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Jan-Peter Herbst
Jan-Peter Herbst is reader in music production at the University of Huddersfield (United Kingdom), where he is director of the Research Centre for Music, Culture and Identity (CMCI). His primary research area is popular music culture, particularly rock music and the electric guitar, on which he has published widely. Currently, he is undertaking a funded three-year project that explores how heaviness is created and controlled in metal music production. Herbst’s editorial roles include IASPM Journal and Metal Music Studies, and he currently edits the Cambridge Companion to Metal Music and the Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar.
Contact: School of Arts & Humanities, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK.