Josh lovegrove: Infinite

Research background: Infinite by Josh Lovegrove is an extended play album co-produced in collaboration with ARIA-nominated artist Mark Sholtez. The album consists of original songs written by Lovegrove, and songs co-written by Lovegrove, Carfoot and Sholtez. The scholarly context of the project is informed by studies of songwriting and ambiguity by Negus and Astor, new approaches to the study of record production associated with Zagorski-Thomas, and studies of creative labour by Hesmondhalgh and Baker. The project focused on the dynamics of musical performance and production in the recording studio, investigating the interface between the creative tasks of songwriting, production and performance in the recording of popular music. The project asked, in what ways do collaborative songwriting and production processes overlap, how has the nature of creative labour changed as a result of new forms of digital recording technology, and how can these aspects inform developments in the learning and teaching of popular music? Research contribution: The project has demonstrated the nuanced ways that the practices of record production have changed in the face of technological developments, and how this has impacted upon the specific forms and divisions of creative labour. Research significance: The project resulted in a well-reviewed album release that has further established Lovegrove’s reputation as a performer and songwriter. The creative work underpins ongoing research into the nature of popular music production, in particular how the nature of collaborative songwriting can inform innovation in the learning and teaching of popular music.

The composite-tendency Robert-Asselin-Williams (RAW) filter in semi-implicit integrations

Timediscretization in weatherandclimate modelsintroduces truncation errors that limit the accuracy of the simulations. Recent work has yielded a method for reducing the amplitude errors in leap-frog integrations from first-order to fifth-order.This improvement is achieved by replacing the Robert–Asselin filter with the Robert–Asselin–Williams (RAW) filter and using a linear combination of unfiltered and filtered states to compute the tendency term. The purpose of the present article is to apply the composite-tendency RAW-filtered leapfrog scheme to semi-implicit integrations. A theoretical analysis shows that the stability and accuracy are unaffected by the introduction of the implicitly treated mode. The scheme is tested in semi-implicit numerical integrations in both a simple nonlinear stiff system and a medium-complexity atmospheric general circulation model and yields substantial improvements in both cases. We conclude that the composite-tendency RAW-filtered leap-frog scheme is suitable for use in semi-implicit integrations.

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 1998

Back Row: ?, ?, Travis Conlan, Brandon Smith, Darius Taylor, Robbie Reid, ?,

Front Row: Ron Oliver, Jerod Ward, Josh Asselin, Robert Traylor, Peter Vignier, Erik Szyndlar, Louis Bullock

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 1998

L-R: Ron Oliver (25), Darius Taylor (10), Jerod Ward (32) Robbie Reid (3), Peter Vignier (55), Robert Traylor (54), Josh Asselin (25), Travis Conlan (21), Maceo Baston (30), Brandun Smith (34), Louis Bullock (11)

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 1999

Back Row: asst. coach Scott Trost, asst. coach Kurtis Townsend, Leon Jones, Brandon Smith, Chris Young, Josh Asselin, Peter Vignier, Erik Szyndlar, Darius Taylor, coach Brian Ellerbe

Front Row: equip. mngr. Bob Bland, asst. coach Lorenzo Neely, Donte Scott, Robbie Reid, Louis Bullock, Ron Oliver, admin. assoc. Tom Sorboro, trainer Steve Stricker

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 2000

Back Row: Assistant Tom Sorboro, Assistant Kurtis Townsend, Darius Taylor, Rotolu Adebiyi, Brandon Smith, Josh Asselin, Peter Vignier, Chris Young, Leland Anderson, LaVell Blanchard, Herb Gibson, Assistant Scott Trost, Assistant Lorenzo Neely.

Front Row: Trainer Steve Stricker, Mike Gotfredson, Gavin Groninger, Kevin Gaines, head coach Brian Ellerbe, Jamal Crawford, Leon Jones, Ramal Hunter, equip. mngr. Bob Bland.

University of Michigan Men's Basketball Team, 2001

Back Row: assoc. head coach Scott Trost, asst. coach Kurtis Townsend, asst. coach Terence Greene, LaVell Blanchard, Bernard Robinson Jr., Chris Young, Josh Moore, Josh Asselin, Rotolu Adebiyi, director of basketball operations Tom Sorboro, trainer Steve Stricker, equip. mngr. Bob Bland.

Front Row: Avery Queen, Mike Gotfredson, Leon Jones, head coach Brian Ellerbe, Gavin Groninger, Herb Gibson, Maurice Searight