Beat Making with Your Sounds Logistics 2024
AVAILABLE IN PERSON AND ONLINE
Please contact lan for pricing and logistics of the online version of this program
Destination
Youth Services
PRESENTER NAME:
lan Dobson
Address: 126 SW 148th St., Ste C100--#456.
City/State:
Seattle, WA
Zip:
98166-1984
(cell)_206-919-2328
Fax:
NA
Telephone: (home/work) ___206-919-2328,
E-mail:
info@iandobson.com
Best time/manner to contact you______email any time, phone also good
Web Site Address:
Adult Services
PROGRAM TITLE: _Beat Making with Your Sounds_
Program Description:
This program is an introduction to digital music creation. It relies on one or two digital audio workstations (DAWS) - Band Lab and/or Ableton Live, depending on the library's resources and goals. lan introduces participants to a very user-friendly music tutorial online that teaches basic music concepts while also getting them used to the standard approach to beat creation used on most DAWs. He also uses his drumming expertise to do an analog, live performance (on a real drum kit) of participants' digital-beat creations. Later, lan helps participants to create their own acoustic sounds, digitize those sounds (either on Ableton Live or Band Lab), and use those sounds to build their very own completely-unique beats.
The goal of the workshop is to inspire participants to explore and learn more about music on their own generally and, specifically, to explore digital music creation. After the workshop participants will can continue to work (at home or at the library) through the many more units of basic music concepts that the web-based tutorial offers and have ongoing access to the audio production program used for the last exercise (i.e. Ableton Live or Band Lab).
This workshop is also available in Spanish or bilingually in Spanish and English
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Beat Making with Your Sounds Library Logistics 2024
TWO ONLINE STREAMING VARIATIONS
Beat Making With Your Sounds - Hands/On Online Version: In order to allow lan to help each core team successfully complete their beat-making project by the end of the 90 minutes, this virtual workshop has the same limits on the number of computers as the in-person workshop.
Beat Making - Online Lecture: If your goal is to engage a large number of participants online, involving many more than 6 computers, this may be the workshop for you! In this interactive lecture lan presents much of the same material as with the in-person workshop, but there is no core group of participants and no beat created at the end of the 90 minutes. No materials or equipment is required for this program, other than a computer that can run the webinar/meeting software. Instead, lan offers pre-program suggestions, all optional, for how participants can be prepared to try out the beat-making concepts during the program. These suggestions include what type of computer setup to have ready, headphones, etc. If participants end up with their own original beats to share, lan attempts to incorporate as many as possible into the lecture. Rather than offer individual tech support, in this program lan focuses more on reviewing what free DAWs (digital audio workstations) are available for participants to launch their own digital beat-making journey and demonstrating how peripherals (keyboards, audio interfaces etc.) can be set up to work with a DAW to create music.
Program Length: 90 minutes.
Space Preferred: One long table, big enough for at least 6 people on each side and 3 computers on each side. 10' X 10' space at the end of the table with projection area or large-screen TV on the wall behind said space.
Equipment Needed:
projector with HDMI input or large TV screen with HDMI input; at least 1
internet-enabled-computer-with-headphone-jack per two participants; tables suitable for expected number of participants to sit on both sides facing each other with computers in front of them, chair for each participant, one electrical outlet required but power strip with enough outlets for all computers preferred.
Can your program be successfully offered outside? Yes'
No X
Can your program be successfully offered in a library without a meeting room?
Yes* _X_ No
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Beat Making with Your Sounds Library Logistics 2024
Set-Up/Take Down Time:
lan prefers at least 90 minutes setup and 45 minutes take down. A 2 hour setup is ideal.
Anticipated arrival time prior to performance:
2 hours unless schedule is very tight and/or traffic is very bad and/or Library can't accommodate setting up 2 hours in advance.
Audience Age Recommendation: (Check ALL that apply)
Preschool Children
Middle School
X
Families
Elementary School High School
Adults
X
All Ages
This program is also suitable for adults and may be suitable for older elementary kids who are computer savvy. However tweens/teens are the intended target audience.
Preferred audience size?
Limits? (age or size)
Optimal size is 1 to 12.
12 maximum participants for the in-person and hands-on online Version. Additional observers are welcome to attend, watch, and try the activities on their own. There is no size limit for the online lecture version.
Program Format: (Check ALL that apply)
Audience Participation
Hand-On Workshop
X
X
Lecture/Demonstration X
Location: Under this pricing structure I am able to travel to ANY library within Island, King, Kitsap, Snohomish, and Pierce counties. A different pricing structure may apply outside of these
counties.
Availability: (Check ALL that apply)
Fall_x_
Morning _X_
Winter
Spring
Afternoon X
Evening
X
Summer
X
Weekends
X
For availability for specific requested dates individual librarians should contact lan directly to see if the date is available.
Professional References: Please provide the name and contact information of at least two references who may be contacted regarding your work as performer.
Rebecca Ryan
RRyan@piercecountylibrary.org
253-548-3588
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Lisa Cipolla
Beat Making with Your Sounds Library Logistics 2024
Icipolla@piercecountylibrary.org
253-548-3303
Deborah Schneider (Public Programming Coordinator KCLS)
dschneid@kcls.org
425.369.3319
Relevant Performer or Group Biographical Information:
lan has traveled the world performing and learning about the music of various cultures. His first love is drum set and he studied timpani, marimba, vibraphone, piano, and other instruments starting at a young age and eventually earned a Master's degree in Percussion. He began performing steel drum music in 1995. lan can be found performing and teaching steel drum on Holland America Line cruise ships in the Caribbean during the winter months, playing abroad in such places as Mexico and Canada; performing at music festivals such as the Ethnic Heritage Festival in Edmonton, Canada; performing in libraries and schools throughout the Northwest, and so much more! He has performed with many musical luminaries, such as Jackson Berkey of Mannheim Steamroller and Lee Oskar of the band War. He currently lives and works most of the year in the Seattle area and part of the year in Guadalajara, MX.
Which of the following could you provide, if requested? Videotape of Performance:
Press Kit (publicity package): _X_
Hard copy color photo:
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