#202: Derek VanScoten - Cloudchord

Jan 29, 2021

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Derek VanScoten is a guitarist, producer, and Ableton Certified Trainer, who makes music as Cloudchord. An Emmy-winning musician, Cloudchord is producing psychedelic chill-hop music, and sharing his process in unique and inventive music production tutorials.

On this episode, Cloudchord busts out his guitar and demonstrates his live looping technique and sound design work that can be found on his new EP CloudCovers. Every sound on the EP was generate from his guitars. It's exciting to hear Derek effortless turn quick guitar loops into beautiful pieces of music, all in real time on the podcast!

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube

Cloudchord Links:

Official Site - https://www.cloudchord.net

CloudCovers EP - https://www.cloudchord.net/music

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTEKxa5JsIMO6cmwqNmAsw

SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/cloudchord

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/cloudchord/

One Loop per Chord Tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-jTQ2AQ6-Y

Show Notes:

Making Music by Dennis DeSantis - https://makingmusic.ableton.com

The Silent Room - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-quietest-place-will-drive-you-crazy-in-45-minutes-180948160/

Bonobo - https://bonobomusic.com