managing music data
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Presentation given by Neil McDermott, Resource Development Officer in Music, University of Glasgow. Presented at the 'Managing Perfomance Data and Documentation' seminar held in Glasgow on 17th February 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Managing Musical Performance Data and Documentation
Neil McDermottSchool of Culture & Creative Arts – Music
- 0141 330 2067
Managing Musical Performance Data and Documentation
• Managing research data in the College of Arts
• Case study: Bass Culture in Scottish musical traditions
• Documentation & data in music recording
• Best practice methods for dealing with performance data:-– Formats– Metadata
Database containing (or referencing) delivery quality dataset
Publically available, searchable website
File store containing archival quality dataset
The Internet
Bass culture in Scottish musical traditions
• Currently pending AHRC application• Project will analyse historical printed sources• Selected sources will be:-– Made available online with annotation and critical
commentary– Disseminated via live performance and
commercial recording
Documentation & data in music recording
• Session notes – documentation kept by the engineer during recording
• Producer’s notes – documentation kept by the producer during recording
• Edit Decision List (EDL) – compiled by the producer with reference to his notes
File Formats
Data Type Archival Dataset Delivery Dataset
Still Image .TIFF .DNG .RAW .JPEG
Audio .WAV .FLAC .ALAC .MP3 .OGG .AAC
Video .AVI .MP4 .MOV
High quality – uncompressed or
minimally/losslessly compressed
Compressed for greater ease of
delivery and use
Metadata
• Data about data• Created automatically at digitisation• Content specific metadata has to be added by
researchers• Can be embedded within the file or stored in
an accompanying database• Allows our digital objects to be indexed and
easily searchable
Managing Musical Performance Data and Documentation
Neil McDermottSchool of Culture & Creative Arts – Music
- 0141 330 2067