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Hi everyone, I’m Nick, I’m from LA, and I’m a freshman planning to major in Information Science. I’ve been playing piano for 11 years or so, and I’ve used GarageBand a few times, but other than that I have very little experience in music composition.

I’m excited to be in this class and to gain skills in digital music production which I can use to explore various creative ventures. I’ve heard really good things about MUSIC 1421; I’m interested in collaboration with others, and am looking forward to seeing what everyone makes!

Hi all. My name is Daryl Choi and I am a senior, majoring in Chemical Engineering. I am taking this class because I want to be able to express myself artistically and, for this reason, learn how to use audio software. I played tuba and jazz trombone in high school and continue to play piano today. In terms of my music taste, I try to keep an open mind. I enjoy 1600s baroque to 1930s big band jazz to 1990s grunge rock. One thing I’ve noticed, however, is that I go through genre phases — I will cycle between genres over long periods of time.

In terms of my favorite artists, I would choose John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Daniel Caesar, Travis Scott, Mac DeMarco, and Joji.

In terms of my favorite genres, I would choose Jazz, R&B, and Hip Hop.

I look forward to this class and seeing what everyone comes up with.

Hi I’m Juliette. I’m a senior studying mechanical engineering interested in robotics, design, and how machines interact with environmental problems. Besides classes I teach for COE, play on the club ice hockey team, and am part of the mechanical team for CUAUV where I design and build autonomous submarines.

I wanted to take this class since I’ve loved music my whole life, but I haven’t been able to do as much here at Cornell. I mostly play piano and sing, but I also dabble in ukulele and used to play classical trumpet. At Cornell I was in Chorale for two years but had to drop due to time. I’m definitely interested in collaborating since I don’t have too much experience on the technical side of music, but I’ve done some music theory and have done a little improv work.

Hello everyone, my name is John Correa. I am a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Statistics and minoring in Business. I have had a love and appreciation for music for as long as I can remember. I played the piano from 1st grade until senior year of high school. In late middle school, I quit piano lesson for a year because I was becoming burned out from my classical training, but soon realized how much I missed playing music and quickly restarted my piano lessons. I also played the cello throughout middle school and was apart of the St. Louis County Middle School Symphony for a year. Most of my earliest musical influences came from my older brothers hand-me-down iPod in the likes of Kid Cudi and early Kanye West. I have no previous experience in producing music, so I am very excited to be able to learn and explore all the tools and resources that this class has to offer. It is my goal to create music that I enjoy listening to and that I can share with those who have similar musical tastes.

Hey everyone, my name is Daniel Kozek and I am a senior majoring in ILR. Though I haven’t played in a few years, I played the trumpet from the age of ten through my senior year of high school. During that time I was a member of my school’s wind ensemble for eight years, jazz band for six years, and a brass quartet for two years. In high school I also started to become interested in EDM, a genre which I have only become more passionate about in college. But while I invest hours of my time each week finding new songs, updating playlists, and discovering artists, I know relatively very little about production. This lack in knowledge and absence of experience is what drew me to this class. Over the course of this semester, I hope to both gain proficiency in software and learn from the diverse expertise of my peers in order to enrich my appreciation for the music I love.

Hi, my name is Simran Malhotra. I am a senior majoring in Global and Public Health Sciences, and minoring in Creative Writing and Healthy Futures. Music has always been a huge part of my life growing up. I was an avid clarinetist for 9 years and did some music theory in high school. One of my biggest regrets is not doing music in college, and I am hoping to change that in my final year at Cornell. MUSIC 1421 has been a class I have wanted to take since my freshman year, and I am excited to be a part of it! I have dabbled in very basic GarageBand production, and some composition in my spare time; but I am looking forward to actually gaining concrete skills in digital music composition and software in this class.

Hey Guys! My name is Phil, and I’m a senior in ILR from New York. I started out singing and playing the piano when I was young, but have since moved on to managing a few rappers/indie artists. I have a little experience with basic aspects of DAWS (Garageband since it’s on my computer), but I’m really excited to take this class to learn more about the technical aspects of digital music making and let that help my creative process.

Hi! My name’s Tristan Magloire and I’m a senior majoring in Government. I started venturing into the music industry in 6th grade when I picked up the Alto Sax and my passion has continued since then.

For the last year and a half, I’ve worked at Republic Records as an intern in digital marketing and A&R for Wendy Goldstein (A&R for Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, The Jonas Brothers and others). I’ve also recently began managing a number of signed songwriters, producers, and artists. The reason I decided to join the class was because of the many times that I’ll be in the studio and not have any idea what’s happening. I think I would be much better at my job if I understood the framework of producing and audio engineering. Whether it be helping with mixing or simply improving my listening and creative skills, I’m overall very excited for what I’m about to learn throughout the duration of this class!

Although I don’t play the saxophone anymore, I want to just be more attached to the actual creation of the music that I work with. Additionally, I’m definitely open to collaborating with anyone I think I can create something cool with!

Also… here’s one of the artists I work with:

https://www.instagram.com/baylimusic

She’s a songwriter and artist named Bayli…used to be signed to a band called The Skins signed to Republic but were disbanded and she now works as a songwriter signed to Warner Chappell Publishing.

Feel free to DM me on Instagram! … @tristn.psd

Hey everyone,

My name’s Tom and I’m a senior majoring in electrical and computer engineering and minoring in physics. Music has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember, and I’m really excited to learn the software side of it all in this course. I’ve played guitar for about 11 years and drums for about 8. Throughout high school I played guitar in a punk rock band with friends from school, and after that I started to play drums in a sorta alternative blues rock band called Fuzz Aldrin. 

I’ve tried to record music a handful of times with both bands, but it’s never really panned out well. A couple weeks ago my current band and I recorded our first album which is still unmixed and completely unedited. I’m really excited to learn all the tools I need in this class to finally help take my experience as a musician to a higher level.

I don’t have much experience with producing aside from a handful of acoustic songs on Garageband. I recently got FL Studio but have yet to set aside enough time to learn to use it well. I’m excited about Prof. Ernste’s emphasis on versatility rather than committing to using one program, and I think it’d be fun to collaborate with other students on projects at some point this semester.

I’m Paul. I am a father, human, and activist who plays trumpet and teaches improvisation and music. I am looking for tools and spaces.