Sonic Boom Ensemble

Course open to all CalArts students playing an instrument, but, of course, especially school of music students.
Sonic Boom is an ensemble/band somewhere between avant-garde rock, noise, electronica, ambient, new music, and other things that fall between the cracks. This course will explore the hidden tradition of
experimental rock music and address where new,
experimental, electronic and rock music meet.
What is their common ground now and historically?
How does amplification fundamentally change
playing of an instrument? We will work on new
original pieces, left-field covers of rock songs,
and rock versions of new music pieces.