Creative dialogue and cross-interactions in the collaboration of pop artist-vocalist and sound director/sound designer in modern socio-cultural reality

Abstract

The aim of the work is to conceptualize and actualize in the context of modern musicology the problem of creative dialogue of pop artist-vocalist and sound director / sound designer as a complex phenomenon of art culture in the chronotope of the second half of XX – early XXI century. The research methodology consists in the use of comparative and concrete-historical methods for conceptualizing the creative dialogue of a pop vocalist and sound designer, determining their cross-interference, using the formal method and the method of hermeneutic interpretation to analyze the concept of «creative dialogue», profiling its functions in the chronotope of the present. The scientific novelty lies in the conceptualization and actualization in the context of modern musicology of the problem of the creative dialogue of the pop artist, vocalist and sound engineer / sound designer as a complex phenomenon of artistic culture in the chronotope of the second half of the XX – early XXI century. The scientific novelty also includes the disclosure of the performing techniques of the pop artist and vocalist and the consideration of the peculiarities of cross-over interaction that can occur during rehearsals, studio recording, at concert performances and other creative interactions. It is important to define and comprehend the functions and internal structure of the creative dialogue of a pop singer with a sound engineer / sound designer in collaboration and to confirm that for vocalists a sound engineer is a full-fledged co-author of artistic projects and a producer of success. Findings. The study showed that the analysis of the creative dialogue of a pop artist-vocalist in joint work with a sound engineer / sound designer and profiling of its functions in the chronotope of the present, consideration of the concept of «creative dialogue», determination of the performing techniques of a pop singer and the peculiarities of cross-interactions that occur during rehearsals, studio recording, at concert performances and in other creative interactions in modern conditions of socio-cultural reality is really relevant. For vocalists, a sound engineer/sound designer is a full-fledged co-author of artistic projects and a producer of success. Actualization of the concept of «creative dialogue» from the point of view of its procedural and dialogical comprehension in the context of modern musicology, consideration of the issue of creative dialogue of a pop artist-vocalist and sound engineer/sound designer as a complex phenomenon of artistic culture in the chronotope of the second half of the XX – early XXI century is so attractive a phenomenon that requires study and further fundamental research.