Journal Articles
2025
- (2025) (with Eric Smialek) "Mixed" Results: An Introduction to Analyzing Metal Production through Eight Commissioned Metal Mixes. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fuer Musiktheorie (Journal of the German-Speaking Society of Music Theory), Special Issue 2025 on 'Analyses and Theories of Popular Music' (forthcoming).
- (2025) (with Eric Smialek) Towards an Analytical Methodology for Vocalist's Live Gestures in Extreme Metal. Samples, 22, pp. 1–26. (open access)
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(2025) (with Ruth Barratt-Peacock) The Effects of Ensemble Singing on Heaviness in Metal Music: Revisiting a Systematic Approach. Metal Music Studies, 11(1), pp. 65–89. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00166_1
2024
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(2024) (with Marian Lux) From Analogue to Algorithm: How Private Production Reshaped Metal Aesthetics. Metal Music Studies, 10(3), pp. 249–274. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00137_1
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(2024) (with Katherine Williams, Ingrid M. Tolstad & Simon Barber) The Benefits of Collaborative Popular Music Songwriting: A Spectrum of Artist-Songwriter Involvement. Popular Music and Society, 48(1), pp. 1–24. doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2024.2428035 (open access)
- (2024) (with Michael Ahlers) Songwriting Camps: Geschichte, Theorien und Forschungsansätze zur Fließband-Produktion von populärer Musik. ~Vibes (journal of IASPM D-A-CH), 3. (open access)
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(2024) (with Michael Ahlers & Simon Barber) "The Song Factories Have Closed!": Songwriting Camps as Spaces of Collaborative Creativity in the Post-Industrial Age. Creative Industries Journal, pp. 1–22. doi.org/10.1080/17510694.2024.2366163 (open access)
2023
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(2023) (with Mark Mynett) Lorna Shore's 'To the Hellfire': A Study in Heaviness. Metal Music Studies, 9(2), pp. 189–213. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00105_1 (open access)
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(2023) (with Daniel Walzer, Jude Brereton & Mariana Lopez) Editorial: Exploring Audio and Music Technology in Education: Pedagogical, Research and Sociocultural Perspectives. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 15(1), pp. 3–6. doi.org/10.1386/jmte_00045_2 (open access)
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(2023) (with Mark Mynett) "I Just Go with What Feels Right." Variance and Commonality in Metal Music Mixing Practice. El Oido Pensante, 11(1), pp. 4–31. doi.org/10.34096/oidopensante.v11n1.10704 (open access)
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(2023) (with Jamie Boddington Jordan) Harmonic Structures in Twenty-First-Century Metal Music: A Harmonic Analysis of Five Major Metal Genres. Metal Music Studies, 9(1), pp. 27–58. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00093_1 (download here)
2022
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(2022) (with Reuben Swallow) Dissonance in Metal Music: Musical and Sociocultural Reasons for Metal's Appreciation of Dissonance. Metal Music Studies, 8(3), pp. 351–379. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00085_1 (download here)
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(2022) (with Mark Mynett) What is 'Heavy' in Metal? A Netnographic Analysis of Online Forums for Metal Musicians and Producers. Popular Music and Society Studies, 45(5), pp. 633–653. doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2022.2114155 (open access)
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(2022) (with Mark Mynett) Toward a Systematic Understanding of "Heaviness" in Metal Music Production. Rock Music Studies, 10(1), pp. 16–37. doi.org/10.1080/19401159.2022.2109358 (open access)
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(2022) (with Mark Mynett) Keeper of the Seven Keys: Audio Heritage in Metal Music Production. Metal Music Studies, 8(1), pp. 109–126. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00063_1 (download here)
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(2022) The Recording Industry as the Enemy? A Case Study of Early West German Metal Music. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 5, pp. 229–254. doi.org/10.1007/s41978-021-00098-z (open access)
2021
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(2021) (with Mark Mynett) Nail the Mix: Standardization in Mixing Metal Music? Popular Music and Society, 44(5), pp. 628–649. doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2021.1957544 (open access)
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(2021) (with Mark Mynett) (No?) Adventures in Recording Land: Engineering Conventions in Metal Music. Rock Music Studies, 9(2), pp. 137–156. doi.org/19401159.2021.1936410 (open access)
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(2021) The Politics of Rammstein's Sound: Decoding a Production Aesthetic. Journal of Popular Music Studies, 33(2), pp. 51–76. doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2021.33.2.51 (download here)
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(2021) (with Karl Bauerfeind) Teutonic Metal: Effects of Place- and Mythology-Based Labels on Record Production. International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 4, pp. 291–313. doi.org/10.1007/s41978-021-00084-5 (open access)
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(2021) Recording Studios as Museums? Record Producers' Perspectives on German Rock Studios and Accounts of their Heritage Practices. Popular Music, 40(2), pp. 91–113. doi.org/10.1017/S026114302100009X (open access)
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(2021) (with Michael Ahlers) Introduction to the Special Issue on Crises at Work: Potentials for Change?. IASPM Journal, 11(1), pp. 2–5. doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2021)v11i1.2en (open access)
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(2021) (with Karl Spracklen) Metal Music Studies at the Intersection of Theory and Practice. Metal Music Studies, 7(3), pp. 351–356. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00054_2 (download here)
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(2021) Culture-Specific Production and Performance Characteristics: An Interview Study with 'Teutonic' Metal Producers. Metal Music Studies, 7(3), pp. 445–467. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00059_1 (download here)
2020
- (2020) Metronomic Precision of 'Teutonic Metal': A Methodological Challenge for Rhythm and Performance Research. Samples, 18, pp. 1–27. (open access)
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(2020) (with Thomas Thurnell-Read, David Robinson & Karl Spracklen) Rhythm and Booze: Contesting Leisure Mobilities on the Transpennine Real Ale Trail. Mobilities, 16(3), pp. 322–338. doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2020.1820189
- (2020) Sonic Signatures in Metal Music Production: Teutonic vs British vs American Sound. Samples, 18, pp. 1–26. (open access)
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(2020) From Bach to Helloween: 'Teutonic' Stereotypes in the History of Popular Music. Metal Music Studies, 6(1), pp. 87–108. doi.org/10.1386/mms_00006_1 (download here)
2019
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(2019) Empirical Explorations of Guitar Players' Attitudes towards their Equipment and the Role of Distortion in Rock Music. Current Musicology, 105, pp. 75–106. doi.org/10.7916/cm.v0i105.5404 (open access)
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(2019) Distortion and Rock Guitar Harmony: The Influence of Distortion Level and Structural Complexity on Acoustic Features and Perceived Pleasantness of Guitar Chords. Music Perception, 36(4), pp. 335–352. doi.org/10.1525/mp.2019.36.4.335 (download here)
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(2019) The Formation of the West German Power Metal Scene and the Question of a 'Teutonic' Sound. Metal Music Studies, 5(2), pp. 201–223. doi.org/10.1386/mms.5.2.201_1 (download here)
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(2019) Old Sounds with New Technologies? Examining the Creative Potential of Guitar 'Profiling' Technology and the Future of Metal Music from Producers' Perspectives. Metal Music Studies, 5(1), pp. 53–69. doi.org/10.1386/mms.5.1.53_1 (download here)
2018
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(2018) (with Tim Albrecht) The Work Realities of Professional Studio Musicians in the German Popular Music Recording Industry: Careers, Practices and Economic Situations. IASPM Journal, 8(2), pp. 18–37. dx.doi.org/10.5429/2079-3871(2018)v8i2.3en (open access)
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(2018) (with Tim Albrecht) The Skillset of Professional Studio Musicians in the German Popular Music Recording Industry. Etnomusikologian vuosikirja (The Finnish Yearbook of Ethnomusicology), 30, pp. 121–153. doi.org/10.23985/evk.69085 (open access)
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(2018) (with Isabella Czedik-Eysenberg and Christoph Reuter) Guitar Profiling Technology in Metal Music Production: Public Reception, Capability, Consequences and Perspectives. Metal Music Studies, 4(3), pp. 481–506. doi.org/10.1386/mms.4.3.481_1 (download here)
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(2018) Heaviness and the Electric Guitar: Considering the Interaction between Distortion and Harmonic Structures. Metal Music Studies, 4(1), pp. 95–113. doi.org/10.1386/mms.4.1.95_1 (download here)
2017
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(2017) (with Jan Holthaus) Music Studio Operators in the Ruhr Area in Germany: Role, Services, and Resources. Etnomusikologian vuosikirja (The Finnish Yearbook of Ethnomusicology), vol. 29, pp. 1–30. doi.org/10.23985/evk.63490 (open access)
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(2017) Shredding, Tapping and Sweeping: Effects of Guitar Distortion on Playability and Expressiveness in Rock and Metal Solos. Metal Music Studies, 3(2), pp. 231–250. doi.org/10.1386/mms.3.2.231_1 (download here)
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(2017) Historical Development, Sound Aesthetics and Production Techniques of the Distorted Electric Guitar in Metal Music. Metal Music Studies, 3(1), pp. 24–46. doi.org/10.1386/mms.3.1.23_1 (download here)
- (2017) Akkordstrukturen im verzerrten Rockgitarrenriff: Eine experimental-analytische Studie zur Auswirkung von physikalischen und psycho-akustischen Faktoren [Chord Structures in the Distorted Rock Guitar Riff: An Experimental and Analytic Study on the Effect of Physical and Psychoacoustic Factors]. Samples, 15. pp. 1–27. (open access)
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(2017) Remixing Dub Reggae in the Music Classroom: A Practice-Based Case Study on the Value of Music Production Tasks for Listening Skills, Media Competency and Musical Knowledge. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 9(3), pp. 255–272. doi.org/10.1386/jmte.9.3.255_1 (download here)
2016
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(2016) Kommunikation und Wissenserwerb in der Vorlesung: Eine quantitative Studie zum Einsatz kommunikationsanregender Methoden in der Vorlesung [Communication and Construction of Knowledge: A Quantitative Study on Communication-Facilitating Methods in the Higher Education Lecture]. die hochschullehre, 2(1), pp. 1–21. doi.org/10.3278/HSL1605W (open access)