polymorph — a primer, with jay
by tobinja
Description:
Music-making software has a gatekeeping problem: built on the understanding that users are familiar with traditional western music theory and possess a firm background in navigating digital interfaces, digital audio workstations (DAWs) actively stifle rather than support the creation of art. polyMorph is a project that exists beyond the piano keyboard and the timeline sequencer — using gestures and phrases, polyMorph empowers first-time music-makers to create endlessly expansive works of experimental music.
This workshop will introduce attendees to polyMorph and generative music. We’ll cover gestures and randomness as compositional elements in music, and put together our own definition of what generative music is. The goal is to give attendees some insight into making their own procedural music, while introducing polyMorph as a fun, accessible tool for making their own work.