Over the course of his career, Mark has taken on numerous academic research projects from the viewpoints of a musician, an audio engineer, a film critic, and a psychologist. These essays and lectures have helped him in learning how to professionally present his research and findings to audiences of all ages.
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On this page is a comprehensive list of all of Knapp's academic research articles, essays, and presentations.

Research Essays:

The Mental Health Benefits Of Early Musical Education - December 14th, 2015
​A Look Into A Psychologist's Mind - May 9th, 2016
Breaking The Status Quo Of Social Norms - May 31st, 2016
Brian Wilson: A Psychological Evaluation - July 13th, 2017
Erik Erikson - Psychoanalytical Ego Psychology Theory Summarization And Analysis Of Brian Wilson - July 18th, 2017
B.F. Skinner - Operant Analysis Theory Summarization And Analysis Of Brian Wilson - July 30th, 2017
George Kelly – Personal Constructs Theory Summarization And Analysis Of Brian Wilson - August 2nd, 2017
Abraham Maslow – Self-Actualization Theory Summarization And Analysis Of Brian Wilson - August 8th, 2017
Summarization And Analysis Of Personality Theories And Applying Them To Musician Brian Wilson - August 15th, 2017
A Historical And Scholarly Dissection Of The Score Of The Wizard Of Oz (1939) - November 4th, 2018
A Dissection Of Automation: Pro Tools - November 10th, 2018
An Academic View Of The Soundtrack To Pokémon Colosseum - December 10th, 2018
A Historical And Scholarly Dissection Of The Score Of Shrek (2001) - December 16th, 2018
Gould Meets Gould: Film Form And Style - February 24th, 2019
The Hero’s Journey and Jungian Archetypes: Toy Story (1995) - March 23rd, 2019
​Alfred Hitchcock: Director Motifs And Portrayal Of Women And LGBT Characters - April 7th, 2019
The History Of The Massacre Horror Subgenre (Outline) - May 15th, 2019
Propp’s Morphology and Campbell’s Functions of Mythology: Heroes (2006) - May 19th, 2019

Lectures & Presentations:

How To Write A Song Using Only Four Chords - May 11th, 2016
The Tale Of Jiraiya The Gallant (A Eulogy) - June 8th, 2016
The Mental Health Benefits Of Early Musical Education - May 18th, 2016
Logic Pro X Vs. Pro Tools 12 - August 25th, 2016
The Ethics Of The Stanford Prison Experiment - August 31st, 2017
How To Write And Record A Pop Punk Song - Verses and Chorus - December 18th, 2017
History Of The Audio Production Techniques Of Brian Wilson - January 29th, 2018
Microphone Comparison: Neumann U87 Ai Vs. Shure Beta 57A - February 9th, 2018
History Of The Audio Production Techniques Of Jeff Lynne - February 22nd, 2018
Pro Tools: A Dissection Of The Project Folder and Asset Files - September 16th, 2018
An Analysis Of Pachelbel's Kanon und Gigue für 3 Violinen mit Generalbaß - October 5th, 2018
The Theremin and Electronic Music - November 6th, 2018
The Soundtrack Of Spirited Away - November 16th, 2018
​How To Create A Successful Portfolio - November 21st, 2018
An Academic View Of The Soundtrack To Pokémon Colosseum - December 10th, 2018
An Analysis Of Mark Alan Knapp Jr.'s Arrangement Of "A Horse With No Name" - May 11th, 2019
An Analysis Of The Orchestration In The Rite Of Spring - November 19, 2019
The Impact Of Music Streaming - February 14th, 2020
​PRO Basics - February 28th, 2020
​An Overview of SoundExchange - March 7th, 2020
Master's Thesis: Music Composition, Arranging, and Synthestration For Film and Video Games - May 15th, 2020
​How To Record a Voice Over - March 9th, 2021
Film Scoring 101: How To Compose and Produce Music - April 13th & 15th, 2021
Masterclass: How To Record Gang Vocals - February 17th, 2022