New Forms Season 1

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This channel was part of a project of mine where I, someone with no experience with making music, never played an instrument, and only casually enjoy music, sat down to see if I could document my journey from knowing nothing about music/audio software or how to make music, to being able to make simple beats or loops. The twist: each song must be done in one sitting, and not worked on over time. Doesn’t matter if the song is incomplete, or how bad the song sucks - the goal was to sit down, make “music”, and then upload. Song titles were chosen ahead of time to be used as the theme/tone of the “music” I was sitting down to make, or by just taking the first words that popped up into mind upon uploading the “song”,  regardless of how dumb they are. 

I had fun. It’s interesting to go back and listen chronologically. I can’t say any of them turned out objectively “good” (a few got stuck on my head though lol) or anything people would enjoy, but I can hear pretty clear improvement between the very first “song”, and the most recent “song”. 

The results of the project were noticeable. The entire process was super fun, and I found an interest and appreciation for music that wasn’t there in that way before. It also made me want to actually continue making “music”, but learn it as I would any other craft and taking it much more seriously. I learned a lot about audio/music software, too; before, I was overwhelmed by the interface and the uses of the many functions in the program, but toward the end of all of this, i was able to use all sorts of things I had no idea how to just a year earlier. 

Anyway, in case any of you dopes wanted to know what the motivation was behind any of this “music”, there it is. I did a yearlong experiment to see how fast I could go from a musically-reta*ded person to a musically-challenged person that can make a loop. 

Last thing: the next thing you should Google is 
 Urban Moving Systems.

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drawing from a seemingly endless source of technical knowledge, raw talent and an unearthly focus, san francisco based audio/visual artist tod cook has created a legacy of intense music, art and performance in his 16 years as an electronic artist.
cook grew up creating computer music from an early age, as well as working as a professional sound tech throughout his teenage years, honing his skills as a dJ and producer and creating an endless output of music.
a key figure in the michigan experimental scene, cook co-ran the noiseusse.org web label, and was influential in the underground party scene.
As the chief sound technician of the california branch of the notorius 5lowershop soundsytem, cook has organized and perfomed at countless events under a number of alias'(dJ crackhouse, $limelord, 666gangstaZ, Dj Hugealer) and has released material for slowleak records, noiseusse.org, 5lowershop soundsystem and teen suicide records.
continuing a fevered schedule of live performances, releases and collaborations, cook has also recently been working in video art, motion graphics and website design, all with characteristically spectacular results.
cook is, in any of his various alias', the absolute best live breakcore act in the world - Brandon "Heartworm" Taylor

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Making deep, weird and mellow beats after work. Co-founder of Locked Concept.

Contact at lewismatheson@gmail.com or lockedconceptmusic@gmail.com

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