Fragmented and distributed production practices in 21st century metal music: from the studio to the bedroom (and back again?)

Abstract

During the early twenty-first century, metal music has largely embraced various digital music technologies to significantly alter practices of composition, performance, and production. Concurrent with the spread of the internet and increasingly powerful and mobile computing technologies, conventional processes of producing metal have become fragmented and then distributed—in and outside of the traditional recording studio. This chapter explores the development of distributed production technologies and techniques in metal music during the twenty-first century. Drawing on examples of various artists, the authors examine significant changes concerning the role of the studio, labor and entrepreneurship, and collaborative conventions in the composition of metal music, alongside recording and performance practices.

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ORCID for Steven Gamble: orcid.org/0000-0002-2823-3864

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