Linda Bouchard, artistic director


ABLETON LIVE WORKSHOP
featuring MAX for LIVE

Taught by Aram Shelton
January 26th & 28th, 2010
6PM - 9PM

  MAX for LIVE

A two-day beginning and intermediate level workshop that explores the flexibility and versatility of Ableton Live with an overview of MAX for LIVE, recently co-developed by Ableton and Cycling '74. This workshop will be custom designed to address the needs and interests of participants, illustrating a myriad of music making methods to suit various scenarios and purposes.

Location:
The LAB
2948 16th Street @ Capp
San Francisco’s Mission District


COST: $100 for Two-Day workshop (6 hours)

Limited space

EXCEPTIONAL OFFER:
Registration to this Workshop gives you a student discount at Ableton and Cycling 74.

Ableton Software

You can purchase Ableton Software: Ableton Live 8, Ableton Suite 8 and Max for Live at an Educational Price once you are fully registered for the workshop.

Cycling 74 $59 9 month license

Cycling74 is also offering student pricing: a $59 nine-month license to our workshop participants. Remember that it's a small investment initially, and $39 of that purchase can be put toward a regular license any time in the future.

This workshop will serve as both an introduction to and build on participant's knowledge of Ableton Live through demonstrations, question-and-answer, and troubleshooting. Previous knowledge of MAX is not necessary. Participants 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 demonstrate possible techniques.

Special student pricing for Ableton Live and Max for Live will be offered for participants of this workshop.

LIVE topics explored:

MAX for LIVE overview:

Participants are invited to email the instructor, Aram Shelton with any questions regarding topics to be covered: workshops@nexmap.org

Suggested materials but not mandatory: Laptop with Ableton Live (8 or previous) / Max for Live / Headphones

Aram Shelton
Aram Shelton is a multi-instrumentalist on saxophones and clarinets, a composer & improviser, and creates electro-acoustic 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.

When making electro-acoustic music Shelton primarily uses custom built patchers in MAX/MSP that focus on live sampling. Shelton's electro-acoustic compositions focus on a technique called phrase modification, where written phrases played by orchestral instruments are recorded in real time, rearranged, modified and reintroduced to the composition.

Settled is Shelton's electro-acoustic solo project. The music invokes moods through a cinematic style inspired by solitary walks, rainstorms with no thunder, fog & mist, the coast, empty city streets, the woods, books & coffee, bourbon & ice, and long afternoons. For the music of Settled, a bed of sounds is created using a combination of pre-recorded material, field recordings and found sounds. Live playing and processing of wind instruments interact with this material, and melodies evolve from existing tones found within the structure. www.aramshelton.com/electro.html

Beat by Aram Shelton:
 


 

Ben Bracken
For the past 15 years, Ben Bracken has slowly been creating a unique sonic language utilizing electronics, acoustic sound sources (guitar, cymbal, bells, found objects, etc), electric guitar, and field recordings.

Primarily interested in the possibilities of a kind of echo-relocation that exists with sound based art, his work has oscillated from performance to installation, often blurring the lines between the two. In both, the location of the event becomes an active participant, intimately shaping the nature and direction of each work.

After finishing a graduate degree in Electronic Music at Mills College in Oakland, CA, Ben moved on to his current technical support position at Cycling '74, the developers of Max/MSP, which he utilizes as one of many tools in his live performances. Ben also curated the Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut, a performance space in West Oakland, CA.

Some previous or current musical groups include Crystal Village (With Gregg Kowalsky), Flashpapr, Tiny Lights, Remote Viewing Ensemble, Duo with Luis Maurette, Duo with Zach Wallace, Bones (with Jacqueline Gordon).

Ben has improvised with Le-Quan Ninh, Brent Guetzeit, Kevin Drumm, Peter Kowald, Chris Cutler, Phil Minton, Rhodri Davies, Werner Dafeldecker, Fred Van Hove, Johannes Bauer, among others.

Common Ground by Ben Bracken:
 


 


Recent Workshops and Clinics

MAX/MSP CLINIC
Taught by Aram Shelton and Ben Bracken
October 14th & November 11th, 2009


Ableton Live: Workshop
Taught by Aram Shelton
October 20th & 22nd 2009
6PM - 9PM

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