Yearly Archives: 2018

Hi guys!

My name is Kaavian, but you can call me Kaav! I’m a senior in Biological Engineering and have been looking for a different way to connect with music again. I’ve played the piano for around ten years, and hope to apply to skills to this course. I’ve wanted to learn more about the technical and engineering aspects of developing music with the hopes of being able to develop my own music. I’m a huge fan of experimental and electronic music, and I’m super motivated to dabble in those areas. I’m a tremendous fan of the outdoors and nature, and I’m hoping to experiment with noises and sounds from nature to produce music. I am tremendously interested in collaborating with others and look forward to meeting everyone else. In recent years, I’ve found finding the time to play the piano to be quite difficult. I’m eager, however, to make room for music in my life again.

Aside from all of that, I’m originally from the bay area in California and hope to bring some gnarly California vibes to the group!

-Kaavian

Hi, Im Dae Gun,

I love songwriting! I play the guitar, hum a melody, add some poetic words, and voila, a new song!
My dream is to continue doing this at a larger scale through software and digital media. I wish to record my songs and share my thoughts and heart with the world, and hopefully, it can help others realize that they are not alone.

I have grown up in a Korean missionary family in Bolivia, so I grew up singing Spanish songs in my church every week. Today, my brain works as a unique blend of Cumbia, Merengue, Mariachi, Ballads, Traditional Korean Music, Kpop, American Pop, and R&B. And I hope to use this diversity to come up with something creative and genuine.

I also play the piano, violin, and love singing.

I hope to continue expanding my knowledge of music, be able to pour out my soul into a new composition, and share it with the world!

Hello, my name is Joe. I’ve been playing the piano since I was young, but really started getting into it around 4 years ago after I started learning scales and improvising off progressions I would come up with. I’ve gotten better at it since and I really enjoy coming up with sweet progressions and a nice little melody to accompany it. I’ve lately gotten really into listening to one bassa nova artist Jobim, so I suppose he influences my style a bit.

I’ve been using the DAW Studio One by Presonus for over three years. The first year messing around with it, I was doing mostly arrangements of sounds I thought were cool. Probably a year into it, I started getting into making hip hop and learning about mixing, after getting inspired listening to Nujabes’ Luv Sic project(specifically Part 3).  I started rapping as well along the line, and I feel confident in my ability to sing, or pick up another instrument as an alternative to grabbing a sample or using MIDI.

I’m excited to take this class to fill all the gaps in my knowledge, that comes from youtube and a few articles. I know that this class will make my music exponentially better, and I look forward to making great music with everyone!

Hi! I’m Daniel Weiss from Washington DC.

I was first introduced to music in first grade when I began playing the piano. I took lessons though elementary school and then joined my middle school band as a keyboardist, where for three years I preformed at school concerts and local events. In eighth grade I began making loops and hip hop beats using GarageBand and then later upgraded to Logic Pro where throughout high school I would mess around with the software and sometimes create cool sounds.

I enrolled in Music 1421 because I felt as if I knew how to use the basic features of digital music programs, but never properly learned how to create new and unique sounds. I was looking to turn my shaky hobby of music production into a more polished skill. Additionally since I am no longer taking piano or in a band, I enrolled in this course because I wanted to continue my music education. Also I listen to music for hours every day and recognize the true power that comes with being a talented composer and producer.

Below is the concert order for tomorrow, including soundcheck times listed after. Performances start at 3pm. I’m looking forward to seeing the results!

Steven Romero — 2:20
Brady Kellum — 2:00
David Cabuenas — 1:40
Tyler Tracy and Pablo Ruiz — 1:20
Rene Jean-Baptiste — 1:00
Yihao Chen — 12:40
Amanda Trang — 12:20

BREAK

Huy Le, Kai Pacheco, and Anshuman Das — Any time after 10 for setup and soundcheck
Jerry Xuan Yu Liu — 12:00
Charles Chatman — 11:40
Anna Bores — 11:20
Chris Oh
Salief Lewis 11:00

Hi everyone!  This is Anna (the person that sings for all of her projects) and I’m looking for a final project partner.  I’m looking for a more tech/computer-inclined person since I exist more on the purely music side of things.  I want to write an original song (would definitely be down to collaborate on this with a partner!) and I also thought it would be cool to have colored lights that go off in response to different parts of the song.  So the performance would really have a pop concert feel.  If this sounds appealing to anyone let me know!

I can’t remember who used this tech in their performance, but what is the name of the application that maps to your face and allows you to adjust certain parameters through your expressions?

Remember that our performance will be in the larger room, Lincoln Hall B21. I will be there setting up starting at 2:40. Feel free to come early and put your files on the computer or, in the case of the first group, get setup. See you this week.

Tuesday, April 17th:

Huy, Kai, and Chris

Anshuman and Xuan Yu

David, Charles, and Salief

Thursday, April 19th:

Amanda and Yihao

Anna and Brady

Tyler and Pablo

Rene and Steven