What Are Your Favorite Songs That Defy Expectations?
In Ep. 48 of Soundfly’s podcast, Carter and Mahea are joined by composer Ryan Lott (of Son Lux) to discuss songs that do “the unexpected.”
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3 Things Son Lux Does to Make Their Songs So Unique
We take apart Son Lux’s incredibly unique sound, and breakdown three main tools of expression composer Ryan Lott uses to achieve it.
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Props to Ghostly International — 9 Artists Pushing the Envelope of Electronica
To celebrate Soundfly’s forthcoming course release with Com Truise, we’ve profiled 9 Ghostly International artists making creative waves.
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How Erik Ian Walker Is Creating the Music of a Changing Climate
Read our interview with composer and arranger, Erik Ian Walker, which explores his data-driven environmental composition, “Climate.”
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7 Genre-Bending Artists Fusing Jazz With Electronic Music
With genres as diverse as jazz and electronic, there’s a ton of room for experimentation. Here are 7 artists defining a space for themselves in the middle.
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Lessons in DIY Experimentation for the Sake of Listening Longevity
A concise meditation on growing up listening to DIY, lo-fi artists who experimented with their sound so that I could incorporate that ethos into my songs.
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Who’s Never Heard of Hal Willner?
Exploring the wacky career and curatorial escapades of one of New York’s most important musical directors, despite Willner never becoming a household name.
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Gang Gang Dance’s Brian DeGraw Says the Band’s Music Is a Book Without a Title
Welcome back to our interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Join our weekly email newsletter to get more insights like this into how professional artists are making music, […]
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A Beginner’s Guide to Morton Feldman — an Intimate Encounter with Sound
+ Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. By Soundfly Mentor Tim Maryon A student of mine recently said that they’d never been given the chance to “get into” famed American composer Morton […]
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Rebecca Foon (Saltland, Esmerine) on Exploring the Ocean of Her Subconscious
Welcome back to our interview series, Incorrect Music, curated by guitarist, singer, and composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud (of the band Arthur Moon). In this series, we present intimate conversations with artists who are striving to push the boundaries of their process and craft. Saltland is the solo cello and voice project of Montreal’s Rebecca Foon, who also plays in Esmerine, and […]
