Sound Methods Podcast

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Today’s studio diary focuses on an iPad-only session recorded in a hotel room while I was on vacation. It’s about as simple as it gets: just me, the iPad, and some years-old samples to work with. Sound Methods is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber for $40/year (i.e. $3 per month). Background This video was shot on l...

Today's Sound Methods podcast is a conversation with Atlanta-based Daniel DeWitt, AKA The Lifted Index, and Frankfurt-based Boris Potschubay, AKA Jogging House. Together they have just released a beautiful collaborative album called Whisper Glyphs. The album captured my attention right away, and it was a no-brainer to reach out and discuss the inner workings of this joint effort. You can support D...

Today’s studio diary is a look at how my brother Mike and I performed a set as Gray Acres on the Star’s End radio program for WXPN in Philadelphia, which took place from 2-3 AM on August 25. We recorded the performance and made it available for free/name your price on Bandcamp: https://grayacres.bandcamp.com/album/live-on-stars-end-radio This is also the first time I’m attempting an audio/podcast...

Today's guest is Scott Campbell. I knew as soon as I started the podcast that he would be a guest at some point, since we've run in the same circles for quite some time and we're label mates on two different record labels: Seil Records over in Germany, and then Mystery Circles here in the US.Please be sure to support Scott by purchasing his music over on Bandcamp: https://scott-campbell.bandcamp.c...

I'm thrilled to welcome Chris Carlson to the show. Chris is the developer of an iPad app called Borderlands, which has become the de facto standard in granular synthesis over the last 12 years since it was first introduced in 2012. Chances are, if you use an iPad to make music, then you've been recommended or shown this app at some point along the way, and in all likelihood, it probably lives on y...

I’m really excited about this episode with Taylor Deupree and Joseph Branciforte. We spent over an hour together discussing an incredible project they’ve completed: a reimagined, reinterpreted, and re-recorded version of Taylor’s seminal 2002 album, Stil. Recorded entirely with acoustic instrumentation performed by humans, this new edition, called Sti.ll , is a complete and total reinvention of th...

Welcome back to Sound Methods. I'm pleased to share an interview with my friend Patricia Wolf, who I first met while on tour with Hotel Neon in 2018. We've kept in touch ever since, and I was glad to have her on the show. Check out the full transcription and additional material from this interview on the Sound Methods Substack page: https://andrewtasselmyer.substack.com Support Patricia's music by...

If you've spent any amount of time around ambient, post-rock, and adjacent genres in the last 20 years, it's very likely that you've heard the music of Hammock, a Nashville based duo consisting of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson. To describe their music is pretty difficult. The two of them have added varying degrees of instrumentation on top of their guitar playing over the years, ranging from the m...

Maybe you can relate to the feeling I had when I first used Samplr almost a decade ago: instant inspiration; a racing mind trying to consider all of the new possibilities that have just been unlocked. Only a few instruments have ever had this kind of effect on me, but Samplr - without question - is my favorite and most frequently used of the bunch. It felt like a no-brainer to reach out to Marcos...

Andy Othling is a guitarist from Albuquerque, NM. He records ambient music under the name Lowercase Noises: https://lowercasenoises.bandcamp.com/music Read the full transcript of this interview, with additional detail, images, and links, on the Sound Methods substack page: https://andrewtasselmyer.substack.com/ Get full access to Sound Methods at andrewtasselmyer.substack.com/subscribe

It was a joy to have Tom on the 2nd edition of this podcast to dig deeper into his musical past, his photography, exciting upcoming plans, and much more. I spoke with him over videoconference from his home in Brooklyn, NY, on the morning of Friday, February 2nd. Be sure to subscribe to Tom on Bandcamp - you’ll support his work directly and receive exclusive tracks on a regular basis. Highly recomm...

I’m pleased to introduce a “Sound Methods” podcast, aimed at interviewing artists about their processes and inspirations. It was an easy choice to ask Marcus Fischer to kick it off. Read the full interview and post on Sound Methods: https://andrewtasselmyer.substack.com/ I interviewed Marcus over videoconference at his home in Portland, OR, on the night of Thursday, February 1. We covered a lot of...