Books
Davies, R. (2024). Repetition and performance in the recording studio. Cambridge University Press.
Davies, R. (2022). Coproduction in the Recording Studio: Perspectives from the Vocal Booth. Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781003146865
Online articles
Davies, R. (2024). Australia’s live music crisis is essentially a crisis of confidence. How could we bring it back? The Conversation.
Baker, A. & Davies, R. (2024) it’s me, hi! the visibility of women in music. Monash Lens.
Davies, R. (2023). What’s a fair price to pay for music? In Australia, musicians aren’t getting paid as much as overseas artists for songs played on the radio. The Conversation.
Davies, R. (2022). Australia is one of few countries that doesn’t pay session musicians ongoing royalties. Our music industry suffers as a result. The Conversation.
Journal articles
Davies, R. (2023). Out of sight out of mind: Rights for non-featured performers in the Australian recording industry. Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 34(2), 74-88.
Book chapters
Davies, R. (2024). An autoethnography of performance in the vocal booth. In P. Gouzouasis and C. Wiley (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Music, Autoethnography and Reflexivity. Routledge.
Thesis
Davies, R.M. (2019). That’s perfect, let’s do it again: observing performance in the vocal recording booth. (PhD thesis). Monash University, Australia. DOI:10.26180/5d5a3d5d67d53
Non-traditional research outputs (NTROs)
Davies, R. M. (Author). (2016). Trans-contextualisation of 1970s popular song: Researching identity through cabaret performance. Recorded/ Rendered Performance.
Davies, R. M. (Performer). (2014). Rocket Man. Music Performance, Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Research output: Non-textual form › Music Performance › Other
Conference presentations
Davies, R (2025, July). IASPM International Conference, Paris, France.
Davies, R. (2024, December). IASPM-ANZ Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Davies, R. (2024, February). Home, Work and Music Conference. Vienna, Austria [online presentation].
Davies, R. (2022, August). Neighbouring Rights [Panel discussion]. Indie Con, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Canham, N. & Davies, R. (2022, July). Welcome to the Zoomiverse [Conference presentation]. ISME Conference, Online.
Davies, R. (2019, June 24-28). That’s perfect, let’s do it again: observing performance in the vocal booth [Conference presentation]. XX Biennial International Conference of IASPM, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Davies, R. (2017, June 2-4). Towards a practice-based methodology for the investigation of agency within the vocal booth [Conference presentation]. Australasian Jazz & Improvisation Research Network Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Press/Media
Davies, R. (2022) Interview by Christine Anu on ABC radio National Session musicians rights, aired 30 July 2022.
Davies, R. (2022) Interview on Radio Adelaide Session musicians rights, aired 4 July 2022.
Davies, R. (2022) Interview on 2SER Royalties for sessions in the Australian music industry, aired 4 July 2022.
Davies, R. (2022) Interview on ABC Radio Perth Are Aussie session musicians undervalued, aired 29 June 2022.