For our performance this week, one of the ways I tried to brainstorm was by listening to specific songs and deconstructing them — trying to understand the layers that make up each song, and how I can use that as inspiration for my own performance. One of the main elements of my live coding performance, for example, was this bass drum beat:

d1 $ sound "{808bd:12 [808bd:73]}" # room "0.03"

I came to this beat after listening to Fred Again.. ‘s song Marnie (wish i had u) and trying to understand how he gradually constructs and put together relatively simple layers and elements that make up the song. I eventually couldn’t escape this way of thinking while shuffling my playlist and thought of putting together a collaborative class playlist where we can drop in tracks that inspire us while we’re figuring out how to live code music. I started a collaborative Spotify playlist that you can check out and add to here. Let me know if you have any thoughts, or if another platform like youtube could be more accessible to people! (✨pls add songs I love exploring and learning what other people listen to✨)