Teaching

Personal Sound Concepts Online Class

Some feedback from people who have taken Personal Sound Concepts:

"I used to think I knew a thing or two about sound. Mr Honig not only changed my perception of sound for my work but also helped me hear the world around me more clearly. We live in such a beautiful place, I don't want to miss any of it." - Craig C.

"Ezekiel's Personal Sound Concepts class was insightful and instructive as his weekly audio-lectures walked us through his own, personal sound revelations. While taking the course I produced a finished piece informed by the specific concepts Ezekiel discussed... and it's a piece I'm quite pleased with." - Nat H.

"The Sound Concept sessions were thoughtful and enabling in the sense that ideas that I may have dismissed or not considered in a particularly focused manner, were offered, encouraged and constructively criticised. For participants, this course offers great feedback on developing these ideas into pieces."
- Lindsay C.

This class guides you through listening to your surroundings with an ear towards producing work with the sound around you - the objects, spaces, and incidental noises of your environment. It revolves around hearing differently, editing, and approaching these types of sounds when organizing them into music, reviewing how to process and utilize them.

Some of the major themes being explored are:
listening with intent, editing, memory associations, experimenting with rhythm, constructing a personal sound world, genre, composition, finishing

The class is for artists of all kinds, as the concepts explored can be utilized towards any creative practice. The exercises in the latter half do require some basic sound production knowledge, though if you're just beginning, this class will give you a strong framework from which to develop and explore. The class is not about learning the technology of music software or a digital audio workstation, but is about ideas for using the technology, and approaching the work, differently.

One-on-One Consulting Sessions

I offer one-on-one consulting sessions - tutoring, personal workshops in music production for $75/hour.

My general perspective is geared towards simplicity and utilizing the tools at your disposal to their fullest, searching for originality and finding a place for it in an exceedingly cluttered landscape.

Some common topics include (but are not limited to):

• reviewing current work
• generating ideas to develop
• how to develop a work-in-progress
• beginning
• finishing
• using mistakes
• using genre
• finding a label vs. self-publishing
• finding context
• editing
• writer's block
• working with influences while finding one's own voice
• searching for usable material within a field recording

All sound can be organized into music. That is the key principle from which everything progresses and the core of my approach.

If you'd like to book a session over Skype or are in the New York City area, please do get in touch.