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Sampling 101: A Music Workshop with Ed Washington
This event has ended. It was scheduled for 5/18/2024.
1 - 4 p.m. Saturday, May 18 & 25
Seed Lab, 111 W. 6th Ave.In-Person Event
Out North and the Joe Jim Paul Fan Club (JJPFC) invite you to a sampling workshop with Ed Washington. Explore JJPFC’s collection of Alaska music on vinyl and learn how to create your own sounds from analog.
In this two-part workshop series, participants will learn how to transfer audio into a digital format, find and create loops with audio samples and “chop” audio samples. More advanced participants will arrange samples into music. This workshop is open to all levels of musical production skill. Open to ages 14 and older. Free; Registration is for both sessions. For questions, reach out to contact@outnorth.org or call 907-360-9664.
This workshop is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alaska State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional funding from the Rasmuson Foundation.
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Ed Washington is an Alaska-based recording artist and University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) alumni. He graduated from the music department with a bachelor’s in vocal performance. Since his time at UAA he’s released 2 albums (Hedonism and Stoicism) and one EP (The Hopeless Romantic). Ed is known for his many performances throughout Alaska, and his collaborations with Nick Carpenter of Medium Build (Especially Me, Rabbit, and Good At Being Lonely) and Quinn Christopherson (Evelene). Ed is currently having a full circle moment and working at UAA as a Student Activities Coordinator and working on his third Album. You can find his music on all streaming platforms by searching Ed Washington.
The Joe Jim Paul Fan Club (JJPFC) is an Alaska music archiving project building a library of albums that have connections to Alaska. JJPFC is primarily interested in analog recordings, put out on media such as vinyl and tape, and are actively digitizing, cataloging and documenting what they find. JJPFC is supported through a Northern Research Fellowship at the Anchorage Museum.
Out North’s nonprofit mission is to advance contemporary art in Anchorage, support underrepresented voices, and promote cultural dialogue. Out North operates Out North Radio KONR-LP 106.1 FM and the Out North Theater.