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Centre for Music and Science

 
Myles Eastwood works as Technical Specialist at the Centre for Music and Science, alongside running Eastwood Records as a freelance producer and engineer. His Faculty work includes teaching and assisting students and staff working on audio-related projects, as well as managing the Recording Studio for internal and external hire. He also supervises and lectures on topics related to popular music and the history of sound reproduction. Myles has produced recordings for The New Yorker and Glyndebourne as well as numerous independent artists and labels, receiving regular airplay on WNYC, BBC Radio, Classic FM and Jazz FM. He graduated with a BA in Music from Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 2009, before returning there in 2010 for postgraduate research on postwar recording practices. His MPhil and PhD were supervised by Nicholas Cook and included scholarships at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Library of Congress.
Mustafa Beg is the Computer Officer for the Faculty of Music; he manages computer equipment across the Faculty and in the CMS in particular.

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Latest news

New paper: Artist identification using rhythm via machine learning

1 October 2024

We are excited to share our new paper appearing in the journal Royal Society Open Science, entitled “Rhythmic Qualities of Jazz Improvisation Predict Performer Identity and Style in Source-Separated Audio Recordings”. This was completed by Huw Cheston during his PhD at the CMS, and builds from two earlier publications...

New paper: Computational analysis of improvised music at scale

1 October 2024

Our new paper entitled “Jazz Trio Database: Automated Annotation of Jazz Piano Trio Recordings Processed Using Audio Source Separation” is just published in Transactions of the International Society of Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR). This paper arises from work completed by Huw Cheston during his PhD at the CMS, in...

New paper: Coordinating online music performances

1 October 2024

Our new paper entitled “Trade-offs in Coordination Strategies for Duet Jazz Performances Subject to Network Delay and Jitter” has just been published in Music Perception. This paper arises from work completed by Huw Cheston during the early stages of his PhD at the CMS, and was funded by an award from Cambridge Digital...