Soft Pedal II: #Electricpulses Workshop with Nicola Morton

Funded by Create NSW, and in partnership with I.C.E, Blacktown Council and The Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre.

SOFT PEDAL II – #ELECTRICPULSES

NICOLA MORTON Masterclass

Discover the nuts and bolts of experimental electronic music in this one-day intensive Masterclass, exploring the theremin, and using Ableton, keyboards, and sample packs.

Suitable for emerging sound artists and sound enthusiasts, this Masterclass offers experimental music makers in greater western Sydney the chance to expand their skills, connect with other like-minded music-makers and upgrade their production skills.

Electronic artist Nicola Morton (Equalizer 24K) and synth genius Faith Chaza explore how electric pulses affect the pitch and velocity of sound to create frequency rhythms, guiding participants through the process of creating their own piece of sound art that they can take home.

Cost: Free
Facilitators: Nicola Morton and Faith Chaza
Age: 15 and over
Materials: Equipment provided but participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops/computers/equipment
Dates and times:
Saturday 13 March
11 am to 5 pm
At the Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre

Book here:

New Age Noise - 4 Years in Parramatta

This is the fourth year we are facilitating Electronic Music Production workshops for non CIS-males, in Parramatta (Western Sydney). So far, there's been over 150 participants and the community has really grown, so much so, there is now a collective that has been formed to start running a label and events for the crew and we have had a name change to NEW AGE NOISE.. It is amazing to witness the desire for change in Music and the ?industry? The participants have been so capable and genuine about instigating real change and growth to their community culture, its been such a dream job coz it keeps me inspired!

A.G.E music and arts facilitating

I'm approaching the end of our 2 year program for music production for female identifying and non-binary youth at Information+Cultural Exchange, Parramatta. It has been a great journey.. Check out the kewt photos.  It is amazing the amount of different voices and approaches we have shared in the classes, it has been so good to support y'all.. Here is a link to the music we share each class.. https://allgirlelectronic.tumblr.com/
and a lil more about the program here, https://ice.org.au/project/all-girl-electronic-2018/ 

Will do a lil post about my fave experimental producers from this program at the end of this term :-)

Working with people on the Autism Spectrum

Also at Parramatta, ICE,
I have been working with Autism Spectrum Australia's Club Weld Program



A lil bit about the master class..

The Korg MS-20 Mini is a monophonic analog synthesizer. At Club Weld we use a lot of virtual instruments modelled on analog synthesizers like this, but thanks to a visit from experimental artist, Nicola Mortan, we were about to try out the ‘real deal’.

Nicola introduced her Korg MS-20 Mini to Paolo & Jerry’s session and it wasn’t long before things started sounding pretty crazy and cool. In asking Nicola to explain the magic and appeal of the Korg MS-20 she said,
“Just one touch of the 30+ knobs on the Korg MS-20 Mini can drastically change the sound. The amazing thing about the MS-20 is even though its monophonic, using modulation of the 2x self-resonating filters and the 2x envelope generators can cause complex sound patterns to emerge”
Paolo & Jerry had some serious fun discovering the possibilities of the knobs to create sounds they loved hearing and discovering sounds they had never heard before. The MS-20 also works fantastically with audio in. Nicola demonstrated this feature by giving Paolo the opportunity to explore modifying a track he’d been working on. By changing the envelope of the filters that process the audio of Paolo’s track, he could chop up the audio in different ways, turns of the knobs caused rhythmic and tonal build-ups and come-downs as well as adding a sub-bass.
Paolo and Jerry had a great time exploring what’s possible with the MS-20.  A big thank you goes out to Nicola for coming to Club Weld and creating the opportunity.  You can hear a small grab of some of the sounds explored in the session by playing the video link.

LIFE GROOVE CAFE

so in 2015, matt and i moved to sydney. we finally found a place and opened it up for small sound shows and workshop/jams every monday.. we call it the life groove cafe. you can find out about up and coming gigs from now on on the tumblr.

the most liked photos from life groove cafe this year on facebook were taken by nick dan: 
Laura Hunt
Matthew P Hopkins
Vavenge

Website for Life Groove Cafe:
http://lifegroovecafe.tumblr.com/