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Learning Modular April 2022 Newsletter: Ambient Performance

Learning Modular April 2022 Newsletter: Ambient Performance

by Chris Meyer | Mar 31, 2022 | Newsletters | 3 comments

It’s busy times here: Last month, I was one of a set of musicians who performed an ambient gig at Currents 826 gallery; that’s the subject of this month’s main article, as well as a few recent Patreon posts. On April 1 (no joke) I premiered a new performance for...
Learning Modular April 2022 Newsletter: Ambient Performance

Learning Modular March 2022 Newsletter: Overload!

by Chris Meyer | Feb 28, 2022 | Newsletters | 2 comments

I’m in the middle of a few projects right now, so I’m afraid this newsletter will be briefer than normal. Hopefully I can start to catch up next month. But in the meantime, here’s what’s been happening: featured article: The power system in new gigging case. Alias...
Learning Modular April 2022 Newsletter: Ambient Performance

Learning Modular February 2022 Newsletter: Learning to Mix in Quad

by Chris Meyer | Jan 31, 2022 | Newsletters | 2 comments

I’m writing this newsletter while out in California, where I lived for over two decades before moving to my current home in New Mexico. While out here, I’ve played the Southern California Synth Society’s NAMMless JAMuary on January 22nd, spent two days at Richard...
Learning Modular April 2022 Newsletter: Ambient Performance

Learning Modular January 2022 Newsletter: Getting in Tune

by Chris Meyer | Dec 31, 2021 | Newsletters | 6 comments

I have big plans for 2022: I’ve already tentatively scheduled nine performances at various events, plus I would like to release some new albums. This has meant updating and overhauling my studio, tweaking the Monster (the studio modular) and replacing the Tardis (my...
Learning Modular April 2022 Newsletter: Ambient Performance

Learning Modular December 2021 Newsletter: Morphing How I Perform

by Chris Meyer | Nov 28, 2021 | Newsletters | 1 comment

After a successful return to in-person live performance in October, I’ve been planning out a new travel/gigging/live performance modular case. The two main goals is that it legally fit into more airplane overhead luggage spaces, and that it interfaces nicely with a...
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