Music 🎧
This is a selection of my musical output and writing/thinking about music.
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If you want to collaborate or riff on music, please reach out via Twitter or Soundcloud.
Recommended Reading/Viewing
- Pharrell and Rick Rubin Have an Epic Conversation - If you're into music, this will be one of the best things you'll watch in your life.
- Learn music theory in half an hour. - Youtuber Andrew Huang breaks down music theory in 30 mins.
- Lupe Fiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” - Surprise, mamajamma! Grammy-winning raper does a scholastic analysis of his craft. Amazing.
Scoring Film
My Own Writing
- "Mom, I'm on Spotify": How I Produced My First Music Album - This is a step-by-step walk-through from artistic concept to published music. Atitlan EP is out now on Spotify and Apple Music.
- Music Production Masterclass: Kilian Bohn - Kilian is an award-winning sound engineer, music producer, and lecturer. He taught me how to produce.
- Like Father, Like Son: DJing as a Performing Art Form - A father wants his son to follow in his footsteps. Son rebels and goes the other way. | This is a story about classical music and DJing.
Recent Projects
Club remix of a pop song 👇
Movie score for a friend's documentary 👇
Other Pieces
- Learning Logic Pro X: Getting Started with Music Production - This post shows the 80/20 of what I learned when producing in Logic Pro X.
- Sound and Hearing Protection: Best Practices for Musicians - Hearing loss is permanent. Start protecting your hearing early. This post shows how.
- One Night in Istanbul: Disko No Disko x Mitte Karakoy - Disko No Disko received an offer we could not refuse: playing a gig in Mitte Karakoy, Istanbul. The concept: music for charity.
- Music Is the Answer: Spotify Takeover for xpsr - In this post, I share 10 of my all-time favorite tracks and explain why they are interesting to me.