Nick Feldman

For audio, I am able to teach all aspects of music production, sound design or live performance (including audio-visual work) and I focus on using the Ableton Live software for my tuition. If you are interested in live video/VJing I also teach Resolume Avenue.

I have devised a series of modules covering all aspects of using these apps, from the very basics through to advanced setups. This modular approach gives you great flexibility to choose exactly what and how you learn.
Email me to enquire about rates.

For many years I ran the London Ableton User Group and this is excerpt from an online session aimed at people perhaps new to working with Ableton Live:

Here is an example of the course development work I’ve done – developing a workshop directly for Ableton for other people to run:

I’ve been producing music under various monikers since the late 1990s that explore my tastes and passions for electronic music in different ways.

My work covers everything from downtempo industrial soundscapes to bouncy electro and bass music and abstract techno to uptempo breakbeat madness.

For Smiley and the Underclass I turned an upbeat reggae track into a horror-core rockabilly drum & bass tune:

For German folk-punk violinist Geigerzaehler I transformed one of his songs into a glitchy lo-fi remix and made everything apart from the rhythm section from his violin recordings:

For the Scald ensemble I boiled down their 25 minute epic Plunge into a more compact and intense sonic assault:

In the role of Playback Engineer or Show Designer I have created many custom audio-only or audio-visual setups using Ableton Live at the core but which can also bring in VJ/media-server software such as Resolume Avenue or VDMX.

This has been for my own stage-shows or other stage design, theatre or art installation commissions. I am used to working on a shoestring budget but am keen to embrace larger projects as well.

For the final touch I create a touch-screen control panel to run the whole show via the Lemur software, now available for the iPad. I have worked on solo shows, group/band projects and surround sound setups.

Please get in touch if you have a creative live show that you need my help to realise, need a show technician/operator or if you wish to bring me in as a consultant on an existing project – my head bristles with ideas that need to get out!

I also have a visual side to my work – initially as an artworker (creating layouts for print) then later as video technician, VJ and motion graphics artist.

I have also created audio-visual performances solo and with other artists and more recently – turning my hand to editing music videos and documentaries.