Online Mentorship Programme
10 Weekly Group Sessions
Autumn Cycle Start : 30th September 2020 -- SOLD OUT --
10 x 90 minute group sessions taking place every week
Interactive live video format, including demonstrations, exercises and discussions
Exploring a different topic every week, from both practical and philosophical perspective
Every session concludes with a Q&A and opportunity for participation
Online Mentorship Programme: Introduction/ Meet&Greet [30th September; 18:00 CET]
Improvisation as the core of Sebastian's approach to music, a philosophical introduction to the concept and its importance to tapping into your creativity.
We look at improvisation & creativity as something innate within human nature:
Frank will talk you through his studio set up, what decisions lead him to his current set up. Specific talk about several topics such as cabling, workflow, software and hardware and “real instruments” and acoustics.
Session 1 Description
LIVE - Group session [7th October; 18:00 CET] - Improvisation
Your Feedback: Session 1
The topic of improvisation naturally leads to the idea of collaborations, their role in the creative process (and of improvisation), listening and paying attention to other artists.
Frank will discuss the different mechanisms (pre-sets, tools, tricks) that he uses to help him improvise, capture valuable moments, condense the material, arrange his ideas, and finishing a song.
Session 2 Description
LIVE - Group session [14th October; 18:00 CET] - Collaborations
Your Feedback: Session 2
Discover how reconnecting with nature and meditation can be used as tools to unlock your own creativity.
Meditation:
Nature:
In the first session of the second week. Frank will lead you through his live-set-up. When you have watched this video, he will go into further details on the set-up, introduce you to his workflow on stage and answer further questions you may have.
Session 3 Description
LIVE - Group session [21st October; 18:00 CET] - Nature & Meditation
Your Feedback: Session 3
Sebastian will talk through his studio set up, what decisions lead him to his current set up and his advice. Specific talk about several topics such as Software, Hardware, Soundcards etc.
In the second part of Frank’s introduction to his live-set, he will share more of his experiences on stage. He will give you background information on his approaches and solving issues on stage
Session 4 Description
LIVE - Group session [4th November; 18:00 CET] - Studio set up
Your Feedback: Session 4
With improvisation as a technical aspect, Sebastian will discuss the different mechanisms (pre-sets, tools, tricks) that he uses to help him maintain a clear mind and therefore more open to the flow of creativity.
Touring as a solo-act is one part of Frank. However the integral part of collaboration has been present and vital to Frank also before his electronic music career. He will introduce to the different forms and aspects of his collaborations and how you can grow / develop through these team efforts.
Session 5 Description
LIVE - Group session [11th November; 18:00 CET] - Finding creativity in the studio
Your Feedback: Session 5
Sebastian will talk you through the various software programmes he uses, plugins and software synths (and why).
In this last episode Frank will give you an insight of how his story went so far. Here you will learn about his thoughts on communicating and relations, mistakes and decisions.
Session 6 Description
LIVE- Group Session [18th November; 18:00 CET] - Sebastian's live set up/ Software
Your Feedback: Session 6
In this second module focusing on playing live, Sebastian will follow up on the topic by discussing the hardware aspect of his live set up and help you with any doubts or questions you may have to build your own.
Session 7 Description
LIVE- Group Session [25th November; 18:00 CET] - Sebastian's live set up/ Software
Your Feedback: Session 7
Sebastian will share his tricks about finding peace and presence on stage. These include pragmatic solutions to finding your creative flow, and a more holistic approach to touring (for e.g. monitoring and sleep).
Practical things to think about:
Session 8 Description
LIVE - Group session [2nd December; 18:00 CET] - Finding creativity on stage
Your Feedback: Session 8
Sebastian uses freestyle live looping as well as prepared sketches, both when he plays live and when he improvises in the studio. This episode gives a deeper insight into these two approaches and in what way you can combine them for better creative flow.
Looping
Sketches
Session 9 Description
LIVE - Group session [9th December; 18:00 CET] - Live Looping and Sketches
Your Feedback: Session 9
As a final chapter, we will look at the misconception there is around having a team for underground electronic music artists. The importance of finding the right people to work with, who share your values and can cultivate their knowledge to bring your creative ideas to fruition.
Session 10 Description
LIVE - Group session [16th December; 18:00 CET] - Building the right team
Your Feedback: Session 10
Every Wednesday at 6pm CET
No, we are not sending recordings to participants after the sessions. The intention is to practice presence, and experience the course in the moment, focusing on improvisation and real-time feedback. One-on-one sessions will be recorded however and shared.
This can happen, such as in real life things sometimes come up. We look at this case by case, if someone has considerable changes in their schedule and is absent to more than 1-2 sessions then we speak directly to the student about the possibilities.
Yes, the course is in English.
The sessions are hosted on Zoom. Once you have signed up to the course it will appear in your student dashboard, there you can access the links every week. You do not need to have a Zoom account to access this link on your browser, however to use it on Desktop you will need to create an account (free).