The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice

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The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice. / Förstel, Alexander; Hardjowirogo, Sarah-Indriyati; Egermann, Hauke.
Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: 16 – 19 June, 2015; Plymouth, UK. ed. / Richard Kronland-Marinet; Mitsuko Aramaki; Sølvi Ystad; Joel Eaton. Plymouth: The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics, 2015. p. 762–769 (Publications of the LMA).

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Harvard

Förstel, A, Hardjowirogo, S-I & Egermann, H 2015, The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice. in R Kronland-Marinet, M Aramaki, S Ystad & J Eaton (eds), Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: 16 – 19 June, 2015; Plymouth, UK. Publications of the LMA, The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics, Plymouth, pp. 762–769, 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research - CMMR 2015, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 16.06.15.

APA

Förstel, A., Hardjowirogo, S.-I., & Egermann, H. (2015). The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice. In R. Kronland-Marinet, M. Aramaki, S. Ystad, & J. Eaton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: 16 – 19 June, 2015; Plymouth, UK (pp. 762–769). (Publications of the LMA). The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics.

Vancouver

Förstel A, Hardjowirogo SI, Egermann H. The Actions that Make a Musical Instrument: Exploring Club-DJing as an Instrumental Practice. In Kronland-Marinet R, Aramaki M, Ystad S, Eaton J, editors, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research: 16 – 19 June, 2015; Plymouth, UK. Plymouth: The Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics. 2015. p. 762–769. (Publications of the LMA).

Bibtex

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