Intro to Music Production Workshop

Virtual Workshop Series with Justin Geller, Kent Watson, and James Weissinger
4 Virtual Sessions: Mondays 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26
4:30–6:00 p.m.

Remote Participants Encouraged! Space is Limited.

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This four-part workshop is an introduction to the music production software Ableton Live. Participants will gain experience recording audio and learning the basics of editing, mixing, and sampling. We’ll also cover musical concepts like time signatures, basic composition strategies, and rhythm. We’ll make SONGS. Participants will also get an introduction to using MIDI keyboards and microphones. As each session builds on the previous one, participants are strongly encouraged to attend all four sessions.

The workshop will be led by VCAM Philadelphia Artist-in-Residence Justin Geller, along with VCAM Maker Arts Space Coordinator and Technician Kent Watson and VCAM Operations Manager James Weissinger.

Justin Geller is a Philadelphia-based music producer/engineer. Since the early 90s, he has been involved in a diverse group of projects and collaborations, producing music for film, video, and as well as sound and light installations.  Most recently he has produced releases from R3DLTTR and Remote Places and in the past has worked with longtime collaborator, Julian Grefe, in the genre-hopping electronic music collective, Pink Skull. Geller is also the Music and Sound Director for Monument Lab, a public art and history project. As part of this, he helped create a 36 speaker audio installation (for Emeka Ogboh feat Ursula Rucker - Logan Squared), solar-powered outdoor listening stations, and an interactive drum machine interface in Franklin Square (Kara Crombie’s Sample Philly).

Contact: dwatson1 [at] haverford.edu + jweissin [at] haverford.edu

Sponsored by the VCAM Maker Arts Space, the VCAM Philadelphia Artist-in-Residence Program, the Malcolm Baldwin 1962 Fund, and CRAFT.