Author Archives: Studio User

Hello, I’m Rajiv. I’m a sophomore studying CS in Engineering and minoring in Music. My ultimate goal is to DJ and become an EDM producer. I feel that the voice is the most beautiful instrument so I’d love to work with singers. My favorite artist right now is ODESZA.

I also think hip hop beats are a cool way to express darker emotions, so I have some curiosity in that field.

As far as my background, I played the violin since I was 9 but stopped after first semester in college; I picked up a decent amount of music theory and experience analyzing music doing that. Currently, I’m taking voice lessons at Cornell and learning how to use Logic on my own.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Hey everyone,

I’m a senior in CALS studying Biometry & Statistics and Computer Science and had room for a fun class this semester and thought computer music would be a great fit. I played alto sax from 5th to 7th grade in the school band and in the jazz band and I played drums in a couple pieces for the strings orchestra. In 8th grade I took a class called Music Tech where we used Audacity and a MIDI keyboard to create music for different themes including a song using only percussion and writing music for a short (3-4 minute) film. I haven’t done much music since but am looking to get the creativity flowing a bit again. I’m looking forward to working with some of you and seeing what we can create this year.

Hi y’all, I’m Ben Kang. I’m an Economics major in the college of Arts and Sciences. I grew up around church music in Houston, Texas, and I’ve played keyboard and drums for a while, developing a soul/funk playing style. I play keyboard and do A/V work for the guys back home. I’m always looking for fresh music to listen to and get inspired. I switched from piano performance to musical composition when I was in 8th grade, and since then have been creating orchestral compositional work, one of which is on my soundcloud, benkang99. During my junior year, I started looking into digital music production with software like Ableton and Logic, and starting teaching myself. Since, then I’ve been churning out beats whenever I have time, and I’ve uploaded some of them to soundcloud. My latest work is inspired by 60s-70s funk, and incorporates many of the same instruments, such as the Rhodes keyboard, Hammond organ, and wah clav. https://soundcloud.com/benkang99/funky. I’m looking to get better at producing and working with live bands.

Hi, I’m Gee. I’m currently waitlisted in the class for the fourth time in my stay at Cornell. I’m a CS major in the school of Arts and Sciences. Music wise, I am currently learning how to play the piano. I am in the Big Red Marching Band (our school marching band). Other than that, I am a novice in music and am learning basic music theory.

I have been trying to get into this class for four straight years, and am really excited because currently I am on waitlist number 4 (the past years it was always past 10). I want to learn more about the process of recording sounds and manipulating them digitally. I also want to try to write my own music later after learning more about music theory, and I feel that this class would be very useful in doing so.

Hi team, I’m Matthew Gharrity, a senior undergraduate in computer science.

I have been playing piano for roughly 12 years, and for the past several I have focused on improvisation (e.g., https://youtu.be/mc0WAAV8dKo). I have very little formal training in music theory, etc., but I love making music and I hope this class will help expand that hobby. As much as I love playing on a standard acoustic piano, I have always wanted to experiment with digital effects, synths, recording, and mixing. My end goal is to get familiar enough with computer music to be able to continue exploring and producing on my own after college. I’m really excited, and of course open to collaboration!

Hi I’m Brian Scaramella, a Senior Electrical and Computer Engineering Major.
I play Bari Sax in the Big Red Marching Band. Because of this, I’ve also arranged music for the band and for sax quartet. I also have some simple music theory classes under my belt.
I’ve performed while marching on the field, sitting in the stands, and standing in Lynah (pep band goes to hockey). All of these performances have been extremely casual and it’s been quite a while since I performed in a formal sense.
I’m excited by the idea of computer generated music, or patterns that computers naturally create and the musical possibilities therein. Let me know if you need a saxophonist, or really any other wind instrumentalist because I have access to the marching band.

Hey, I’m Chris! I’m a senior psychology major from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I have a musical background in jazz and classical piano.  I started lessons when I was five and finished formal lessons when I was eighteen.  I’ve played solo, in combos, and in a big band setting.

Over the past ten years I’ve started to listen to more electronic music and hip-hop.  This class interests me because I’d like to learn how to create some new and creative beats.  Hip-hop production is really fascinating and I’d like to add my own flavor to it.  In particular, I’d like to draw from some strange genres such as folk and classic rock when creating beats.  If anyone would like to collaborate, let me know!

Hi, my name is Christina Lu. I’m a senior double majoring in Economics and Math as well as minoring in Computer Science. I have played the piano for 15 years and used to play the violin for about 6 years. I continue to play piano; however, I stopped violin during high school because the school orchestra was questionable at best. I enjoy singing (not trained whatsoever) and like to make piano covers of various pop music.

I’m interested in taking this class because I want to be able to write my own music in the future instead of copying others. I also want to make better covers by incorporating computer sound and editing.

Hi all,

My name is Chris Worden and I am a junior music major in Arts and Sciences.  I play upright bass in the CU Jazz ensembles and sing with the Glee Club, and enjoy writing about music and studying it in my courses.  I am particularly interested in music theory from both western classical and jazz traditions, and am interested in researching cultural and psychological understandings of upper chord extensions at the intersections between Debussy, jazz and pop music.  I have also been mixing professionally for three years, and have been producing digital and acoustic music for most of my musical career.  I hope to have a collaborative EP released before the end of the year.