Deena Abdelwahed: Confounding Expectations
The Paris-based producer and DJ details the making of her album Jbal Rsas and the broad variety of Arabic musical influences that went into its compositions.
Posts tagged with Composition
Loraine James: Gentle Confrontation and Forward Motion
Loraine James discusses the wide-ranging inspirations, processes, and tools that went into the making of her new album Gentle Confrontation.
Loop Session: See Wayne Snow in Songwriting Mode
Watch a live recording of a studio session with Wayne Snow to learn how he works with a producer to turn his ideas into music.
Water From Your Eyes: Microtonal Indie-Pop
Water From Your Eyes discuss how they use microtonal tunings and ideas from serialist composition to write the ‘beautifully ugly’ songs on their album Everyone’s Crushed.
Sound the Alarm: Data Sonification as a Tool for Climate Action
Marcus Maeder, Miriam Quick & Duncan Geere discuss the emergence of data sonification as a powerful tool in raising public awareness of climate change.
Word Music: Composing Using Text Scores, with Maya Shenfeld
Watch Maya Shenfeld’s workshop at Loop Create on using text scores to break out of old habits and rediscover the joy of spontaneous music-making.
Loop Session: Catch Wayne Snow Streaming Live from the Studio
Join an online studio session with singer-songwriter Wayne Snow to learn his methods and techniques for writing music.
Marina Herlop: Voice and Piano Extended To Infinity
Marina Herlop on learning Ableton Live, her composition methods and the infinite possibilities that extend out from a foundation of piano and vocals.
Ropes, Fields and Waves: Celia Hollander Sculpts Time with Sound
Los Angeles sound artist Celia Hollander discusses the different ways we experience time and how she translated these ideas into music on her album Timekeeper
James Krivchenia: Big Thief Drummer Samples YouTube for Blood Karaoke
Big Thief drummer and producer James Krivchenia discusses sampling YouTube videos, recording bands, and creative editing in Ableton Live
Tijn Wybenga: A Composer Runs Amok
Composer and conductor Tijn Wybenga is harnessing the new jazz sound of Amsterdam with Live and Push
KMRU: Spaces
Ableton documentary movie on KMRU explores the influences our surroundings can have on hearing and composing. Includes free download of KMRU’s field recordings.
Take a Chance: Producing with Probability in Live 11
Discover the history of aleatoric music and learn some techniques for working with chance and probability in Live 11.
From the Ground Up: Watch Tracks Being Built in Our Video Series, Made in Ableton Live
The Made In Ableton Live video series shows artists from different genres taking a track from conception to completion
Anna Meredith: Composing Beyond Convention
Anna Meredith discusses her unique approach to classical and electronic composition and performance.
HANA: Creative Crowdsourcing
Gamer, artist and producer HANA opens up about live-streaming the creation of her latest album HANADRIEL on Twitch.
Lea Bertucci: Composing in Four Dimensions
Ableton interview with sound artist, saxophonist and noise enthusiast Lea Bertucci, who has spent much of the past decade making music with both time and space in mind.