Just Add Music (with Minna)

17. Just Add...Memories of Mariah (Overture Series)

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2206011/open_sms] At last, the final episode of the Overture Series is here! It's been 3 months since that first call and finally I get to hear the final reveal on tour, loud and proud!  Welcome to the Season Finale of Just Add Music Season 2, the Overture series!

16. Just Add...The Layer Cake (Overture Series)

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2206011/open_sms] The big day is here! Time to go to the studio and finally record the final versions of these two short pieces. It's August 2023 and we are in Oakland at 25th Street Studios with a 13 piece string section, a trumpet player, a french horn player and a flutist. I am conducting and producing the session.  Listen to how we build each piece layer by layer. Thank you to Gabe Shephard at 25th Street for tracking the orchestra and to Adam Muñoz for mixing our tracks! Welcome to Just Add Music, S2, Episode 8!

15. Just Add...Notation (Overture Series)

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2206011/open_sms] Don't have the CALM app yet? Fear not! My love letter to Notation episode is here to help you rest that weary body and heavy eyelids.  Cozy up with your favorite blanket and hear me wax poetic about my love for the art of notation (the art of creating sheet music). While some composers view notation time as drudgery, I find it soothing and a constant reminder of how the human body moves to make music. Notation is creating a choreography manual for a musician to read and react to. In an ever increasing computerized, AI-ized, automated world, the act of drawing musical notes on a page for a human to read and move their body to match feels like a quiet, subversive act. I will never tire of watching humans play music together. Notation is one way to keep those muscles moving.  Welcome to Just Add Music, Season 2, Ep 7!

14. Just Add..Music Shout Outs (Overture Series)

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2206011/open_sms] Today we move onto writing the overture for Death Cab for Cutie. My relationship with DCFC goes back to 2011 when I wrote my first string arrangements for their Codes and Keys album. Shortly thereafter, we toured an orchestral collab set in 2012 with the Magik*Magik Orchestra. Because of this history, the writing process for DCFC felt so different from what it was like writing for The Postal Service. If writing for the Postal Service felt like being at a party with a bunch of people you don't know, writing for DCFC felt like grabbing tacos with an old friend. Welcome to Just Add Music, Season 2, Episode 6! Production Credits: Host, Composer, Music/Audio Editing: Minna Choi Producer, Story Editor: Nicole Wong Music Credits: 1) Luna 006 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 2) Amelia 007 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 3) Ana 005 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 4) Amelia 008 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 5) Amelia 009 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 6) Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie [https://open.spotify.com/track/4zBFQh3OBdtoRFWn2XRrIr?si=522f4274469c4c09] 7) Camille 001 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 8) Luna 003 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 9) A Lack of Color - Death Cab for Cutie [https://open.spotify.com/track/617GoDMLDCGJSouPbBb1k7?si=707d25ccd3df4caf]

13. Just Add...Dad's Vacation (Overture Series)

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2206011/open_sms] We've all felt it, but no one (to my knowledge) has ever named it. You know that feeling when you send your first draft of a fresh new idea, your baby, your precious to someone for their feedback? But you haven't heard anything back yet? What emotions do you feel? I feel relief. I feel like I've earned the right to rest and it feels incredible. Here's an episode dedicated to that special feeling. Welcome to Just Add Music, Season 2, Episode 5! Production Credits: Host, Composer, Music/Audio Editing: Minna Choi Producer, Story Editor: Nicole Wong Music Credits: 1) Amani 007 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 2) Amelia 007 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 3) Ana 005 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/] 4) Amelia 008 - Ghost Girl [https://ghostgirl.studio/]