Ableton Certified Trainer- Dan Giffin talks with today’s industry experts and Ableton Live artists. We’ll explore all things music from studio to stage.
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Ableton Certified Trainer- Dan Giffin talks with today’s industry experts and Ableton Live artists. We’ll explore all things music from studio to stage.
For sponsorship inquiries, email: Dan@AbletonPodcast.com
Official page: AbletonPodcast.com
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KJ SAWKA is a well-established drummer, producer, and DJ in the electronic music scene. As a Grammy-nominated drummer, he's performed with major artists including Illenium, Excision, Blake Lewis (American Idol), ill Gates, and many others. His credits include performing on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, and is widely known for his work as a member of Pendulum and Destroid, headlining major festivals including Ultra Music Festival. His newer project -The Private Language blends hip hop, funk, and electronic dance music with front-singer Blake Lewis, a runner-up in American Idol.
As an early adopter using Ableton Live 3, KJ Sawka pushes the boundaries of live music combining DJing with drum technology. He's released numerous Packs with Ableton, and has been endorsed by major music companies including Tama Drums, Roland, PreSonus, Mackie, Loopmasters, Slate Digital, SoundToys, and many others.
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Max Wild is the founder of 343 Labs, a music production and performance school based in New York City and Berlin. He's a Zimbabwean-raised multi-instrumentalist, producer, and educator whose diverse musical influences range from electronica sounds to jazz, afro-pop, and more. He also runs the New York City Ableton User Group. Max previously taught music production at Dubspot, and ear training and music theory at Manhattan School of Music, before founding 343 Labs in 2018.
In this episode, Dan and Max talk about the importance of being part of a music community, strategies and platforms Max uses to bring artists together, favorite Ableton Live 11 features, his approach to performing with PUSH 2, using MIDI controllers as your “main instrument”, and more.
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Richard Graham is a producer, technologist, educator, and cofounder of the company Delta Sound Labs. He also creates music as Signals Under Tests.
Ricky is an Ableton Certified Trainer and Max programmer, having a Ph.D. with a background in computer-assisted music composition, electro-acoustics, and spacial audio for augmented reality (and VR). He has also been published in multiple articles by MIT press, Electroacoustic Music Studies (EMS), and other reputable journals. His software plugins have also been featured by Sound On Sound, Music Tech, etc.
In this episode, Richard and Dan chat about music production using virtual reality, tips for anyone wanting to create their own plugins (VST's), innovative workflows using guitar pickups to control MIDI and modular synths, using Ableton's Looper and Echo devices, and more.
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Dario Darnell (Youngr) is a multi-instrumentalist and producer with over 100 million global streams, and viral videos showcasing his live looping skills. Youngr has sold out shows in over 40 countries across Europe and North America, with his bootleg of Sweet Disposition hitting over 15 million views in the first 2 weeks.
Dario began to gain popularity as a solo artist partly through a series of one-take performance videos he released on Facebook and his YouTube channel, covering artists such as Daft Punk, Dua Lipa, Tove Lo, and many others.
In this episode, Dario and Dan talk about his live looping setup for recording and performing, favorite Ableton Live presets and plugins, how he wrote a song in his sleep, the medical and creative benefits of mushrooms, and more.
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Tyler Morris (Westend) is a tech-house producer, DJ, and educator based in New York. He’s worked with artists like Diplo, MK, Claude Von Stroke, Joel Corry, and others. His singles have hit the charts including his song Jumpin’ peaking at #2 on Beatport, and he was ranked the 7th best selling tech house artist overall on Beatport.
Tyler also runs the music production training website Kick-Bass.com including a discord server providing 1 on 1 mentorship and video tutorials on how to produce tech house music.
In this episode, we chat about Tyler quitting his full time job to make a music career, his favorite plugins for producing tech house, tips and tricks he teaches students, producing at home and getting the best mixes with only headphones + a Subpac, and more.
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Noah Savoie (Noer The Boy) is an experimental bass producer, DJ, and visual artist. He’s performed with well known artists including DJ Shadow, and released singles on multiple established experimental bass record labels with support from G Jones, EPROM, Ivy Lab, and many others.
In this episode, we chat about everything from sound design tips in Ableton Live, how learning synthesis has enhanced his workflow, using visual art for live shows, the power of having a good team to support you, and much more.
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Sidecar Tommy is a project by drummer, producer, beat-maker, and co-founder of the group Beats Antique. Based in Oakland, Tommy has collaborated with many notable artists including Global Bass band, Beats Antique, The Glitch Mob, Les Claypool, Alam Khan, Bassnectar, Too Many Zooz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and many others.
During this episode, Tommy and Dan chat about everything from mixing instruments with electronic elements for live performance, how to curate a great show, live streaming, fun touring stories, the importance of having a community, the mental side of producing and performing, and more.
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In this episode, Dan highlights some of the best moments from EP #26 - #35.
EP #26 w/ Erin Barra
Erin is a music technologist, songwriter, and Professor at Boston's Berklee College of Music. She is also the Founder of Beats By Girlz, an educational group training young female artists.
EP #27 & 28 w/ Jason Timothy
Jason runs the site MusicSoftwareTraining.com, teaching artists how to produce , while also addressing the mental side of music production. He’s taught thousands through his YouTube and social media channels, and is the author of the best seller book Music Habits: The Mental Game of Electronic Music Production
EP #29 w/ Graham Plant - SUBPAC
In this episode, Dan and Graham Plant discuss how SUBPAC is solving bass and low-frequency issues for producers, engineers, and performing artists.
EP #30 w/ Cliff Goldmacher
Cliff is a songwriter, music producer, and educator. He’s played and produced on thousands of recordings and album projects for major and independent publishers and labels. He has also taught workshops for music rights organizations like BMI, ASCAP and presented about songwriting for TEDx.
EP #31 w/ Tim Linetsky (Underbelly)
Tim has created Ableton Live tutorials for DJ Tech Tools, Earmark, Pyramid, and collaborated with respected artists like Lido, Tchami, Keys N Krates, Giraffage, and many others.
EP #32 w/ Bobby Owsinski
Bobby Owsinski is an author, mixing engineer, producer and songwriter. His credits include working with artists like The Who, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Iron Maiden, The Ramones, and many others.
EP #33 w/ Craig Anderton
Craig is an internationally recognized engineer, educator, and music technologist. He's authored over 35 books, mastered hundreds of tracks, played Carnegie Hall, written for magazines like Guitar Player, Keyboard, Sound on Sound, Electronic Musician, Pro Sound News, Mix. He's consulted leading companies like Gibson, Microsoft, Steinberg, Roland, Acoustica, E-Mu, Peavey, Alesis, Akai Professional, Native Instruments, Cakewalk, Ableton, Avid, and dozens more.
EP #34 w/ Animal Prince
In this episode, the indie-electro-pop duo known as Animal Prince and I discuss tips we learned from the DIY Musicians Conference in Austin, TX. We discuss a lot of marketing tips, resources, and insights for independent artists wanting to make a career and grow a following with music.
EP #35 w/ BINKBEATS
Frank Wienk (also known as BINKBEATS is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer known for using organic sounds and unconventional instruments combined with electronic music. He’s also known for performing intense live looping, and has been selling out major venues around the world.
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Artist and musician Greg Debicki (aka Woulg) challenges the status quo through glitch music and audiovisual manipulation using generative algorithms. One of his recent projects includes programming AI bots to play Cello instruments synced with visuals.
Greg is currently based in Montréal. After studying Fine Arts in Alberta and Musical Composition in the United Kingdom, he set out to design generative software, custom hacks and interactive projections. Greg has collaborated with artists including Tipper and Friends, Mr. Bill, and others. He also sells a Max4Live devices and offers 1on1 classes in composition, sound design and programming.
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bandcamp - woulg.bandcamp.com
instagram - @woulg
youtube - youtube.com/woulg
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lessons - tinyurl.com/woulg
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Ambrus Deak is a well-established Ableton Certified Trainer, music producer, DJ, and educator. He's shared the stage with major artists including The Glitch Mob, Tipper, The Chemical brothers, and has mastered tracks for Gorillaz, Clozee, ill Gates, Mr. Bill, and many others. Ambrus is also the Program Manager of Music Production for The Los Angeles Film School, a winner of iMapp - one of the world’s largest video mapping competitions, and took 2nd place at The International Breakbeat Awards.
In this episode, Dan and Ambrus discuss everything from the evolution of DAW's since the 80's, the emotional and mental impact of social media on artists, Ambrus' approach to mastering, and much more.
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