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Carl Flattery

Course Director

Carl is a Principal Lecturer in Music specialising in Songwriting and Production. Carl is also an Associate Member of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Leeds Beckett.

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Carl is a Principal Lecturer in Music specialising in Songwriting and Production. Carl is also an Associate Member of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Leeds Beckett.

Carl is a Principal Lecturer in Music specialising in Songwriting and Production. Carl is also an Associate Member of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at Leeds Beckett.

Prior to joining the University in 2003 Carl was a multimedia designer and programmer for education and then Head of New Media within a large marketing agency before starting his own business. Throughout this he has been a songwriter and performer since 1987.

In 2010 he co-founded the Live at Leeds Unconference as part of the Live at Leeds music festival. The conference looks at emerging ways to approach the music industry and has featured talks from Tom Robinson, Simon Rix (Kaiser Chiefs) and James McMahon (Kerrang! Editor) plus many others.

He runs an annual songwriting residential and also organises an annual artist in residence program, which has previously featured Tom Williams, Chris T-T, Ian Prowse (Amsterdam) and I Monster.

Carl holds a Bachelors Degree in Design, Masters Degree in Creative Technologies and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research interests

Carl's PhD and current research interest is the evocation of memory and place in Songwriting and Production. He is an active songwriter, performer and producer.

Publications (6)

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Conference Contribution

Symbiosis - Learning Science Through Dance.. Learning Dance Through Science

Featured 25 June 2009 Diverse Aberystwyth
AuthorsFlattery CM, Northern Ballet Theatre , Beckfoot School

A DVD multimedia resource for schools covering part of the GCSE Science curriculum through dance. A result of a 2 year collaboration between Leeds Beckett University, Northern Ballet Theatre and Beckfoot School

Performance

Reflections on Magnolia

Featured 1 June 2016 Berkelee College, Boston, MA, USA Association of Popular Music Educators (APME)
AuthorsRatcliff P, Flattery C, Briggs MM, Bowers T

Music Composition and Performance accompanied by a Performed Soundscape of Specially made Field Recordings

Performance

Where is Jason Molina? An Elegy. Performed as part of the Dark Sound: Destructive Pop Conference.

Featured 24 April 2015 Falmouth University

A live performance in the dark pop genre inspired by the life and work of singer songwriter Jason Molina (1973-2013). Our intent is to explore and present the multi-layered meanings, textures and sonic signatures of the dark pop genre through a creative, emotional response to the life and work of Molina. Our starting point is to explore further the idea that a person’s creativity continues beyond their death in other work, which it inspires. Whilst the stimulus may be the unfulfilled potential of Molina, we are interested in exploring further the mythology of the ‘tortured artist’ as there is much to suggest Molina did not ascribe to this stereotype (Zara, C 2012 and Schlesinger, J, 2003). The intention is to get beneath the mythologising tendencies of an audience and industry toward the dead, self-destructive, tortured artist (Bradshaw, A & Holbrook, MB, 2007).

Film, Digital or Visual Media

Anthologies - Sam Airey - Live at Kirkstall Abbey

Featured 01 August 2011 Anthologies Publisher
AuthorsAuthors: Sam Airey , Editors: Sean Gledhill

A film of a live performance by Sam Airey. Responsible for liver recording and post mixing.

Film, Digital or Visual Media

Anthologies - Edwyn Collins

Featured 01 August 2013 Anthologies Publisher
AuthorsAuthors: Edwyn Collins , Editors: Sean Gledhill

A live recording of Edwyn Collins at Deer Shed Festival. Responsible for recording and mix of audio.

Film, Digital or Visual Media

Anthologies - The Unthanks

Featured 01 August 2013 Anthologies Publisher
AuthorsAuthors: The Unthanks , Editors: Sean Gledhill

A live recording of The Unthanks at Deer Shed Festival. Responsible for recording and mix.

Current teaching

  • Music Production
  • Music Performance
  • Songwriting
  • Mixing
  • Digital Media
  • Project Management
  • Professional Practice and Employability

Teaching Activities (1)

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Course taught

Songwriting

28 September 2009

News & Blog Posts

Blog

National Album Day

  • 11 Oct 2019
Jumbo Records
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