On today's episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by Sean Hamilton.

Sean Hamilton is a percussionist, composer, improviser, and audio engineer whose creative practice focuses on hybrids of the improvised and the composed. His interests are rooted in avant-garde and experimental music, free improvisation, electronic and electroacoustic music, noise, punk and metal, and sound art.

Sean has performed in over thirty states and six countries, including the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Austria, with notable performances including the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, the Skronk Sessions, the Racer Sessions, MOXSonic, and the SEAMUS National Conference. He has also presented work at the Asheville and Orlando Fringe Festivals, the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Art in Odd Places Orlando, WKCR-FM New York, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

Since 2019, Sean has been based in western Colorado, where much of his time is spent traveling in his converted campervan for creative and recreational activities. In that time, he has covered nearly 100,000 miles, touching corners of the United States ranging from Seattle to San Diego and New England to Key West, with significant time in the high deserts and mountains of Colorado. He also enjoys 35mm film photography, tinkering with hands-on projects, and snowboarding.

In this conversation, Sean discusses his roots playing drums for a war reenactment as a kid; his interests and influences as a drummer and composer; how he listens critically to nuance in sound; and much, much more.

Sean is online at http://www.seanhamiltonmusic.com/

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On today’s episode of music/Maker with Tyler Kline, you’re in for a real treat - and you’re in for something a little different - because today Tyler is joined by writer and experimental music critic Vanessa Ague.

Vanessa Ague is a Brooklyn-based violinist and arts journalist who primarily writes about experimental, contemporary classical, and improvised music. She’s written for The Wire, Bandcamp Daily, Pitchfork, the Quietus, The Brooklyn Rail, WNYC’s New Sounds, WQXR, Texas Monthly, and Musicworks, among others. Since 2017, she’s been running the blog The Road to Sound, where she covers experimental music and the artists who make it. She’s particularly interested in guitars, drones, electronics, and the intersection of all three.

In this discussion, Tyler and Vanessa talk about everything from Hayao Miyazaki films to Radiohead albums, some of the inner workings of arts journalism, why curiosity is not just a good trait for music writers but for everyone, and much more.

Vanessa's portfolio is online at https://vanessakayague.com

Vanessa's blog is at https://theroadtosound.com

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Today on music/Maker with Tyler Kline, Tyler is joined by composer and tubist Brett Copeland.

Dr. Brett Copeland is a tuba player, educator, composer, and music technologist who holds the position of Associate Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Northern Iowa where he teaches Applied Lessons, Low Brass Techniques, directs the UNITUBA ensemble, and teaches a course on Electronic Composition.

Brett's artistic endeavors extend beyond performance, as he recently co-authored The Creative Listener with other members of NewStream Brass, an innovative method book aimed at providing a resource for music educators to teach audiation and improvisation concepts effectively. Furthermore, his passion for composition shines through his acoustic and electro-acoustic works.

In this conversation, Brett and Tyler cover a lot of ground: Brett shares how he thinks about tuba with electronics and how that is different from how most tuba players might think of it; we reminisce about hanging out with friends at lunch in grad school, and how that’s impacted Brett’s musical thinking; how a composer might leverage AI to break out of their comfort zone; and what it’s like returning to his undergrad as a professor.

Brett is online at https://www.brettcopelandmusic.com/

His YouTube channel is also worth following, at https://www.youtube.com/@brettcopeland_music

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