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Hey y’all, my name is Sai and I’m a senior majoring in Chemical Engineering. Growing up, I played trombone extensively but then unfortunately quit in high school because of a horrible teacher. I’ve gotten very into electronic music over the past year, and during quarantine, I got really into DJing and seeing how different DJ’s mix tracks. I also developed a big interest in music theory and would love to learn more about it in this class. I started playing piano 3 months ago to better understand music theory and maybe even produce in the future. I also have a DJ controller and am trying to learn mixing techniques this semester.

My interests definitely lay more on the technical side of music production. Hit me up if you’re interested in a collaboration!

Hey everyone – I’m Chris O’Brian, a senior CS major. I can’t say I know a whole lot about electronic music, nor do I have a whole lot of experience in this area….but it’s something I’ve been trying to learn about for quite a while. I’ve been playing guitar for quite a while (since 3rd grade, maybe?) and know a little bass and piano, too. I played a lot back in high school with a couple student groups, but I haven’t really had the chance to get anything serious rolling here at Cornell, but I still play when I can. I haven’t done much composing of my own pieces, aside from a few improvisation recordings and am looking forward to this class giving me some experience with that and letting me put together some cool stuff!

I’d say I’m coming at this class from the technical side: I’ve got a bunch of experience working as an “audio editor” and board op — idk what the right words for this jobs are — but I know my way around Pro Tools and I’ve been working for nearly two years now on-and-off with Cornell Productions and Bailey Hall running sound for events. This has been giving me a little peak into the work of digital music synthesis, sequencing, etc. and I thought it would be fun to learn more by taking this course.

Plus, I am always willing to collaborate on cool projects! Lmk.

Hey folks, I’m Luc. I’m a senior chemistry major and Spanish minor. I have a pretty broad music taste, but I gravitate most strongly toward death and doom metal and other adjacent metal subgenres. I also like a wide range of electronic music, from well-known electro house and melodic dubstep to breakcore and dark industrial. I’ve also been riding the hyperpop wave that has surged in very recent years. I’ve been interested in making electronic music for a while, and one of my goals in making music is finding out what styles I enjoy producing the most.

While I’ve picked up and never committed to a few instruments, most of my DAW experience comes from playing around with LMMS and Reason. What I want to learn from this course the most is how to familiarize myself with the technical aspects of music production so that they are less intimidating, and how to make my own samples.

Hi 🙂 I’m Kaushik, a senior computer science major. I played the guitar throughout high school, but not as much during college. One of my biggest passions has always been listening to music and towards the end of high school I started dabbling with the idea of also making music.

Some of my biggest influences are artists like Kanye West, Aries, Dominic Fike, Young Thug, Tyler The Creator, Mac Miller, Travis Scott, and many more. A lot of the music I like to make takes inspiration from whatever I’m listening to at the moment. I listen to a wide range of music, mostly hip-hop and indie/rock.

In my senior year of high school, me and a couple friends made a mixtape and dropped it on SoundCloud. I love to rap/sing, which I’ve mostly done over Youtube Type beats and recorded using my headphones mic and Garageband. I recently got into producing and composing instrumentals as well using FL Studio.

I’m really looking forward to this class and hope to have the opportunity to learn in depth about more of the general technical skills required in producing music using computer software. I also hope to learn a little more about music theory and some of the sonic techniques used by artists in the music industry.

Hey! I’m Euna, and I’m a senior double majoring in English and Music and minoring in PMA. Growing up with a violinist mom and with the tiniest violin thrust into my hands at the age of four, I had no choice but to accept early on that music was going to be an integral part of my life. I haven’t played the violin as much since crossing coasts to attend Cornell, but I’m in three vocal ensembles here (we’ll see how that goes): Chorus, After Eight, and Measureless. Mezzo/Alto 1 pride.

I played around with Noteflight a little in middle school, but that’s about it for composition. Being in a cappella groups that worked with MuseScore and Finale allowed shy underclassman me to explore arranging music, which rekindled my interest in producing something of my own. I’m looking forward to working with software that’ll allow me to share the melodies in my head with the world, and getting to know and collaborate with others in this course who feel the same.

Hi! My name is Aman and I am a senior majoring in ECE. I’ve been trying to enroll in this class since my freshman year so I am really excited to finally be in it! I have been really interested in both Music Production and Djing since high school and have casually messed around on Ableton but most of my knowledge is just from youtube tutorials that I could find online. So I am really excited to dive deep into DAW’s and learn as much as I can from the instructors and all of you!

Hi! My name’s Will and I’m a senior CS major. I took classical piano lessons for most of my life but now I play more alternative/indie music. I also sing, play the guitar (acoustic and electric), and, to a lesser extent, play bass and drums. I write music, I have experience with arrangement and recording, and I have performed a lot in the past.

I’m hoping that this class will teach me new things about digital music production that I can leverage in my recordings, but I also want to explore different ways of creating music. I love playing with other people and am totally open to collaboration.

Hi everyone,

I am Yifan, a master student from Electrical and Computer Engineering. I played the piano for over ten years but I haven’t played too much after college. And I also had some experience on accordion before I learned the piano. Recently I have been playing around with electro guitar (very beginner level). My recent interests are progressive rock, pop rock, city pop, a little bit metal and house music. I take this class because I want to learn basics on music making, try to make my own music and at the same time add some fun to my master’s life.

Hi all! I’m Josh. I play piano and ukulele, and also like singing acapella (though I haven’t done that in a while). I’ve done a bit of computer music before and I was part of an electroacoustic ensemble in high school. I like interesting instruments, polychromatic music, unusual time signatures, and orchestral music. Also, I’m playing D&D at the moment, and my character wants to be an idol, so I’m trying to write some songs for her. I’d like to get better at writing melodies and adding texture to my music.