Creative Works Portfolio: Space, Time, Creativity, and the Changing Character of the Recording Studio: Spatiotemporal Attitudes Toward “DIY” Recording

The proliferation of low-cost digital music production tools has changed the way recording artists and music producers experience recording technology and the spatial environments in which they record. This NTRO portfolio is a collection of recordings designed to determine how the performer experiences purpose-built large-format recording spaces and DIY recordings conducted in non-traditional spaces. I acted as a recording engineer, mixer and producer of 17 works over a 3-year period with 3 different artists evenly dispersed between large-format spaces, DIY spaces and a hybrid approach combining both spaces. The findings indicated there was no significant technical or aesthetic advantage over any environment. DIY recording practice reduces the economic restrictions associated with formalised recording practice and reduces power relations in the recording studio in favour of the artist.