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Dennis DeSantis on Eastman’s new degree; electronic music as instrument
Dennis DeSantis is known by a wide swath of the music production community as a face of education at Ableton, including the Making Music book. His new role is at the Eastman School of Music, where he’s helming their new BM in Music Creation and Technology. Let’s talk to Dennis about that program, and more broadly, how to think about music technology and education.
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High schoolers can learn production at Eastman this summer: interview
If you’re in high school, take note — and if you’re not, this may make you wish you were. Electronic music production gurus Dennis DeSantis and Erin Barra are hosting a week-long intensive at the storied Eastman School of Music. I wanted to know how Erin and Dennis would approach the program, so they’ve shared their ideas about music tools, creativity, and pedagogy with us.
Peter Kirn - May 15, 2026
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Live 12 will have an interactive companion site exploring tuning
Ableton Live 12 will ship with new integrated tuning support — but there’s more. An interactive website will explore the context and musical traditions behind some of those tunings, along with interactive tools for working with tuning and modes. Here’s a preview.
Delete clips, use pickup beats, more: stupidly useful Max for Live tools from Dennis DeSantis
Peter Kirn - September 14, 2022
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Non-Oblique Strategies: Author on the Discipline of Making Music
Peter Kirn - April 9, 2015
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