Steve Joslin
Percussionist, composer, and intermedia artist. I build data-driven instruments and perform algorithmic, electronic, and progressive rock music, live and on record.
Selected work
Performances and interactive compositions
Evening-length shows, dissertation pieces for custom controllers, and collaborations with dancers and filmmakers.
Seven Attempts at Magic
DMA dissertation, seven interactive electroacoustic works
A World in Decay
Master's thesis performance with live band and found objects
The Dreamer
Music, dance, and live visuals for the Master of Media Arts
Connecting the Dots
An exploration in movement and sound, BFA senior thesis recital
Music
Two albums on Bandcamp
Guardian of the Sea (2014) and the Quickening (2009), plus singles and sketches on SoundCloud.
Listen to the albums
Teaching
Recording, mixing and mastering
Faculty at Oregon State University, teaching Recording Techniques, Bedroom Recording, and Mixing & Mastering.
Teaching and researchProjects
Sensors, games, and short films
Kinect mirrors, Wiimote violins, singing bowls with accelerometers, a Hydro Flask carol medley, and a stop-motion meeting of shoes.
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DMA, University of Oregon
Doctor of Musical Arts in performance of data-driven instruments, MA in Media Arts and BFA in Performing Arts Technology from Michigan.
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