Network Music: “Presence Engineering”
Professor Kenneth Fields, PhD
Schedule:
Sunday June 14 @ 10 AM California Time (GMT -8:00). World Clock
Wednesday June 17 @ 10 AM California Time (GMT -8:00)
Sunday June 21 @ 10 AM California Time (GMT -8:00)
Wednesday June 24 10 AM California Time (GMT -8:00)
Prerequisites:
A familiarization with Home music production, good bandwidth (100M at least) and an ethernet cable/connection.
Refund:
A full refund will be given if after the first meeting you are not satisfied with the program.
Certificate:
A PDF copy of a certificate will be issued to each participant upon successfully completing this program. Should the participant who completes the program desire a hard copy of the certificate be sent to them physically, there will be an additional charge for shipping and handling costs which may vary depending on the participant’s location.
School of Phonosophy
Description:
Network music performance (NMP) refers to real-time, collaborative music making and performance over high-speed networks. Presence engineering is audio/video production and management in a P2P network environment. To date, mainly university networks have had the capacity for multi-channel, uncompressed audio between two or more participants. That is quickly changing with the roll-out of Google fiber and similar services. Soon, independent studios will be networked into globally distributed production facilities, dramatically transforming and disrupting the music industry as a whole, including the way that the knowledge of music and technology is conveyed in the future decentralized university.
Instructor
As an early innovator in the field of electronic, telematic and media arts, Kenneth Fields has developed repertoire, curriculum, software and produced networked music concerts while cultivating a wide community of network and electronic music/art practitioners. Ken’s experience ranges from performer/composer, Ph.D in Media Arts, professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and Canada Research Chair in Telemedia Arts. Ken currently is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara and Dean of Phonosophy at the Global Center of Advanced Studies (GCAS).
Requirements for program completion include participating in the live or recorded seminar. Each participant is required to create a project which includes connecting live music streams within a distributed network of musicians and a brief final statement.
Earn GCAS Crypto-Tokens:
Once the participant completes this program, they can claim 125 GCAS Tokens “GCASY” via our Crypto Hub.
Enrollment Procedure:
Once a participant pays for tuition they will be issued a “GCAS.ie” google based email. The GCAS.ie email account will be used by the participant to access the course materials, the Zoom links, recordings, and other course materials provided by the professor, Ken Fields, PhD. A participant is expected to activate their GCAS.ie email account within 36 hours of issuance.