Ableton Spaces at Together Center 2014
We're proud to present Ableton Spaces at Together Center for Together Boston 2014, in collaboration with Boston's Mmmmaven school and Certified Trainer Loudon Stearns. See below for a full rundown of Ableton workshops taking place May 16 and 17, featuring special guest artists.
All events will be held at the following address:
District Hall
75 Northern Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Live Vocal Processing with Natasha Kmeto
Date: Friday, May 16th, 2014
Time: 1:30 - 2:30pm
Host: Andrew Hlynsky (Mmmmaven instructor)
Guest Artist: Natasha Kmeto
Description: If you've ever wanted to know how to add effects to your vocals in a live setting, whether it's just to stylize a performance or an effort to include effects from a studio production in a live setting, then this is your chance to learn how. Special guest artist Natasha Kmeto will deconstruct her live setup, including a look at how she achieves live vocal processing in a manner that suits her music. Natasha will also explain the roll of the computer and any controllers or other hardware involved. She will also offer a mini-performance to demonstrate her techniques in context.
Tales from the Crypt with Tensnake
Date: Friday, May 16th, 2014
Time: 6:00 - 7:00pm
Host: Mike McKay (Together co-founder)
Guest Artist: Tensnake
Description: Join this discussion with Together V artist Tensnake to learn about his new album, path to prominence, life and musical inspirations, thoughts on collaboration, working with labels, parties, writing and performing music and other stories from the crypt. Then catch his Together V performance later in the evening at Bijou alongside Curses.
Generating Music with Plants
Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2014
Time: 1:30 - 2:30pm
Host: Loudon Stearns (Ableton Certified Trainer)
Guest Artists: Data Garden
Description: Using Ableton Live in tandem with Max for Live, Data Garden artists Sam Cusumano and Joe Patitucci will demonstrate how to translate the activities of living plants ("biodata") into MIDI note and control values, which can then be mapped to software parameters and functions to reveal the activities of plants through generative audio environments. They will also talk about the philosophy and purpose behind doing this, and provide some examples of real-world applications.
LOL Ableton Push
Date: Saturday, May 17th, 2014
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm
Host: Loudon Stearns (Ableton Certified Trainer)
Guest Artist: Jerome LOL
Description: Special guest artist Jerome LOL will join Ableton Certified Trainer Loudon Stearns in taking an in-depth look at the new instrument from Ableton: Push. Jerome and Loudon will highlight unique features and explain the workflow benefits of using Push in the studio and even on stage, and Jerome will build a track from scratch to demonstrate.