Mark Mosher: Experimental Electronic Musician from Boulder, CO. Synthesis | Synthesist, Composer, Keyboardist, Performer

Two Live Electronic Music Performance Videos for Free Music Friday - "Alone" and "Celebration and Voices"

Here are two videos for you for Free Music Friday.

Watch embedded video of “Alone” by Mark Mosher

This video has an HD version as well so check it out from your home theater using your Tivo or or other streaming box.

In this video I'm playing my original instrumental electronic music song "Alone" from my album REBOOT (http://markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/reboot name your price, enter $0 for FREE). I'm about half way through arranging and programming the synthesizers and controllers so I can add this song to my live set. I'm pretty excited about the progress I'm making on the performance so I thought I'd share a rehearsal video.

It's such an organic and textural piece, I decided to play the entire song from Percussa AudioCubes using only spatial control via hand movement. Ableton Live is playing back the pulsing drone, but almost all other elements are being played live via the AudioCubes. The AudioCubes are in "sensor" mode so placing my hand in front of a cube face plays a note on a virtual synthesizer hosted out of Ableton Live - almost like a Laser harp.

I only use the Novation Launchpad on my right to change which tracks are armed thereby allowing me to switch which synths I'm playing on-the-fly throughout the song.  At the 2:00 minute mark I start playing chords by using multiple faces simultaneously.

Watch embedded video for “Celebration and Voices”.

In this video, I'm rehearsing an original composition "Celebration and Voices" from my album I Hear Your Signals (http://markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/i-hear-your-signals name your price, enter $0 for FREE).

I'm using a Novation Launchpad and Ableton Live 8 to control the session, effects, and I’m playing melodies in real-time from the Launchpad.

Composer Notes
Even though these songs are from two different albums, the are related in that they tell the same story from two points of view.

Enjoy,

Mark Mosher
www.MarkMosherMusic.com

Live Video of "First Orbit" by Mark Mosher Performed at Electro-Music 2010

Here is an excerpt of my performance of the song “First Orbit” from I Hear Your Signals at Electro-Music 2010. Thanks to Jeremy DePrisco for sharing this video with me. Audio is from camera mic. By the way, if you were at the show and have video or pics, contact me as I'd like to post more.

This song is performed using Percussa AudioCubes and a Novation Launchpad.

Watch embedded video.

Here are some other pictures Jeremy took during the my set. I love this next shot. I’m palming an AudioCube and modulating 4 parameters at the same time.

These next shots were taken during setup and sound check with the houselights still up. During the show you couldn’t see all the cabling.

Checkout my previous post “Back from Electro-Music 2010 Festival” for more pictures.

Mark Mosher
Electronic Musician, Boulder, CO
www.MarkMosherMusic.com

Back from Electro-Music 2010 Festival

I just returned from Electro-Music 2010 in New York and thought I’d share a few pictures. First let me say the festival was absolutely fantastic. My talk and shows went well and I really enjoyed meeting other synth and electronic music enthusiasts. I don’t have any pictures of my performance yet but will do a follow-up post when I get them.

Below are some shots of the event t-shirt front and back.

The event was held at the Greenkill YMCA retreat in  Huguenot, NY. Here is a shot of the main building.

Beautiful scenery (click to enlarge).

Pic from soundcheck at my Sept 10th set at Electro-Music (1/2 of the house lights are still up).

Action shot from Electro-Music 2010 sound check. During performance lights were off so audience didn't see wires :^).

Next is a shot of the merchandise table.

More posts to come…

Mark Mosher
Electronic Musician, Boulder, CO
www.MarkMosherMusic.com