Dr Jan-Peter Herbst

  • University of Huddersfield
  • Reader, Music
  • United Kingdom

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My Publications

A framework of technological, performative and musical components that constitute heavi...

  • Rock Music Studies
  • August 2022

<i>Keeper of the Seven Keys</i>: Audio heritage in metal music production

  • Metal Music Studies
  • March 2022

Metal music recording and production in 1980s and 1990s Germany

  • International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure
  • September 2021

Mixing approaches in metal music

  • Popular Music & Society
  • September 2021

Metal music studies at the intersection of theory and practice

  • Metal Music Studies
  • September 2021

Culture-specific production and performance characteristics: An interview study with ‘T...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • September 2021

Recording approaches in metal music

  • Rock Music Studies
  • June 2021

The Politics of Rammstein’s Sound

  • Journal of Popular Music Studies
  • June 2021

Teutonic Metal: Effects of Place- and Mythology-based Labels on Record Production

  • International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure
  • April 2021

Recording studios as museums? Record producers’ perspectives on German rock studios and...

  • Popular Music
  • February 2021

Gear Acquisition Syndrome among musicians

  • January 2021

Rhythm and booze: contesting leisure mobilities on the Transpennine Real Ale Trail

  • Mobilities
  • October 2020

From Bach to Helloween: ‘Teutonic’ stereotypes in the history of popular music and heav...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • March 2020

The formation of the West German power metal scene and the question of a ‘Teutonic’ sound

  • Metal Music Studies
  • June 2019

Distortion and Rock Guitar Harmony

  • Music Perception
  • April 2019

Old sounds with new technologies? Examining the creative potential of guitar ‘profiling...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • March 2019

The The skillset of professional studio musicians in the German popular music recording...

  • Etnomusikologian vuosikirja
  • December 2018

The Work Realities of Professional Studio Musicians in the German Popular Music Recordi...

  • IASPM Journal
  • December 2018

Guitar profiling technology in metal music production: Public reception, capability, co...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • September 2018

Heaviness and the electric guitar: Considering the interaction between distortion and h...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • March 2018

Virtuoses Gitarrenspiel im Rock und Metal. Zum Einfluss von Verzerrung auf das »Shredding«

  • December 2017

Music studio operators from Germany’s “Ruhrpott”: Role, services and resources

  • Etnomusikologian vuosikirja
  • December 2017

Shredding, tapping and sweeping: Effects of guitar distortion on playability and expres...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • June 2017

Historical development, sound aesthetics and production techniques of the distorted ele...

  • Metal Music Studies
  • March 2017

‘Gear Acquisition Syndrome’ – A Survey of Electric Guitar Players

  • January 2017

Remixing dub reggae in the music classroom: A practice-based case study on the educatio...

  • Journal of Music Technology and Education
  • December 2016