Text ElectroJazz EP Recording featuring a mix of musical and production elements from Jazz and Electronic music traditions Introd uction What? How? Why? Portraits 100% by myself reflection/innovation 1. Electrane (for John Coltrane) W s i t a h ? z z a J o r t c e l E Electronic Jazz Beat oriented W s i t a h ? z z a J o r t c e l E Electronic Jazz Musicality Musicality Production Production s i t a h W ? z z a J o r t c e l E Electronic ElectroJazz + Jazz Musicality Production W s i t a h ? z z a J o r t c e l E Elements Processes Music Composition Creation Recording Production Performance Music al Ele ment 1 Rhythm metronomic rhythmic grids Electronic groove pools drum machines repetitive drums patterns s Music al Ele 1 Rhythm ment s binary and ternary subdivisions great range of tempos freer approach to rhythm in solos Jazz high degree of syncopation hemiolas / polyrhythms Odd meters Music al Ele ment 2 Harmony efficiency Electronic short chord progressions repetition / hypnotic mood s Music al Ele ment s 2 Harmony complex voicings with tensions Jazz jazz chord scales modulation to different keys Music al Ele ment 3 Melody short and rhythmic motives Electronic repetition / hypnotic mood lack of melody sometimes s Music al Ele ment 3 Melody rhythmically and harmonically complex melodies Jazz heads + improvisation melodic development chromaticism s n o i t c du o r P s t n e m e l E 1 Form and Length compact form ! exposition, development, recapitulation ! improvisation over head form ! variable length n o i t c du o r P s t n e m e l E 2 Instrumentation electronic and acoustic instruments ! orquestration concepts ! sound designing synthesisers samplers audio and MIDI effects n o i t c du o r P s t n e m e l E 3 Recording Mixing Mastering separate processes ! vs ! a single process g n si o C + o p m music CREATION 2. 2084 (for George Orwell) Composing and Recording ElectroJazz… music CREATION Mastering Traditional approach Mixing Recording Arranging Writing consecutive processes separate outcomes one way interaction Composing and Recording ElectroJazz… music CREATION Mastering New approach Recording interlaced processes interlaced outcomes every way interaction Writing Arranging Mixing Sound Designing Performing ElectroJazz Music Sections + Choreography Set up Main ideas Movements Con clus ElectroJazz New approach to performance ion Musicality Production New approach to composition 3. Days of the Dragon (for Brad Mehldau) u o y nk a Th ElectroJazz by Ricardo Curto www.ricardocurto.com for Berklee College of Music Valencia Campus