micro/Maker by Loose Leaf Transmissions

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Short, sharp, and to the point—micro/Maker brings you a quick dose of creativity and craftsmanship from the composers and artists heard on music/Maker with Tyler Kline. A podcast from Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Online at looseleaftransmissions.com. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    116 - Trading Urgency for Patience

    Deadlines once drove Tyler Kline to crank out a new score every month—but three years spent perfecting a single piece reshaped his outlook. In this reflection he unpacks the shift from chasing constant output and external validation to finding satisfaction in slower, more deliberate work. The goal now: balance paid commissions with music made purely for the love of making it, and let the process itself be enough. micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday! Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissions micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    5 min

  2. 5 DAYS AGO

    115 - Borrowing Infrastructure from Non-Classical Genres

    Andrew Noseworthy describes how his engagement with genres outside classical music—prog rock, ambient, hyperpop, and electronic scenes—has shaped his thinking less in sound than in structure, access, and dissemination. He points to the way these genres treat recordings as primary artistic objects rather than documentation, allowing albums to function as clear entry points, statements of identity, and tools for connection beyond live performance. In contrast to classical music’s archival relationship to recording, Andrew emphasizes the importance of high-quality, intentional releases—especially for listeners without regular access to concerts—and questions institutional assumptions that fix a work’s identity too early. The conversation reframes recordings not as endpoints, but as evolving representations, opening space for revision, multiplicity, and flexibility over time. micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday! Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon. Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissions micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    6 min

  3. 6 DAYS AGO

    114 - Composing With Emotional Arc

    Ania Vu talks about her deep connection to musical storytelling — from interpreting the emotional structure of Beethoven to shaping her own sound world through color, timbre, and discovery. She shares how listening to composers like Joshua Hey and Katherine Balch helped expand her palette beyond pitch into something more nuanced and personal. micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday! Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on social media @LooseLeafTransmissions. micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

  4. 15 MAY

    113 - Moving from Premise to Narrative as a Compositional Method

    Kurt Rohde traces his understanding of what a piece needs in order to exist: not a formal prompt, but a person, a story, an imagined life the music can grow out of. Writing Double Trouble for violist Ellen Ruth Rose was the first time all the linkages were in place — knowing the person, knowing what she'd done, knowing the piece was meant to be played by her — and the experience clarified something that had been forming for years. Rohde describes a pre-compositional process of extensive journaling, working through ideas that are mostly non-musical, then finding ways to bring them into sound. Design, for both Rohde and Tyler, becomes the operative word: not structuralism, but a practice that holds form, material, and time together — and gives the piece somewhere to go before a single note is written. Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissions micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    10 min

  5. 13 MAY

    112 - Letting Go of Limits in the Compositional Process

    Daijana Wallace shares how grad school became a pivotal period of creative self-discovery. She reflects on overcoming uncertainty, experimenting with graphic notation, and how a collaboration with bassist Will Yager pushed her toward a freer, more intentional compositional process. Wallace and host Tyler Kline explore how shedding limitations opened new creative doors. micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday! Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @loose.leaf.transmissions. micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    7 min

  6. 12 MAY

    111 - Building Creative Cohorts

    Brett Copeland reflects on how graduate school clarified what a sustainable artistic life actually looks like—not as a single role, but as an ecosystem built from composing, performing, teaching, and collaborating. A formative cohort in Tampa showed him the power of working alongside artists across disciplines, especially dancers, whose physical relationship to sound reshaped how he thought about musical density, gesture, and clarity. That same instinct for intentional separation led to the creation of DJ Electro Tuba: a space for music unconcerned with recital halls or academic framing, built instead from beat-driven collage, improvisation, and stylistic borrowing. Drawing from artists like Parliament, clipping., and later drifting toward more ambient influences such as Brian Eno and Aphex Twin, Brett describes an evolution toward restraint and spaciousness. Tools like Ableton Live and Audacity—especially the PaulStretch process—became ways to slow sound down, stretch small ideas into immersive environments, and let taste, rather than chaos, guide where the project continues. micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday! Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon. Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissions micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    10 min

  7. 8 MAY

    110 - Quitting Social Media Without Ending Your Career

    Sugar Vendil quit social media again after reading How to Break Up with Your Phone—the data on time spent and brain impact was horrifying. She briefly checks Instagram when people invite her to collaborate, then deletes it. The "work" she got from being active was superficial; meaningful projects come via email, not DMs. Her newsletter has a 60-70% open rate, far better than whatever eyeballs see Instagram posts. Social media peaked and businesses are realizing it's mostly bullsh*t. Everyone's attention is fragmented; even if they see your post, they won't click through. Vendil's reading more books than she has in years—she knows it's because she's off her phone. She'd rather make really good work without maximum attention than get sucked into a platform that makes everything look and sound the same. And the "privileged" argument doesn't land—none of us are making money purely off art anyway. Everyone has a job. She's choosing where her attention goes. Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissions micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    9 min

  8. 6 MAY

    109 - Building a Voice Through Blogging

    Vanessa Ague shares how her blog The Road to Sound began as a personal outlet and grew into a meaningful platform for artist-centered writing. She discusses how encouragement from mentors like Will Robin helped her claim her voice as a critic, and how the blog ultimately opened doors to new writing opportunities, lasting collaborations, and moments of both joy and challenge. micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday! Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com. Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on social media @LooseLeafTransmissions. micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    11 min
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Short, sharp, and to the point—micro/Maker brings you a quick dose of creativity and craftsmanship from the composers and artists heard on music/Maker with Tyler Kline. A podcast from Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears. Online at looseleaftransmissions.com. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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