Events . Make Noise! Free DJ Workshops & Instrument Petting Zoo

Make Noise! Free DJ Workshops & Instrument Petting Zoo

Aspiring musician, producer, DJ, event promoter, or simply love to experiment with and make sounds?
Pop-up by VIA
Ace Hotel Pittsburgh 120 S Whitfield St Pittsburgh
All Ages $0 / $0

Aspiring musician, producer, DJ, event promoter, or simply love to experiment with and make sounds?

This FREE & ALL-AGES day is for you! Workshops led by 3 super talented women/femmes from Pittsburgh & Berlin.

NO prior knowledge necessary to participate! The instrument petting zoo runs all day + get deeper guidance in our workshops.

pres. by CARNEGIE LIBRARY Music Equipment Lending, VIA, girlFx, and Ace Hotel. Part of VIA Weekender Oct 6-8
https://www.facebook.com/events/1925621531020774/

~ * ~ * WORKSHOPS ~ * ~ *

2-3PM -- Setting Up Your Digital Audio Workstation
with Madeleine Campbell (Women in Sound, PGH)
Learn the fundamentals of sound recording using ProTools, and discuss how to set up your DAW to best suit your recording and mixing needs. Open to ALL skill levels - beginners especially encouraged to attend.

4-5PM -- Hey Mx. DJ! Crafting Femme & Queer-Friendly Dancefloors, with Room 4 Resistance (BERLIN)
DJ-ing isn't just mastery of gear -- it's a skill that involves reading your audience, creating and maintaining a vibe, and continually reflecting & seeding the spaces and cultures you want to see grow. Get up to speed with using CDJs, Turntables, and pro-tips from R4R on crafting yr sets. R4R is a Berlin-based queer collective focused on community-building and creating visibility for women artists, gender queers, non-binaries, and trans people in Dance Music. Catch R4R at Honcho / Hot Mass afterhours tonight.

6-7pm -- Hybrid Theory: Adding Live Instruments to Your DJ Set
with Alexis Icon (girlFx, musician/engineer, PGH)
This workshop builds on earlier sessions by showing how live electronics can be used to augment your DJ set, and/or how to perform electronic music live in a DJ setting.

~ * ~ * INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO * ~ * ~

CARNEGIE LIBRARY IS BRINGING THEIR COLLECTION OUT TO PLAY! Get your hands on these music-making machines during our workshops, and free-range hours throughout the day.

CDJ200x
Pioneer 900NXS Mixer
Korg MS-20 Mini
Korg Kaossilator Pro
Korg Monologue
Critter & Guitari Organelle, Pocket Piano & Bolsa Bass
Critter & Guitari ETC (Video Synthesizer)
Pgh Modular SV-1 Blackbox
Pgh Modular Evo
Roland TR-8
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Novation Bass Station II
Audulus (a modular synthesizer app)
Moog Theremini

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