Wednesday, April 17, 2013
My NYU masters thesis is a drum programming tutorial system for beginner musicians. It uses a novel circular interface for displaying the drum patterns. This presentation explains the project’s goals, motivations and scholarly background. If you prefer, see it on Slideshare.
Filed in Autobio, Interfaces, Music, Music Teaching, Software
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Also tagged ableton, dance, drum machines, drumming, hip-hop, looping, midi, music notation, nyu, propellerhead, thesis, visualization
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For my final project in Advanced Audio Production at NYU, I created a 5.1 surround remix of the Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun.” You can download it here. If you don’t have surround playback, you can listen to the stereo version: I was motivated to create a surround remix of a Beatles song by hearing [...]
Filed in Composition, Copyright and Authorship, Music, Recording, Software
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Also tagged ableton, beatles, danger mouse, dreaming, film theory, mixing, Music, nyu, paul geluso, pro tools, Recording, remixes, rock, surround sound, synths
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
For Paul Geluso’s Advanced Audio Production midterm, we were assigned to choose two tracks from his recommended listening list, and compare and contrast them sonically. I chose “Regiment” by David Byrne and Brian Eno, and “Little Fluffy Clouds” by The Orb. Recorded ten years apart using very different technology, both tracks nevertheless share a similar [...]
Filed in Copyright and Authorship, Key Musicians, Music, Recording, Sampling
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Also tagged brian eno, dance, david byrne, digging the crates, eighties, funk, mixing, Music, nineties, nyu, paul geluso, production, Recording, Sampling, synths, the orb
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Discussing “Silver Apples Of The Moon” puts me in a quandary. I like Morton Subotnick personally, and very much enjoyed studying with him. I appreciate his desire to liberate the world from the shackles of keyboard-centric thinking. There’s no question that his music is personal, original and forward-thinking. But I find myself unable to emotionally [...]
Filed in Composition, Hardware, Interfaces, Recording, Sampling
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Also tagged analog, anxiety, buchla, Composition, modernism, morton subotnick, rhythm
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On Tuesday, July 17, I appeared on the Colin McEnroe Show on Connecticut Public Radio to talk about my pet topic, remixes and mashups. The great DJ Earworm was on the show too, which I was totally geeked out about. You can stream or download the show here. Or listen to my remix of it: [...]
Filed in Autobio, Copyright and Authorship, Sampling
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Also tagged copyright, dj earworm, Evolution, girl talk, hip-hop, mashups, memes, Music, npr, pop, remixes, self promotion
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Update: see a more formal draft of my thesis proposal. For my NYU masters thesis in Music Technology, I’m designing a beginner-oriented music learning app for the iPad and similar devices. It will approach music the way I wish I had been taught it, and the way I’ve been teaching it to my private students. [...]
Filed in Composition, Interfaces, Music, Music Teaching, Software
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Also tagged dance, drumming, fun, linkedin, music teaching, nyu, rhythm, sequencing, thesis
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As I contemplate my masters thesis, I’m looking for good examples of beginner-centric musical user interface design. Propellerhead’s new Figure app has been a source of inspiration for me. It’s mostly wonderful, and even its design flaws are instructive. I have a long history with Propellerhead’s software, beginning with Rebirth in 1998. I’ve made a [...]
Filed in Composition, Interfaces, Music Teaching, Software
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Also tagged beginners, design, drumming, figure, graphics, hipsters, interfaces, ios, linkedin, music teaching, propellerhead, reason, rebirth, retro, skeuomorphism, synths, touch, visualization
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I’ve toyed around with several iPhone and iPad music apps. Many are intriguing and fun, but few have inspired me into making “real” music. In preparation for the next Disquiet Junto project, I downloaded Nodebeat and tried some improvisation. I like the result: The app combines randomness and control in an intriguing way. I also [...]
Filed in Composition, Hardware, Improvisation, Interfaces, Music, Software, Video Games
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Also tagged animoog, Composition, figure, Improvisation, ios, ipad, Music, nodebeat, random, touch
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The seminar I’ve been taking with Morton Subotnick is sadly drawing to a close. As part of the end of the semester, we were invited to Professor Subotnick’s home studio, a few blocks from NYU, to get a demonstration of the setup he uses in performances.
Filed in Composition, Hardware, Improvisation, Interfaces, Key Musicians, Music, Sampling, Software
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Also tagged ableton, avant-garde, buchla, classical, Composition, experimental, Improvisation, midi, morton subotnick, nyu
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Here are some recommended people to follow on Twitter. Most of them have blogs of various kinds which you can access via their Twitter profiles. For hip-hop, sampling and everything related: Questlove Kevin Nottingham Whosampled Grown Folks Music Wayne Marshall Hank Shocklee Jeff Chang For technology: Deb Chachra Tara Busch Paul Lamere For the highbrow [...]