Tracing History through Sound, Making History through Beats, Bard College

Over four weeks, this course used deep listening to examine the role that music technology plays in globalized cultural production and personal mythology. One part deep listening, one part sound-tracing and one-part music production. Our goals were (1) Practice deep listening as a way to identify parts of a song and sounds in our environment (2) Discuss the personal/cultural/political/historical context of the music we listen to (3) Create a song then contextualize the sounds in creative writing piece.

Intro to Ableton Session Mode, FemSynth Lab

In this exploratory workshop and Q&A, introduces the basics of working in Ableton session mode, focusing on making music using looped beats and samples. Session mode is a place for improvisation, play and experimentation. This workshop shows how to use it for sound design, live performance, and generating ideas.

Exploring Sound and Self: A Course in Deep Listening, Music Writing, and Music Production, School of Making and Thinking/Abrons Art Center

What can deep listening teach us about our sonic inclinations and relationship to sound? What does our music taste say about what we want in music, and in general?

With a beginner’s mind, students are able to approach sound with curiosity and develop our unique sound signatures. Using Bandlab, an easy-to-use music production application, we will work on a song throughout the class to complement our writing exercises. No music production experience necessary.