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Sonic Pi Workshop

Liam Baum

Workshop by Liam Baum (aka Mister Bomb) starting at 1pm

LOCATION: Harvestworks Art and Technology Program Building 10a, Nolan Park, Governors Island

Part of Regen Circuit, a LiveCode.NYC Residency

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sonic-pi-workshop-with-mister-bomb-tickets-622842377317

Suggested Donation: $5-20

Limited capacity. Ticket/RSVP not required but is encouraged and appreciated!


Description

This hands-on workshop explores working with randomness in Sonic Pi, a live coding synthesizer where users can write code to generate music. Participants will learn how to incorporate randomness into their compositions and live coding performances. Participants must bring their own laptop (with Sonic Pi already installed) and headphones.

Download Sonic for free at: https://sonic-pi.net/ 

Workshop Length: 45 minutes – 1 hour

No previous experience with Sonic Pi is necessary and newcomers are welcome to join! However, it is recommended that students have some familiarity with Sonic Pi beforehand.

If you want to get more experience with Sonic Pi:

Liam Baum (aka Mister Bomb)

Liam Baum (he/him) is a musician, educator and creative coder. He is a music teacher at BELL Academy, a public middle school in Bayside, Queens. He recently got his NY State Teaching Certification in Computer Science from Hunter College. Liam is constantly exploring how technology can be used for the purpose of creative artistic expression both in his classroom and personal artistic endeavors. This has led him to collaborate with CS4All in the NYC Department of Education to assist building curriculum for creative coding with the p5.js Sound Library and to become a teacher ambassador for Makey Makey. He enjoys merging his passions for music, teaching, and coding by making video tutorials and leading workshops around the NYC area. He also occasionally performs live coded music under the name, ā€˜Mister Bomb’.