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Gareth Williams/Liine Interview + WHAM BAM panels

Electronic Creatives — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:43:16 +0000

A few weeks ago I got the chance to see Gareth Williams from Liine demonstrate their applications at the WHAM BAM show in Hollywood. I haven’t yet acquired an iPad, but will soon and these apps are the first things I’m going to load on there (after my Things app)! He showed Griid with the new Cliip module—the only iPad controller that lets you seamlessly edit Ableton Live MIDI clips. They’ve got other apps like LiveControl, which allows for full control of Ableton Live and the FREE Kapture, a “total recall” Max for Live device developed alongside Richie Hawtin exclusively for his Plastikman Live tour.

The first two videos are from the WHAM BAM show, where Gareth discusses their products and makes some cool noises along the way. I’ve checked out his music, it’s really rad—he goes by the name of Raw Hedroom. Gareth just sent me some sneak peaks of what’s to come, and it’s really minimal and really groovy.

Aside from the presentation clips, I got a chance to sit down with Gareth at the lovely NAMM show and ask him some questions about his company, about inspiration, his personal passion of creating technologies and about musical projects that he’s working on. He proves to be a great interview, although we were both a bit tired by the end of a long NAMM weekend

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NAMM Inspirations from People I Love

Electronic Creatives — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:20:19 +0000

As I stated before, the NAMM show has increasingly become more of a place for making connections and networking for me than about the gear. This year I got a chance to meet with some dear friends and talented musicians at the show and talk about what inspires us. This series of videos are interviews with Moldover of Controllerism fame, Brian Trifon of Trifonic fame, David Earl otherwise known as SF Logic Ninja, Peter Nyboer from Livid Instruments and Gareth Williams from Liine.

The premise behind each of these interviews was to find out what’s inspiring them these days, where they are going and how they want to help others achieve their goals. There’s a bit of music production talk in these interviews, but I try to steer towards things that are keeping them inspired and ready to continue creating.

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NAMM, WHAM BAM Recap by Laura Escudé

Electronic Creatives — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:37:37 +0000

Another great NAMM Show has come and gone—my 7th show! Every year we do this WHAM BAM event it gets bigger and better and we have more support. Electronic Creatives is all about inspiring people to create their own art, whether it be music, visuals, instruments and the enjoyment of this art. WHAM BAM provided a cutting-edge environment for people to learn, dance and play and showcase products from boutique companies as well as more established ones like Ableton and Roland. Our goal is to create an environment for people to come to outside of the typical convention setting where you can really see the products in use by established artists and presented to a very eager and inquisitive audience.

This year every room was packed with those hungry for knowledge, attending the workshops with Gareth Williams from Liine, Moldover with his Minimasher creation, Futuristic Performance Techniques moderated by me, jamming in the sponsor room with Ableton, Roland, Native Instruments, Livid Instruments and other sponsors, dancing up a storm to electronica pioneers like Richard Devine, Derek Michael, Jimmy Edgar, DJ Kero, Eezir, Dubspot instructors Steve Nalepa & Thavius Beck and watching visuals from VJ Culture and CPU. We put a lot of time and effort and I feel excited to inspire others to create in this type of environment and community.

I moderated the panel on “Futuristic Performance Techniques” with EC friends Timo Preece, Moldover and Brian Trifon, as well as Gareth Williams and Dubspot friends Pat Cupo and Steve Nalepa. Then I got a chance to show off a new set full of live looping, using controllers by WHAM BAM sponsors like Akai, Keith McMillen Instruments, Native Instruments and software by Ableton.

I also attended the actual NAMM show but didn’t get to see much this year because of a multitude of meetings and networking. NAMM in recent years has been much more for the connections than the gear.

I got the chance to interview some of my favorite EC cohorts, musicians and technologists like Brian Trifon and Moldover, part of a new series that I’m doing focusing on what inspires musicians to create and how to help others to be inspired.

We got lots and lots of video and photos. Check all of this massive stuff out!

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Photos by Dean Paul De Leon www.Bit23.com

Photos by Drumcell www.drumcell.net

Here are some videos of the event! Special thanks to Matt Pappas www.pfunkproductions, Shelley ShellShock and Nika Offenbach for their footage.

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EC at The Bridge Tour in Los Angeles-Serato Meets Ableton Live

Electronic Creatives — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:26:28 +0000

Last week EC attended The Bridge Tour 2010, a series of events that took place in several North American cities celebrating the official release of the Ableton + Serato DJ/producer program The Bridge. DJ Revolution and DJ Spider represented at Turntable Lab in Los Angeles.

Here’s some videos of the event for you to check out! We will be exploring more of The Bridge ourselves, so stay tuned for an EC review.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH5UUoN49-s

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Ableton Live: Warping for Remixing with Yours Truly!

laura — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:19:30 +0000

I just finished another Ableton Live tutorial for Dubspot! If you are interested in learning more, take my Ableton Live Master Class, I have another one coming up on November 13-14th!

Ableton Live Master Class in Los Angeles

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nzPDWOu7Sg

Drum Rack Tutorial Series with Laura Escudé

Electronic Creatives — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:26:44 +0000

EC’s Director Laura Escudé compiled a bunch of tutorials on the A to Z of Ableton’s Drum Racks. If you’re wondering about the EC Master Classes, then these videos will give you a look inside!

What would you like to know?

Electronic Creatives — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:54:06 +0000

Send us your burning music and/or technology questions and we’ll post responses to popular queries!

Ableton Live Master Class in Los Angeles

Electronic Creatives — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:58:16 +0000

In July we’ll be hosting another Ableton Live Master Class in Hollywood, CA. Ableton Certified Trainer Laura Escudé will be leading the class and sharing her tips and tricks for composition and sound design.

Electronic Creatives Presents
Ableton Live Master Class
An Ableton Certified Training Center Event

July 10-11, 2010
Hollywood, CA
11AM-5PM

Private location in Hollywood, CA close to Amoeba Music, Cahuenga + Sunset
Exact address will be given upon signup

2 Days of Immersive Ableton Live Instruction Taught by Violinist, Composer, Sound Designer and Ableton Certified Trainer Laura Escudé

Learn Laura’s Production, Sound Design and Live Performance Techniques

$99 per day or $190 for both days

Day 1: Ableton Live 101
*Introduction to Live
*Warping/Tempo Control
*Recording
*Effects
*Controller Mapping

Day 2: Advanced Techniques
*Advanced Effects
*Live Performing
*Action Beat Making
*Advanced Automation
*Sound Design

Attendees are suggested to bring a laptop with Live installed and headphones if they can, however this is not necessary as analog note taking materials are useful as well.

The Master Class will have state of the art sound and visual projections for students to learn in an immersive AV environment.

Early registration is advised, this event will sell out.

Book directly via PayPal here:

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info at electroniccreatives dot com