Detroit Ableton User Group Workshop
Ableton Push 2/Live 9.5 Launch Event
Saturday, December 19th, 2015
4:00pm – 7:00pm EST
1846 Michigan Ave
This workshop is a chance to get hands-on with some of the latest and most cutting-edge music production tools available from the people who know it best.
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This is a FREE public event. Show up early there is limited seating.
:: About Brandon Murphy ::
An academically trained multi-instrumentalist, Brandon began studying drums at age 8 and bass guitar at age 12. His early musical involvement began in the Detroit jazz, improv, avant-garde, and rock scenes.
After relocating to Chicago to pursue a degree in Jazz Performance, Brandon became an active participant in the jazz and electronic circles - regularly performing in both.
In 2009, Brandon became an Ableton Certified Trainer and began working closely with some of Chicago’s best and brightest musicians, rappers, touring artists, producers, and DJ’s. His sound design work has been used by The Blue Man Group, and his innovative finger drumming tutorials have been featured on Create Digital Music.
In addition, he co-founded Push Beats - an artist collective and weekly A/V night, featuring local and international beatmakers and visual artists, as well as co-founded the Chicago Max/MSP User Group, and furthermore co-led the Chicago Ableton Live User Group. As a performer, Brandon has shared the stage with such acts as Carl Craig, Lorn, Bernie Worrell, James “Blood” Ulmer, and Hugh Masekela.
His areas of instructional expertise include production, audio engineering, computer music theory, live/studio setup configuration, and performance/improvisation.
:: About Benjamin Davis ::
Ben has been an active contributor to the ever-growing modular synth community since 2009. In 2013, he co-founded Macro Machines; a company that created a pioneering new system of patch recall for the modular user. Most recently, he has been designing a suite of cutting-edge performance modules for one of the biggest forerunners in the eurorack industry, Malekko.