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michaelgarydean @lemmy.world

Music Composer & Creative Coder. 
I create immersive sonic experiences for installation, performance, and virtual worlds.

https://michaelgarydean.com/

[email protected]

#unrealengine #touchdesigner #generativemusic #proceduralaudio #generativeart

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Where to "practice Linux" terminal commands
  • Check out Raspberry Pi. Set up a streaming server, NAS, cloud storage. If you're interested in media, make an installation. There's tons of great projects available and I believe the best way to learn anything is by making something real, not just practicing random commands. Since it's Linux based, you'll learn a lot of practical uses of Linux and the power of being able to script Bash files.

    https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/

    Hope it helps.

  • Score Order

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    Saltando

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    Jazz Voicing Ideas

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    Chopi Orchestras in Mozambique

    m.youtube.com The Chopi Timbila

    UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/chopi-timbila-00133Description: The Chopi...

    The Chopi Timbila

    Discovered this music while reading “The Study of Ethnomusicology” by Nettl.

    “The xylophonist of a Chopi orchestra made up music as he went along, but he was constrained by rules articulated by his leader”

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    Chopi Orchestras in Mozambique

    m.youtube.com The Chopi Timbila

    UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008URL: https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/chopi-timbila-00133Description: The Chopi...

    The Chopi Timbila
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    Large voicing - writing string harmony

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    Free Soundtoys Little Plate plug-in.

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    Chromatic Mediant Chords

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    Closed Voicing, pt. 1 - Big Band Arranging

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    Writing for Strings. 31 tips from Ryan Leach.

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    The koto.

    that's all.

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    What happened to our community? All posts disappeared.

    In the sidebar it says there are still 7 posts, but no posts are available anymore in the community. It shows "No posts". Any ideas what happened?

    Thanks!

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    A checklist for finishing your scores

    Paper Size

    • For Large ensemble Works, use Tabloid (US Paper Size).
    • Letter is really more for Chamber Scores and Parts.
    • Publishers will use different sizes, but for your average composer who is printing on their own, tabloid is the way to go.

    Title Page

    • Make it nice for a good impression on conductors and music directors

    Info Page Should include the following:

    • Instrumentation
    • Duration
    • Notes to Performers
    • Symbol Key
    • Program Notes
    • Bio and Your Website Information
    • Related Works (Optional)
    • Program Notes (Yes they can really suck, but you should write them then!)

    Transposition

    • Indicate whether your score is Transposed, especially if you aren’t using a Key Signature
    • Generally, Transposed Scores are more common, but some conductors prefer Scores in C.
    • If you can, ask them, and if you can’t assume Transposed. Do not skip this small step, it is crucial.

    Score Order

    • Always in score order for large ensemble scores.
    • The only exception is in Chamber Music, where unusual combinations of instruments can occur. Chose what makes sense.

    Tempos

    • Don’t miss the opportunity of telling your players how to play/characterize the music.
    • It is easy to write Quarter equals 120 and leave it at that. Give them more, a word, a direction. It doesn’t have to be much.

    Time Signatures

    • If in Film World, use Gigantic Time Signatures.
    • For Wind Ensemble and Orchestra in Concert World, Huge Time signatures are preferred.
    • In Choral and Chamber Scores, the standard size is fine.
    • General rule of thumb, if conducted go with Huge, if not, standard is fine.

    Measure Numbers

    • In any large ensemble score, you should have every single Measure number written out.
    • For Choral and Chamber, it depends. Chose whichever keeps the score clear and not cluttered.

    General Formatting

    • Use 6-8 Bars per page, especially in large ensemble scores. Let it breathe.
    • For conductors, don’t hide staves, keep the layout the same.
    • In Film World, remove measure rests so that the score can be written on in the event of an on-the-fly reorchestration.

    Section Checks

    • Check Commands for the Strings. Arco to Pizza, Pont. To Ord. Etc.
    • For Percussion and Woodwinds, double check the time you have given people to change instruments.
    • For Brass, check your mute changes.

    Dynamics

    • Watch out for Orphaned Dynamics across the score.
    • Be as clear and accurate as possible when using dynamics and give clear destinations.

    Lastly, Get a Friend to look it over if possible. Ideally you can print it and go over it

    SOURCE: https://www.davidvessmusic.com/post/how-to-make-your-scores-look-professional

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    Essential Musicology Reading?
  • I’m also interested.

    I read “Ethnomusicology: A Very Short Introduction” by Timothy Rice and I think its worth checking out, though it is indeed short. I would love to find more stuff to read.

  • algorithmic_music @waveform.social michaelgarydean @lemmy.world

    Rhythm and Time Toolkit (Max)

    Seems useful. 😎

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    Arranging balanced strings - Blending together or having a melody stick out.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo29WtIcf70

    Sean McMahon, chair of the Screen Scoring Department at Berklee College of Music, gives you expert tools to perfect your string arrangements. He explains and demystifies the nebulous ZED clef, a super handy measuring tool to see if your string writing is well balanced. What’s more, he also shares his knowledge on octave doublings vs unison string lines among the different string instruments, and he gives some advanced tips for string runs.___

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    Max MSP?
  • I love Max! I've spent a lot of years working with it and I teach private lessons.

    I think the best place to learn more is really to cover all the tutorials inside the Max documentation and then start tearing apart Max for Live devices from maxforlive.com. Personally, I tend to use Max just in Max for Live these days as that is it's strength imo. I noticed with DSP the CPU goes quickly through the roof so I usually stick to creating precise, and focused devices centered around generative music processes.

    @chappIO Javascript is pretty well supported, including for UI, but I have noticed issues when things are timing sensitive as the code is slow to execute. Here's some old examples I have kicking around on my github if you're looking for quick reference: https://github.com/michaelgarydean/max-library/tree/master/Javascript

  • Francis Bebey demonstrates how to play his one note bamboo flute at Real World Studios

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6T6suvnhco

    Francis Bebey was filmed for this piece at Real World Studios during the Recording Week of 1995. It's a delightful film - one of our favourites - where he demonstrates how to play his one note bamboo flute. "I'm teaching you how to do it, you should pay me" he says with a big smile.

    Francis Bebey was a noted writer and musician from Cameroon who sadly died in May 2001. Peter Gabriel spoke for all who encountered him at the Real World Recording Week in 1995 when he said "We were hypnotised... he embodied wisdom in lots of ways and it was a real delight".

    Karl Wallinger, Peter's co-pilot in the Recording Week sessions spoke of his amazement at the music Francis produced from his tiny, single note, bamboo flute, describing the sound as "one of the prime numbers of music".

    Francis Bebey features in the track 'Whole Thing' on Big Blue Ball: https://realworldrecords.com/releases/big-blue-ball/

    Francis's son Patrick Bebey features on the Arcade Fire single 'Everything Now' playing the same one note flute his father demonstrates in this video.

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    Games with good procedural generation?
  • I've had a lot of fun playing Descenders. It's not usually my type of game but the way that the levels are constantly changing, but not so much that's it's completely different, is really cool to me! and keeps it interesting and challenging.

  • What's your most anticipated games on Xbox Game Pass for 2024?

    I was looking up the new games coming out for Xbox Game Pass in 2024. Here's my list of the ones I want to check out most based on the Xbox Central video:

    • Starfield
    • South of Midnight
    • Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica
    • Little Kitty Big City
    • Microsoft Flight Simulator 24
    • Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga
    • The Bookwalker
    • Kunitsu Gami path of Goddess
    • Still Wakes The Deep
    • Jusant
    • Another Crab’s Treasure
    • Harold Halibut

    I love to see so many cool creative games and stories available on the platform. What's everyone else's thoughts? Anything you're most looking forward to?

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    Introduce yourselves!
  • Hello! Michael here.

    I'm a Music Composer & Creative Coder. 
I create immersive sonic experiences for installation, performance, and virtual worlds. I tend to specialize in immersive, AR/XR, and audio-visual.

    I like Unreal Engine, Touchdesigner, Max for Live, Reaktor, Kontakt, Ableton, Reaper, Dorico... Lately, I've been working on interactive music in Unreal Engine and developing various methods for procedural scoring of string instruments.

    Website: https://michaelgarydean.com/

    Bandcamp: https://michaelgarydean.bandcamp.com/

    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michaelgarydean/

    Mastodon - https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@michaelgarydean

    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@michaelgarydean

  • John Zorn - Meholalot - 04. - Live '99 (Masada String Project)

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    www.riffusion.com Riffusion

    Stable diffusion for real-time music generation

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    Ichika Nito - "I Miss You"

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    Best narrative driven games on Gamepass, with equally solid gameplay?
  • I like action-adventure games mostly, but here's my favourites so far on Game Pass:

    • Psychonauts 2
    • Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
    • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
    • The Outer Worlds
    • A Plague Tale: Requiem
    • Immortals Fenyx Rising
    • Death Stranding
    • LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
    • Ori and the Will of the Wisps