ABLETON LIVE WORKSHOP Total Cost: $100 Maximum participants: 20
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A two-day beginning and intermediate level workshop that explores the flexibility and versatility of Ableton Live. This workshop will include examples of techniques unique to Ableton and will be custom designed to address the interests and on-going projects of participants, illustrating a variety of music making methods to suit various scenarios and purposes.
Techniques explored:
Ableton Live Workshop will build on participant's knowledge of Ableton Live with demonstrations and hands-on exercises. Participating artists will be invited to explore new ways of engaging their creative process. A take-home project will be assigned after the first session to further develop explored techniques.
Participants are invited to email the instructor, Aram Shelton, beforehand with any particular questions and/or topics to be covered. Contact Aram at workshops@nexmap.org
Suggested Materials: Laptop with Ableton Live and Headphones / MIDI Controller / Pencil and Paper
Aram Shelton | ||
Aram Shelton is a multi-instrumentalist on saxophones and clarinets, a composer & improviser, and creates electroacoustic music through computer-based electronics. While the music he makes is spread across a variety of aesthetic lines, it is related by the importance of improvisation to develop material and express musical individuality. He currently lives in Oakland, California. Beginning on tenor saxophone while growing up on a small ranch in southeast Florida, Shelton switched to alto saxophone in college, as a way to focus on the classical techniques of the instrument. After college, Shelton lived in Washington DC for a summer where he met other young musicians interested in making music unrestricted by style. He moved to Chicago in the spring of 1999, inspired by the amount of musical activity and quickly became involved in the city’s creative music scene. While there, Shelton developed his playing style on alto saxophone while also studying clarinet and trumpet. He played creative jazz and improvised music in many settings, including the groups Dragons 1976, Arrive, and Rapid Croche. Over time he also became interested in the use of computer-based electronics for the live sampling and manipulation of acoustic instruments, and formed the group Grey Ghost with Johnathan Crawford. After several productive years in Chicago, Shelton moved out west to study electroacoustic music at Mills College in Oakland, California. Shelton continues to focus on live improvisational-based music that uses both acoustic and electronic instruments. In California the groups Flockterkit, Ton Trio, Son of Gunnar Ton of Shel, the Shelton/Healy duo, the Pink Canoes, and Settled represent his music. He maintains his connections to Chicago through the groups Dragons 1976 (Multikulti), Arrive, Rolldown (482 Music), and Keefe Jackson’s Fast Citizens (Delmark). www.aramshelton.com |