Neem Fest
Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 10:30am
Neem Fest
Center For The Arts Of Homer
72 South Main Street
Join us for NEEM FEST 2024 in Homer, New York
Friday, September 13th through Sunday, September 15.
It will feature performances, workshops and YOU.
NEEM FEST 2024 WORKSHOPS
At the Center for the Arts of Homer, New York
SUNDAY September 15th
10:30 AM
Creating music for a Documentary by Dave Heineman
An overview of the process of creating music for the documentary, the responses gotten to the Documentary ‘NEPADOC’ at the screenings that were held, and the value of using improvisational synth performances as the foundation for a film score.
NEPADOC is the acclaimed feature-length documentary about intersections of environment, industry, and identity in Northeastern Pennsylvania over the past 300 years. Inspired by non-verbal documentary film landmarks such as "Koyaanisqatsi" and "Baraka," NEPADOC blends 4K cinematography, local historical footage, and a sweeping analog synthesizer score into a dizzying and contemplative meditation on culture, place, and public memory.
Website www.nepadoc.com
11:30 AM eeemfest and NEEM Fest in RETROSPECTIVE by Robert Dorschel
Sourcing performance spaces for events like eeemfest and NEEMFest and/or smaller gatherings. This isn't a presentation-led workshop; it is a 5-to-10 minute retrospection into all the places eeemfest and NEEM Fest has been, and what it took to get there, followed by an open brainstorming session on what can be done to grow the number of gatherings per year. Bring your thinking cap.
Robert Dorschel is an eclectic multi-instrumentalist.
Robert does a fair job at creating detailed melodic soundtrack and synth-based compositions. Yet, he is haunted by the fact that he failed his “Piano for Non-Music Majors” course in college; as a result he plays “Chopsticks” for a few hours straight each night while chuckling quietly to himself. In 2016, he did manage to compose original music and sound effects for the Auburn Players’ (Auburn, NY) performance of “TheGiver.” Robert also performs in music festivals from time to time.
His Live performance for NEEM Fest 2024 will be: Two Notes + One Rest = One Song Melodic themes played for movies that haven't even been scripted yet
https://www.facebook.com/robert.dorschel.68
12:00 PM
AI MUSIC by Jeremy dePrisco
Artificial Intelligence (AI) music generators will be demonstrated through software programs that use machine learning algorithms to produce music. They are designed to analyze existing music data and use that information to generate new musical compositions in real-time.
Jeremy dePrisco (Shivasongster) is a Pennsylvania musician, composer, performer, and sound artist using improvisation, collaboration, and noise to examine and recontextualize the alienation inherent in media influence, socially constructed reality, conspiracy, and myth.
He works with field recordings, guitar, electronics, synthesizers, radios, found sounds, home-made gadgets, and processed video.
His Live performance for NEEM Fest 2024 will be : Sonic conspiracy theories and generative madness
Website
https://www.jeremydeprisco.com/
Tickets
$15 per day, $25 for two days, and $30 for a three day pass
Tickets can also be purchased at the door the day of show.
