Producing & Performing Electronic Music with Cloudchord

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Over the course of 3 days, we will cover the vital topics for both producing and performing electronic music.

The workshop is open to students of all levels with a focus on Ableton Live as well as finding joy in the music making process. From composition to mixing, a wide variety of subjects will be tackled with both range and depth.
All participants will receive a coupon for 30% off Ableton Live 12 that can apply to either a new license OR upgrade!

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Ninja:
Organization and maximizing workflow
Sound selection and smooth transitions
Warping and editing - a speedy workflow
MIDI - Sheet Music for Robots
Mixing and mastering - a simple, yet dark art
Becoming a strong performer
Hacking the streaming industry
Understanding music publishing
Where are the revenue streams
Jab, Jab, Uppercut - the key to social media
Gear: What sparks joy *and* gets the job done?

The Visionary:
The seven chakras of mixing
Energetic imprints of musical styles
Timeless composition practices
The spirit of collaboration
Retaining your joy
Limitations
Digesting your influences
Diary Entries vs Bronze Statues - When is a piece of music completed?
Having a unique, genuine thumbprint


YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Cloudchord

Cloudchord aka Derek VanScoten is a Producer, Guitarist, and Ableton Certified Trainer. He is supported by D’Angelico, Fender, Supro, Quilter Labs, Joystrings, Native Instruments, and Ableton.

In 2024, Cloudchord had several viral social media videos in his Surf Covers series. His Tool cover was shot at CoSM’s Entheon.

As an artist, Cloudchord continues to move from strength to strength.

While known as a highly prolific downtempo artist, his range expands beyond any particular musical genre, tempo, or ideology. While amassing over 130 millions streams, this past year has seen him dropping boom bap bossa novas, funky disco, cinematic lofi, and trancey deep house. Genuine connection with the creative Source is the mission.

Live shows incorporate improv looping, group sing-alongs, uptempo funk numbers, and in the crowd guitar solos.

Past collaborations include Big Gigantic, Emancipator, Braxton Cook, Prob Cause, Dirtwire, East Forest, Oatmello, Sunsquabi, Random Rab, and Ian Ewing. Check out the Cloudchord Essentials Playlist on Spotify for his 10+ hours of released music.

While much of Cloudchord’s catalog is self released, he has also collaborated with Nettwerk Records, Chillhop Music, Inner Oceans, Aviary Bridge, Loci Records, Gravitas Recordings, and Lofi Chill Records.

Bonus Cloudchord fun facts.

1. He scored electronic music for the documentary “In Football We Trust,' which debuted at Sundance 2016, and won an Emmy in 2017.
2. He produced the 14 song Disco Biscuits album “Revolution in Motion.”
3. He runs an Ableton Education Youtube station called Open Channels.
4.. He won the Of Monsters and Men remix contest in 2016 with a viral tropical house flip of "Wolves Without Teeth.”
5. In 2023, he did over 200 hours of live looping on Twitch.

Cloudchord Youtube
www.instagram.com/cloudchord
www.twitter.com/cloudchord
www.facebook.com/cloudchord
www.twitch.com/cloudchord
Open Channels Ableton Tutorials


CoSM WORKSHOP SETTING

Class sessions will take place in the newly renovated MAGI Art Lab.

Grey House, CoSM's Visionary Victorian guest house, provides accommodations for all participants.

Residing onsite together is a part of this immersively creative week, providing maximum interactivity, immersion & enrichment.

Accommodations in Grey House are offered in a variety of economies and are additional to the workshop fee.


ACCOMMODATIONS

There are ten guest rooms available in Grey House, CoSM’s Visionary Victorian guest facility.

Private rooms with private or shared bathrooms, Queen or King beds.
Shared dorm style rooms with single or queen beds — femme only and coed dorm options available.

The guest house features works of art by Alex Grey and Allyson and accomplished artists of the international Visionary Art community.


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