Loop Session: In the Studio with Grand River

In the first event from the Loop Session series, Grand River joined moderator Dennis DeSantis in the studio to give us a glimpse of her composing process. Find out how she cultivates a relationship with each of her instruments, how she blends the assortment of timbres from acoustic and electronic sources, and the overarching ideas that inform her work.

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[escapeentropy]

I like this format! We can discover what is happening in the mind of the composer emotionally and technically. A very good moderator with patience and tact. All your videos have a bit of intimacy that I like. Do more!

[KrzysztofKielak]

Thank you Grand River for stepping out from the comfort zone of your home studio to share some insights into the creative process behind your music. I really love the way you combine, merge and layer the "real" instruments in the electronic domain.

[alexandraburress]

Thank you for creating such an inspiring, organized, and detailed video about Grand River's process. I'm a big fan so this was delicious for my ears and heart to get a little insider look on her creative strategies and ideas <3 More videos like this please!

[kevinreynoldsdetroit]

This is great! Love seeing the process with intelligent and caring questions. Very inspiring.

[AvinashDaryanani]

I saw her at Waking Life Festival in Portugal this year - was beautiful

[boikomet]

I was very much looking forward to watching this video with my morning coffee today. I loved every second of it! It was very interesting to have a deeper glimpse into Grand Rivers workflow and what is most important - I feel very inspired! I particularly loved the sound of the Micro Q patch. I havent sat down to built new patches on my gear in quite some time. Looking forward to build some patch inspired by the MQ one today :) Thanks for the wonderful video!

[henrymcintosh]

THANK YOU for posting this. I missed the live stream and was afraid I wouldn't' be able to experience Amy's discussion on her unique compositional approach. This series is brilliant and I hope you do this for years!

[OoraMusic]

Thanks for this video, love what Grand River does and is a privilege to know more about her workflow.

[luciengrillet]

That's an awesome interview format. I hope you'll make more of those in the future. Dennis DeSantis is a great host.

[denniso]

this video format is SO GOOD! These deep insights in artists workflows are amazing!

[cmath]

It's challenging to cover the exploratory nature of this process in a video.. Well done and thank you both

[jakedoesnotknow]

Excellent format, I'd love to see more of these!

[MrDaigoRiki]

Her music is great, I like it. Cute dog and gorgeous green plants. Nice! Her music comes outta sort of a very organic room, environments are very important. Is she musically educated? I think so but not sure.

[EchoReverb]

help !!!! anyone can tell me whats that Midas Mixer type? it got fx1 fx2 mon1 mon2 .... nowdays Midas DM12/16 only got 2 FX bus

[hawnotvonlottery]

Ads every three minutes, nice... But a great artist and an interesting video, wouldn't mind it being longer.

[colonelporridge]

I thought her dog was a crow for one sec 👀

[abletenor]

Dennis your interview lacks of naturalness and spontaneity, the whole thing is so built it up. Looking down on the paper for your questions it's so annoying to the audience let along to the artist. I am sure that the artist would have been more relaxed if your question would come from real interest in her approch to music .She is so uptight. It's like as if she is afraid of your judgment. I would have approched her in another way. This is my sincere and humble opinion of course.