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services not elsewhere classified Music First Nations Music Cultural consultation Music production Consultation and collaboration
Background: Democratisation of recording technology since the proliferation of digital recording technology is broadly debated and problematised (Leyshon 2009; O’Grady 2020). While recording technology is more affordable and available than previously there remains a lack of diversity in recording practitioners. So too, knowledge hierarchies and access to technology continues to disadvantage lower socio-economic, and regional and remote artists seeking to create marketable artefacts for global release. Connecting First Nations (FN) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) musicians with the appropriate level of consultation in production and in the developing of capacity for music commercialisation remains largely under researched (Chadwick et al 2004). The question that emerges is how do modern music writers and producers work with underrepresented communities given these challenges? Contribution: These two works emerged from a collaborative songwriting, recording and production process to overcome the barriers or accessibility, equity, and capacity through cultural consultation led by Uncle Kevin Starkey. In this exploratory process, Uncle Kevin and Andy Ward recorded, co-wrote and co-produced both works in-person and virtually with artist Taylah J. As mixer and co-producer, Lachlan Goold further edited, arranged, and mixed the songs for release. This work represents a cultural and commercially appropriate model for consultation and collaboration through music co-authorship with all elements including narrative, composition, production, and the development of this statement all being ATSI and FN led and facilitated through appropriate consultation. Significance: Through this work, Taylah J achieved feature artist on Triple J unearthed and was a finalist in Triple J’s Unearthed High competition. Both songs have received national airplay on Triple J and is included on the First Nations media Australia and CBAA compilation collection First Sounds Vol. 6.

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