improvisation - Zack Moir

Real-Time, Remote, Interactive Recording Sessions: Music Production Without Boundaries

In: Producing Music Zack Moir, Paul Ferguson, and Gareth Dylan Smith Abstract: Inhabitants of the 21st century live and work in a world in which many aspects of daily interactions with other humans are no longer hampered by physical distance. Indeed, scholars and practitioners in fields such as music and communications are finding that there …

Sleepwalkers Beware: Towards a Post-Structuralist Critique of Popular Music in Higher Education

In: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices Zack Moir and John Hails Abstract: This chapter deals with higher popular music education (HPME) and has a particular focus on the teaching and learning of composition. Our interest in this area derives from our practice as musicians and educators, and our deeply-held mutual …

IDDM

IDDM is a piece for tape and improvising musician which draws on data from my diabetes to generate pitch content. The first performance of this piece took place in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, on Friday the 10th of February, as part of the ‘Old Town / New Music’ concert series. This version was played in quadraphonic diffusion with …

Build A Fort

‘Ignorant Populists’ is the debut EP from transatlantic saxophone and drums duo Build A Fort. The band is Zack Moir (Edinburgh) on saxophone and Gareth Dylan Smith (New York) on drums and together they create powerful, energetic, groove-based music that is an experimental blend of jazz, rock, and electronica. ‘Ignorant Populists’ will be released for …

DIALOGUES / concerning…

‘DIALOGUES / concerning…’ is a collaboration with poet and playwright Dave Fargnoli. The album is a combination of original music and spoken word featuring ‘…beautifully tense textures and infectious melodies‘ (BBC Radio Scotland) which find a counterpoint in the dramatic lyrical texts of Dave Fargnoli. ‘Improvisational and Inspirational, eclectic and restlessly inventive‘ (The Scotsman).