July 29th 10am to 3pm
In this workshop Aja will teach you how to make field recordings, and create a wide range of different sounds and textures by only using simple, built in Ableton Plugins. You will learn to build ambient/drone/noise textures, experiment and discovering new sounds as a group, then learn to experiment with them for live performance.
In this workshop you will learn:
– how to record sound using handheld recorders
– what field recording is
– how to import sound to Ableton Live
– a creative manipulation of Ableton Live plugins
– how to explore the soundscape and musical potential of field recordings
– how to construct ambient textures in Ableton Live
– experimental play with sound for new music composition
About Aja
Aja Ireland is currently exploring industrial beats and distorted drones, following five years of work with a wide range of musics from grind noise to techno. She has worked as a DJ in Berlin, played in the noise orchestra of Batalj and more recently launched her new live performance, exploring noise further.
The rest of the week:
- Day 1: DJing – Miss Melodie
- Day 3: Sound recording and composition – Caro C
- Day 4: Algoraving: computer coding beats
- Day 5: Creating your performance – Marlo DeLara
- Day 6: Performances – Liz Dobson