Composition & production
- Composition, arrangement, and orchestration
- Any style — write, record, produce, and mix
- Autonomous and collaborative workflows
My ambition is to keep creating — across sound design, composition, production, and performance — and to write music that people can love and remember; for everything I compose, it must be, at the very least, memorable.
Profile
About
James Corley is a composer-researcher investigating creative ergonomics and real-time performance systems across electronic and progressive musics. He is currently in the final stages of his PhD research project: “The Hexaphonic Guitar: Composition, Technology, and Creative Ergonomics”.
He has extensive experience and training in music composition (popular, classical, and electroacoustic), production (mixing, mastering, engineering), and technology (programming, electronics).
James is a company director of Last City Studios , acting as music and audio lead for an upcoming animation series, and works as music producer through his production company redev-studios .
James has worked in a number of musical projects over the years, contributing both creatively and practically. He was the frontman, arranger, producer and live engineer for Macclesfield-based alternative rock band Von from 2022–2024, and has operated as a solo electronic artist from 2024, releasing music under the pseudonym redev . James is currently in the process of developing a new project focussing on live performance, set to debut in 2027.
Recognition
Accolades
- 2023–26 PhD Candidate in Music, Keele University
- 2021 Proctor-Gregg Prize in Music Composition, The University of Manchester
- 2021 MMus Composition with Distinction, The University of Manchester
- 2019 BA (Hons) First Class, Music & Music Technology, Keele University
- 2019 Top 5 of graduating cohort, Keele University
- 2019 "Focus" (Percussion Ensemble) premiered at Clonter Opera House
- 2018 Love Music Trust Composer Fellowship
- 2017 Principal Year Prize, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Keele
Practice
Expertise
Technology
- Max/MSP and Ableton Live
- Reaper, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Reason, Bitwig
- Digital signal processing
- UNIX, macOS, Windows
Performance & capture
- Professional guitar and bass recording
- Programmed acoustic drums and synth textures
- Rapid adoption of new hardware and software
Collaborate or commission
Composition, production, and creative technology