Loop

Features, talks and performances from Ableton’s summit for music makers.

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Loop: 5 Perspectives on Creative Blocks

Loop: Five Perspectives on Listening

Goldie in conversation

Anna Meredith: Composing Beyond Convention

Live Track Deconstruction with Photay

Khruangbin in conversation at Loop

DiViNCi: Free Your Fingers, Free Your Mind

The Art of Interface: Axel Hartmann on Synthesizer Design

Lea Bertucci on Composing for Four Dimensions

Craig Schuftan on Music Makers Venturing into Video

Teaching Yourself to Make Music Software: Steve Duda in Conversation

Gen: Inside Max's Secret Weapon with Cycling '74

Paul Goodwin on Re-Visioning Black Urbanism through Music

Erin Barra on Sonic Prosody and Songwriting

Patrice Rushen on Musical Lineage

The Computer as Collaborator: Machine Learning and Creative Practice

Yeuda Ben-Atar on the Beauty of Repetition

Juana Molina: What’s In My Bag?

Multi-channel audio as creative space: Inside Max 8’s MC

A Personal Take: Abid Hussain on Sampling and Copyright

A Personal Take: Coco Solid on Changing the Paradigm

A Personal Take: Misty Jones on How the Drop Changed Pop

A Personal Take: Lawrence English on Listening

Plattenspieler: A listening session with Gilles Peterson

Hidden Hearing Loss: Origins of common hearing disorders

The Art of Mastering: A conversation with Mandy Parnell

Motors, Magnets and Motion: Electronic Instruments from the Physical World

Fatima Al Qadiri: Music Outside the Comfort Zone

A performative presentation with Caterina Barbieri

Andrew Huang, Rachel K Collier & Adam Neely on making music for online audiences

I Speak Music: Manipulating, Improvising and Composing with Vocals

Susan Rogers on working with Prince, audio perception, and careers in music

A performative presentation with Tennyson

New Horizons in Music: Polyrhythms with Adam Neely

Unlocking creative blocks with Machinedrum, Kaki King and Abayomi

Live Track Deconstruction with The Roots’ Stro Elliot

Creative Process Q&A: How do you start?

Creative Process Q&A: How do you balance the big picture and the details?

Creative Process Q&A: Where’s the line between inspiration and stealing?

Creative Process Q&A: How do you deal with a crisis?

Creative Process Q&A: How do you edit your own work?

Creative Process Q&A: How do you know when you’re finished?

Lee “Scratch” Perry: A conversation with The Upsetter

No I.D: Making beats for Jay-Z and longevity in hip hop

No I.D: Producing artists vs. producing hits

Music in Motion: Performing with mi.mu gloves

Breakbeat Deconstruction: From hip hop to drum & bass and beyond

DJ Jazzy Jeff: Freedom and ownership in the new music industry

DJ Jazzy Jeff: The art of collaboration

DJ Jazzy Jeff: The power of creative community

Robert Henke: Failure = Success

Robert Henke and Dennis DeSantis in conversation

Young Guru: Creativity in the engineer's chair

Jace Clayton on global music and digital culture

Matthew Herbert, James Holden, Young Guru, and Phoebe Kiddo on overcoming creative blocks

Daniel Miller on channeling creativity

Producers as teachers – using Ableton in music education

Interactive music making on the mobile web

Holly Herndon: On process

Holly Herndon and Jace Clayton in conversation

Henrik Schwarz & Bugge Wesseltoft on improvisation