Australian Music Vault presents sonic forum Process, highlighting innovators and rebels

While Melbourne’s Australian Music Vault hall of fame gets set for a summer launch, it is announcing its arrival with the one-day Process A Sonic Forum

Held on Saturday October 14, it is described by organisers as “a day of presentations, discussions and performances revolving around music, sound, technology, perception and the creative process.

“This is a day for thinkers and makers who are exploring the edges of their fields, who innovate and subvert systems, who offer different perspectives on sound tools and music methods and who challenge the modes of interactions in the arts,” organisers said.

It will be held at The Channel, the music, sound & media technology space at Arts Centre Melbourne which includes high tech learning labs, a recording studio and vocal booth.

The first of two keynote speakers to be announced is DrEve Klein, Brisbane-based opera singer and a composer who works experimental classical music, interactive performance art and electronica.

A lecturer in Music Technology and Popular Music at the University of Queensland, Klein has also run Live courses at universities and colleges.

These include designing Australia’s first undergraduate course in DJing and live sound mixing, which has been running at Macquarie University for the last decade.

Of six workshops to be held during the day, three have been announced.

Musician and academic Ben Byrne, currently teaching in Media & Communication at RMIT University, will provide an insight to “Understanding the history of the effects and processes used in sound making’.”

Composer, DJ and musician Chiara Kickdrum will highlight “Composing and performing across experimental classical music and electronica.”

Sydney singer, producer and multi-disciplinary artist Rainbow Chan will workshop “Sampling bodily and everyday sounds in electronic music production.”

The Australian Music Vault at Arts Centre Melbourne was set up with the local music industry to be more than a free exhibition of memorabilia about the history and future of Australian music.

It also includes education programs and a fully integrated digital program.

David Rogers, Arts Centre Melbourne Creative Program Manager says of Process, “We are thrilled to be hosting such a talented and diverse array of sound makers, composers and thinkers at the inaugural Process forum.

“This is not a forum about the music industry – this is all about the creative act of music making.

“We are confident that the 60 participants will walk away with their minds blown and their view of music making changed- and we hope a burning desire to get creating!”

More information at artscentremelbourne.com.au or 1300 182 183.