Calling all Aussie ludomusicologists – High Score (APRA AMCOS) is happening this weekend in Melbourne. Richard Lapington, Montaigne, and Yon Hall headline the Keynotes, with many other fantastic composer and industry speakers too. Visit here for tickets, speakers list, programme, and much more.
UK Ludo Virtual Conferences – SIGN UP now!
While the Malta conference is no longer going ahead, we can all engage in this premiere Group’s event online. Head to the link here below to sign up for viewing the online presentations: Ludo2020 Virtual Conference Series Details: 25th AprilStephen Tatlow – Speak of the Devil: Player Voice in Video Game MarketingAriel Huang – Characterizing…
Journal of Sound and Music in Games AVAILABLE
In one of the most significant developments within the field of ludomusicology and media studies more generally, volume 1 of the Journal of Sound and Music in Games is now available. An introduction by editor-in-chief Stephen Baysted prefaces a wide variety of critical avenues, focusing on the uncanny valley and 1-bit musicality, to a colloquy…
LSA 2019 Provisional Programme Announced
Here is a provisional programme for the 2019 Symposium to be held next week in Sydney. There are several slots with a focus yet to be confirmed, but all sessions are full and our Symposium Dinner is confirmed for the evening of next Tuesday. Click to view/download provisional programme. There are still registration slots available,…
Symposium Registration is Now LIVE
We’re delighted to invite delegates to register for LSA 2019 Symposium. Click here for REGISTRATION. Click here for all other information. For all enquiries please e-mail info@ludomusicologysociety.com.au, and we look forward to seeing you in Sydney.
ANNOUNCED: LSA Symposium 2019
Transportation Tuesday 1 – Wednesday 2 October 2019 Sydney Conservatorium of Music, The University of Sydney Getting from point A to point B is one of the fundamental human activities, and the quest to do so has been rendered in myriad works of art through history. Video games have arguably incorporated themes of vehicular transportation…
Call for Chapter Submissions
This is an open Call for Submissions for a proposed volume produced in collaboration with the Ludomusicology Research Group (UK) and Intellect Publishing. It will be an edited collection of essays that offer individual perspectives on music within a broad theme of gameworld reality. Topics might include musical histories, virtual reality concerns, methods of supporting a gameworld’s reality and narrative…
Ludo2019 Registration is Open
26-28 April, Leeds UK, head here for registration, programme, and other information: Registration for LUDO2019
The Journal of Sound and Music in Games, published by the University of California Press, is now accepting submissions
A special notice from Stephen Baysted (Editor in Chief), Elizabeth Medina-Gray (Associate Editor, North America), and Tim Summers (Associate Editor, Europe): The Journal of Sound and Music in Games (JSMG) is a peer-reviewed journal that presents high-quality research concerning all areas of music and/or sound in games. It serves a diverse community of readers and…
Re: JSMG, Accepting Submissions
The SSSMG is accepting submissions for this new journal, head here for the announcement post or click below for all of the necessary aims, formatting guidelines, referencing requirements, and contact details (PDF version available below link): JSMG Accepting Submissions