Guest lecture: "An Introduction to Re-Recordings from John Prine to Taylor Swift"
03. Dez.
12:15-13:45 via Zoom
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Samantha Marley (University of Western Australia)
This lecture provides an introduction to the phenomenon of re-recordings, exploring the reasons and methods by which artists revisit their earlier recorded works. We will discuss the theoretical foundations of re-recordings, including definitions, legal aspects, and artistic motivations, before examining three specific case studies (John Prine, Squeeze, and Taylor Swift) to discuss the practice in more detail. The session will also address the broader implications of re-recordings, particularly their intersection with ideas surrounding authenticity, nostalgia, and authorship in popular music.
Bio: Samantha Marley is a casual musicology lecturer at the University of Western Australia and holds a Master of Musicology from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests centre on popular music studies, with a particular interest in Taylor Swift as well as how popular music is used in film and musical theatre. She has recently published on Taylor Swift's re-recordings in her article "Popular Music Ontology (Taylor’s Version): Re-Recordings, the Rock Ideology, and Taylor Swift” and has also presented at the Music and Moving Image Conference on the films Do Revenge (2022) and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002).