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!

Hi, my name is Andrew Huang. I’m a senior in Arts & Sciences majoring in China & Asia-Pacific Studies. I’m taking this course because I’d like to learn more about the techniques and software involved behind the art of creating music with computers. Not much of a music background other than a few years of piano lessons as a kid (which I suppose might be another reason why I’m interested in pursuing the computer as an instrument instead), but I have had many experiences with audio editing for projects and other assignments.

I’m a big fan of electronic / house music and enjoy songs with heavy sampling and mashups if they’re done right. I also enjoy listening to hip hop / jazz  and my creative agenda for this class is to try to understand and recreate the sounds from some of my favorite artists.

I also need this course to fulfill a Literature & Arts requirement to graduate, so that’s a plus.

I’m Kelvin, and I’m a junior studying Computer Science in Arts & Sciences. I’m taking this class because I’m interested in composing and producing music!

As far as experience goes, I played piano for about four years when I was really little (circa elementary school), and violin for five years, so I have some music theory background – though I haven’t had any formal education in music since then. I began writing music in 2008, and in 2010 started to create music for a game I was making (recall: I’m a CS major). The game didn’t get very far, but I’ve been continuing to write music up until now. Also, in the past year or so I’ve started using FL Studio as a production tool. I’m still learning, though.

I primarily enjoy listening to electronic music (esp. house, trance, liquid dubstep & dnb) and I’m a sucker for catchy melodies and complextro in particular.

I look forward to meeting you all, and learning more about making music with computers!! 🙂

Kelvin Jin

Hi,

my name is Michael Neborak and I’m a junior in the engineering school and I’m majoring in Computer Science.  I’ve played the piano since I was four, getting slightly competitive with it in middle and high school with NYSSMA, now I play for enjoyment.

My favorite music is by far EDM, specifically the electro and progressive house genres.  Looking back at all the music I’ve ever liked, I’ve realized that all the songs fall under the genre of electronic dance music in some way.  I have extensive experience using Logic Pro along with synthesizers like Sylenth1, Massive, and Nexus.  I love the EDM genre in general such as any house, dub step, trance, techno, complextro, etc. Due to my piano history I heavily appreciate classical music, but I’ll appreciate anything else, especially hip-hop and alternative rock.

Hi everyone,

I’m Brendan, a junior bioengineer. I am not in the class yet but my fingers are crossed! I like to listen to a wide variety of genres, but I mainly listen to Irish traditional. I’m not in a group, but I have been playing uilleann bagpipes (which are NOT the St. Paddy’s Day march-around-in-a-kilt species!) for over six years. Since bagpipes create several very distinct sounds out of a few different ends of the instrument, they are not trivial to record well. I’d like to master the art of recording the pipes, but I am also very interested in learning the ins and out of audio software and just creating some interesting sounds and rhythms.

I’d be willing to collaborate with anybody if people are looking for something a bit different this semester. I am sadly taking a pretty heavy courseload and I’m nervous about getting enough time for my own project, but this is my only chance to take the class because of engineering requirements senior year so I am very excited to see how it all goes!

My name is Valeryan Besselyanov, but I go by Val to most. I am a senior chemistry major who has been wanting to take this course for almost my entire time here. I have been playing guitar/bass for about 8 years, know a bit of piano, and am a decent singer. I have involved myself with many musical projects throughout the years, ranging from duos, to full-fledged bands with recordings and live shows, to solo creations. I have a few years of experience recording/mixing and composing music, both instrumental and electronic-based. My program of choice is Ableton Live. I am also a member of Cornell’s Improvisation Ensemble. I am extremely excited to be honing in on my interests  in a formal setting because I’ve basically been winging it this whole. Making music is my favorite thing to do in the world so I expect to broaden my skills and produce some wonderful new things, whether it is on my own or in collaboration with others.