Blog

Hello, my name is Agatha Siu and a senior in Operations Research and Information Engineering. I sing regularly and I’ve played piano for about 13 years (though stopped taking lessons in high school) and guitar for about 4 years. I play weekly as a part of a praise band for an on-campus fellowship. I’ve studied music theory and music history while taking piano lessons and I’m always interested in continually learning about different aspects of music. I’ve never had a creative musical outlet in my experiences so I’m excited to try new things and definitely open to working with others!

Hello all,

The links and reference materials I mentioned as follow-ons to this morning’s lecture are online in the “Class Materials” section (found above under “Courses–Music1421…”). You will see these class-related posts only when you are logged in.

KE

My name is Julius and I’m a junior in A&S majoring in English and minoring in both Africana Studies and Music. I really enjoy music and have always been interested in how production works, so I decided to take this course in search of that information. I am also excited to see how creative my peers are in composing and coming up with new music.

I’m Steven Bell and I’m a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in government (international relations).  I’ve played the piano since the 3rd grade and stopped taking formal lessons during my junior year of high school.  I used to play for a couple of choirs at my church back home before I came to college.  It was a good way for me to continue doing what I enjoy.  I’ve recorded a number songs in my small recording studio at home and have had a few of them copyrighted.  I am familiar with some basic recording techniques given my limited experience with the studio software Cubase.  From this class I’m hoping to learn more about recording music and creating digital music so that I can apply them to my own works.  I am more than willing to work in groups.  I’ve been waiting to take this class for years and I look forward to the experience.

Hey Everyone

I am a senior in CALS majoring in Communication Technology, I have very little experience with any one particular instrument but I have dabbled with several. Because this is my last semester of college and I wanted to branch out and try something out side my comfort zone. I am a big EDM fan and I feel this class would be a great way to understand how those artists make their music.

I look forward to meet you all and hearing your creations.

Hi, I’m a senior studying physics (Arts and Sciences).

I’ve played the violin for 12 years, although not particularly frequently since coming to college. I’ve mainly played classical and folk music of various sorts, but I was also in a Jazz band for several years.  I’ve had some additional experience with music theory and composition.  I enjoy listening to most types of music, although I don’t find popular dance music from the past 50 years particularly interesting (with some exceptions).  My computer music experience is rather limited, but I’ve experimented briefly with several open source DAWs, and played around with sound manipulation in a few programming languages.

I don’t have any particular goals in mind for this class, but my interests involve working with unconventional sound sources, incorporating computer use into live performance, and experimenting with homebuilt audio hardware (electronic and acoustic). I’d be happy to collaborate on a variety of projects.

Hello,

My name is Jevon Yu and I am a junior in Operations Research and Information Engineering.  Music has been a huge part of my life from an early age.  My mom started teaching me piano from a young age, and I have been a part of concert and marching bands throughout my educational career.  I have a strong sense of musicality and have experience playing a variety of genres.  I have perfect pitch and am able to improvise well on the piano.  At Cornell, I play music through worship bands at Chinese Bible Study (an on-campus Christian fellowship) and First Ithaca Chinese Christian Church.  I have a little experience doing some digital recording, but have not really explored much of it and have not had studio quality equipment to do so.  I am looking forward to expanding my skill set and horizons through this course.

Instruments:  Piano, oboe, baritone horn, guitar, bass, drums

I am willing to work with others on projects and am excited to see what we are able to put together!

-Jevon Yu

Hello, my name is Michelle Chang and I’m pretty new to the computer music scene. I’ve done a little bit of dabbling in Garageband, but mostly just recording in real time. I’m a pianist and a singer, but primarily a singer. I also play a liiiiittle bit of ukulele 🙂

I’m currently a senior in Operations Research, and I’m taking this class because I want to learn more about how music is made and how you can use programs to manipulate sounds into something entirely new. Like I said, I have a little bit of a musical background, and I’m really looking forward to expanding it and learning some from the rest of you!

All the best,

Michelle

Hey Everybody,

My name is Emerson and I am a senior in the College of Engineering studying Materials Science. I have a very limited musical background, only having played percussion in middle school. I wish I were more musically talented, but I have never had the time or opportunity to learn. I have always had a great appreciation for music and those who make it. I love to listen to all kinds of music, especially hip-hop. This class will be the first time I will have the opportunity to try music making first hand and I am looking forward to getting started.

Hi, everyone! My name is Shengnan and I’m a sophomore major in civil engineering. I want to take this course because I really want to learn how to create my own music!

I have played piano for more the 10 years. I played  in my high school orchestra for two years and we won first place in the competition in universal studio! I’m also applying to become a chimesmaster this semester. I’m sure that will be a lot of fun~

I love all kinds of music, country, pop, rock, classical…

Anyway, I’m really excited and looking forward to start have fun in this class!