Mark Grimshaw ~ Selected Publications and Short Curriculum Vitae

 

Career:

  2007-present
Principal lecturer and Divisional Leader of Digital Media, School of Art & Design, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom.

  2002-2003
Head of the School of New Media & Performing Arts, Southern Institute of Technology, Invercargill, New Zealand.

  1992-2002
Senior Lecturer in Music Technology & Studio Production , University of Salford, School of Media, Music & Performance.

 

Guest Lectures:

  March – July 1998, ‘replacement' lecturer in Music Technology & Composition within the Music Department of the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa.

  November 1998, a series of talks on African Music to students at the Institute for Music & Music Therapy at Aalborg University, Denmark.

 

Qualifications:

  2003-2007
PhD thesis: The Acoustic Ecology of the First-Person Shooter. Department of Screen & Media Studies, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Examined and accepted without revisions by Theo van Leeuwen (University of Technology, Sydney) and Matteo Bittanti (University of Stanford).
Supervisors:  Sean Cubitt, Craig Hight, Gareth Schott and Bevin Yeatman.

  1988-1989
MSc Music Technology: York University, UK.

  1984-1987
BMus(Hons) 1st Class: Natal University, Durban, South Africa.

 

Selected Publications:

• Grimshaw, M. (2008). The Acoustic Ecology of the First-Person Shooter: The Player, Sound and Immersion in the First-Person Shooter Computer Game. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K. ISBN: 3639024087.
• Grimshaw, M. (2008) "Per un'analisi comparata del suono nei videogiochi e nel cinema", in Matteo Bittanti (Ed.), Schermi interattivi saggi critici su videogiochi e cinema, Meltemi, Roma.
• Grimshaw, M (2008) “Sound and Immersion in the First-Person Shooter”, In International Journal of Intelligent Games & Simulation 5(1).
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Grimshaw, M. & Schott, G. (2008) "A Conceptual Framework for the Design and Analysis of First-Person Shooter Audio and its Potential Use for Game Engines", In International Journal of Computer Games Technology 2008.
Grimshaw, M. (2003) About 500 articles in Gads Musik Leksikon including:
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “African Music”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “AOR”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Black Sabbath”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Clinton, George”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Cure, The”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Deep Purple”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Dion”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Fuji”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Ghana”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Herman's Hermits”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Highlife”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Isicathamiya”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Juju”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Kinks, The”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “KLF”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Kora”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Kwela”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Led Zeppelin”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Lowe, Nick”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Madchester”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Manding”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Marabi”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Maskanda”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Mayfield, Curtis”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Mbaqanga”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Mbira”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Mbube”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “New Jack Swing”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “NWOBHM”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Pitney, Gene”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Psychobilly”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Reggae”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Ska”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Sting”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “South Africa”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Talking Drum”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Thrash Metal”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “Two Tone”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
    Grimshaw, M. (2003) “World Music”. In Gravesen, F & Knakkergaard, M. (eds), Gads Musik Leksikon Vols. 1&2 , DENMARK: Gads Forlag.
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Grimshaw, M. (2000) “I Wish You Strength & Inner Peace”, In Leonardo Music Journal: Southern Cones – Music and Technology out of Africa and South America, MIT Press. [Article and the track from Old Blue Balls is Back (Felema).]
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Grimshaw, M., Yong, L & Dobie, I. (1999) "Boom Booom Net Radio", In The Journal of Urban Labour & Leisure 1(1).
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Old Blue Balls is Back (Felema) produced 1998, unpublished except on the web (and see below). Producer, engineer and co-composer for all tracks and performed on one.
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Recordings and post-production for Trios Plus: Vol. 1 (Darius Brubeck) – SOUTH AFRICA: University of Natal (1998).
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Recordings for Durban Noise Works & Scraps (Jurgen Bräuninger) – SOUTH AFRICA: Claremont Records (1998).
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TOtEM (Tunes from Open to Europe Music). Universities of Salford (UK), Tampere (Finland) and Aalborg (Denmark). Producer (1997).
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Ghost Music (Jan Kopinski). Co-producer and Sound Engineer. ASC Records Ltd. (UK) (1997).
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Grimshaw, M. (1992) 1348. Soundscape for Exeter Cathedral.
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Grimshaw, M. (January, 1993) "Dza Vadzimu" In Music File.
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Le Radici e le Ali (The Gang). Sound Engineer/Co-producer. WEA (Italy) (1991).
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Davide Riondino (Davide Riondino). Sound Engineer. WEA (Italy) (1991).
Contribution to the development of the spectral manipulation programs (with Trevor Wishart) of the Composers' Desktop Project (CDP) (1989).

Conference Papers:

• Grimshaw, M. (2007). "Sound and Immersion in the First-Person Shooter", In Proceedings of The 11th International Computer Games Conference, cGames, La Rochelle, (November 21-23 2007).
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Grimshaw, M. (2007) "The Resonating Spaces of First-Person Shooter Games", In Proceedings of The 5th International Conference on Game Design and Technology, Game Design & Technology, Liverpool, (November 14-15 2007).
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Grimshaw, M. & Schott, G. (2007) "Situating Gaming as a Sonic Experience: The Acoustic Ecology of First Person Shooters", In Proceedings of Situated Play, DIGRA, Tokyo, (September 24-28 2007).
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Grimshaw, M. & Schott, G. (2007) "A Conceptual Framework for the Design and Analysis of First-Person Shooter Audio". In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Games Research and Development 2007, Manchester UK, (September 10-11 2007).
• Grimshaw, M. (1996) "Remix Technologies - Sound and Music". Paper presented at Popular Music and Music Culture, Drake University, Iowa, (March 29-30 1996).
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Grimshaw, M. (1995) "Remix! Where's the Original?", In Proceedings of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, Glasgow Strathclyde University, (July 1-6 1995).
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Grimshaw, M. (1993) "Dza Vadzimu", Paper presented at Teaching Music of the World, Musik-Akademie Basel, Switzerland, (October 14-17 1993).
 Grimshaw, M. (1993) "Popular Music and Cultural Identity in Zimbabwe", Paper presented at Culture and Economy: ‑ The Place of Music, London University, (September 13-‑14 1993).

Broadcasts:

• Some tracks from Old Blue Balls is Back (Felema) broadcast on KUAC-FM (Alaska), April 2000.
‘Ngumakazi' and ‘Ububele' from Old Blue Balls is Back (Felema) broadcast on Dutch National Radio 4, January 2000.


Miscellaneous:

Administrator and lead programmer of WIKINDX.
Co-organizer of the Popular Music & Technology international conference at Salford University in 1998.

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