https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/tags/techniques/live-performance/Latest entries for the tag Live PerformanceenMon, 06 Jan 2025 09:28:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/alan-sparhawk-i-made-this-beat/"I made this beat! Those words are coming out of me. It's for real. I'm ecstatic." You can tell Alan Sparhawk means it when he sings 'I Made This Beat' on his new album White Roses, My God. The lyrics are simply the song title, repeated as a mantra through…Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:28:40 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/alan-sparhawk-i-made-this-beat/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/watch-jamie-blake-and-keanas-push-3-performance/Keana’s silvery smooth vocals flow over luscious chords and bubbling beats from Jamie Blake in this lakeside Push 3 performance. Watch the duo break down each layer of their Set, and see how they mapped different parameters of the electric piano and lead guitar patches to Push’s pads for more…Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:04:25 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/watch-jamie-blake-and-keanas-push-3-performance/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/setting-the-stage-creative-uses-for-live-12s-performance-pack/Bring all the controls you need for live performance into one place with Performer – plus learn to create simple tools for DJ-style filter sweeps, pitch bends from your computer keyboard, and even an automatic live looping device with Prearranger. In his new video tutorial, Side Brain walks you through…Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/setting-the-stage-creative-uses-for-live-12s-performance-pack/TutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/joining-forces-un-ctrls-fusion-of-dance-visuals-and-sound/The story behind un ctrl – a trio comprising dancer Cat Jimenez, A/V artist Martin Retschitzegger and music maker Daniel Kohlmeigner – serves as a reminder that innovation flourishes when artists from seemingly different worlds converge. Their collaboration began with a unique invitation: to develop a live performance integrating movement…Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:57:08 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/joining-forces-un-ctrls-fusion-of-dance-visuals-and-sound/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/push-performances-our-favorites-from-2023/In the seven months since the release of the new Push, artists around the world have been continually surprising us – making a home for the instrument in emerging scenes and unlikely landscapes. To round off the year, here are some of our favorite performances from music makers getting to…Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:17:23 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/push-performances-our-favorites-from-2023/ArtistsNewsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/together-apart-remote-jamming-with-speedy-j/In an era of hyper-connectivity, most musicians have wondered whether it’s possible to play music in real time with friends around the world. The enforced lockdowns of the COVID pandemic only made this idea more appealing, as in-person jamming became impossible and music makers were confined to their homes and…Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:36:44 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/together-apart-remote-jamming-with-speedy-j/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/When she’s in the studio, machìna’s primary goal is to write music that satisfies her own creative urges. But when she’s on the stage, she performs her personal, idiosyncratic creations with the dazzling presence of a pop star. In July 2023, she met with Ableton’s own Craig Schuftan in Berlin…Fri, 27 Oct 2023 15:50:01 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/loop-session-discover-machinas-approach-to-performing/ArtistsLoopVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Formed in 2015 by Brooklyn duo Brady Keehn and Melissa Scaduto, LA-based Sextile began life as an “occult-inspired” post-punk band, with the line-up quickly expanded through the addition of bassist Kenny Elkin and guitarist Eddie Wuebben. Initially compared to psychobilly surf rockers The Cramps, their album A Thousand Hands was…Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:26:30 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/sextile-rocking-the-synths/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/cloudchord-tending-the-bloom-bap-garden/The cover art for Cloudchord’s latest album, Bloom Bap, features a guitar with a neck that loops around and morphs into a branch, passing by a tree stump that doubles as a turntable. The trippy nighttime gardenscape is a fitting visual representation for Derek VanScoten’s music, in which lush layers…Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:08:04 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/cloudchord-tending-the-bloom-bap-garden/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/breathing-life-into-a-story-sk-shlomos-autobiographical-beatboxing-performance-explored/When SK Shlomo (they/them) received their ADHD diagnosis, they reached out to fellow beatboxer Beardyman to share the news. Beardyman’s response was simple. “Well, obviously. Isn't beatboxing basically just a symptom of ADHD?” Shlomo's ability to focus so intensely on beatboxing while growing up could have been attributed to undiagnosed…Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:00:06 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/breathing-life-into-a-story-sk-shlomos-autobiographical-beatboxing-performance-explored/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/pachyman-dubbing-is-a-must/On any given afternoon, Echo Park Lake glistens in the L.A. sun as swan-shaped paddle boats circle a central fountain jetting high above lotus blossoms, while on the shore, joggers cut through the grass and vendors roast corn and spike sliced fruit with chili and lime. With the not too…Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:18:13 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/pachyman-dubbing-is-a-must/ArtistsDownloadshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marina-herlop-voice-and-piano-extended-to-infinity/Marina Herlop is on a path of discovering the infinite possibilities that extend out from a foundation of piano and vocals. On her most recent album, Pripyat, the classically trained Catalan composer chops and layers her voice many times over, filling out her compositions with elaborate harmonies and spiky electronics,…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:41:22 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/marina-herlop-voice-and-piano-extended-to-infinity/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-ori-moto/Ray Wassef, aka Ori Moto, shares a step-by-step guide to getting a track made in Live ready for performance. Learn how to prepare and clean up stems and clips so that they’re easy to trigger and tweak on the fly, and see how to make the most out of Live’s…Wed, 18 Jan 2023 12:32:38 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/made-in-ableton-live-ori-moto/ArtistsTutorialsVideoshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/spirit-of-the-beehive-indescribable-intensity/Among the current crop of American indie bands, Spirit of the Beehive is without doubt one of the most original and idiosyncratic outfits out there. Debuting in 2014, the Philadelphia band’s sound has evolved to incorporate ever more startling combinations of DIY post-punk, psychedelic rock, synthpop and electronics along with…Mon, 30 May 2022 09:50:13 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/spirit-of-the-beehive-indescribable-intensity/Artistshttps://www.ableton.com/en/blog/perera-elsewhere-live-at-loop-create/At Loop Create back in June 2021, London-born, Berlin-based producer and songwriter Perera Elsewhere delivered an entrancing performance from the Ableton HQ office canteen in Berlin. Sasha Perera brought her grooves to life with Toto Wolf on drums, Oren Gerlitz on bass, and visuals created by Hugo Holger Schneider –…Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:15:13 +0000https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/perera-elsewhere-live-at-loop-create/LoopVideos