Music Technology

Truce

Video Composition, November–December 2023

Final class project. Longer electronic composition that incorporates/accompanies visuals. Intent was for video and audio to have an equal role (i.e. music not secondary to the video).

Although this was a final project, I intend to continue to work on it and make some improvements/changes. Therefore, the video composition is not featured here yet.

Links: Original Video

Skills: Ableton Live, Adobe Audition, Vital

Class: Composition for Electronic Instruments

Call

Electronic Composition, October 2023

Focus on environmental audio. Employed techniques such as granular synthesis and filtering to provide more variety to the texture.

Skills: Ableton Live, Adobe Audition

Class: Composition for Electronic Instruments

Ambience

Electronic Composition, October 2023

Focus on timbre. Created an ambient composition using loops. Timbres created using synthesizer (Vital). Timbres included keys, flute, trumpet, and bass. Incorporated time variance to further the realism of the timbres.

Skills: Ableton Live, Vital

Class: Composition for Electronic Instruments

Ride

Electronic Composition, September 2023

Focus on sampled audio. Created a composition using samples from "UNFORGIVEN" by LE SSERAFIM and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Main Theme)" by Ennio Morricone.

Skills: Ableton Live, Adobe Audition

Class: Composition for Electronic Instruments

Distortion in Guitar-Centric Genres

Paper, December 2022

Researched and authored an extensive paper on the historical and musical significance of distortion in guitar-centric genres. Investigated technical aspects, categorizing distortion into harmonic and inharmonic forms, and explored various waveshaping methods. Analyzed the impact of various distortion pedals on music within the context of popular genres. Supported findings with a comprehensive review of literature and citations, highlighting the pivotal role distortion has played in shaping and influencing contemporary music genres. Utilized Max 8 for illustrations.

Skills: Max 8

Collaborators: Aidan Dougherty

Class: Computer Music Fundamentals

Asleep

Rhythmic Composition, October 2021

Processed percussive sounds to build sound library. Arranged them into multiple tracks. Utilized Adobe Audition and Ableton Live.

Skills: Ableton Live, Adobe Audition

Class: Introduction to Music Technology