Research
Research. Through reflective critique and observation of the roles Stuart undertakes during his collaborative music-making practices, with particular reference to the evolution of his individual studio-based working methods, this thesis offers insight into the working practice of a contemporary music practitioner. The main outcome of this practice-as-research is to offer further and deeper understandings of contemporary music practice and to show the interplay between the social, cultural, technological, architectural, musical and environmental forces in the writing and recording of new music.