Robert Rich on Sleep Concerts, the Rainforest and Community | Red Bull Music Academy

In his 2014 Red Bull Music Academy lecture, Robert Rich discussed music as ritual, modular synths, mastering advice, magic, sampling tree frogs, and psytrance raves, among many other things. TOPICS: 00:48 – Sleep concerts 13:03 – Charles Amirkhanian 27:38 – Hearts of Space 32:18 – Rainforest 38:25 – Importance of community 1:23:57 – Tuning MUSIC: 22:42 – Robert Rich – “Sunyata Emptiness”    • Robert Rich - Sunyata (Emptiness)   1:03:01 – Robert Rich – “Low Sounds” Bay Area ambient pioneer Robert Rich began building his own synthesizer at the age of 13, around the same time he became interested in avant-garde and minimal composition. By the time he got to college at Stanford (around 1981), he began organizing “sleep concerts,” playing abstract drones and soundscapes to influence audiences’ REM cycles. The Red Bull Music Academy is a global music institution committed to fostering creativity in music. We celebrate music, its culture, and the transformative minds behind it. Begun in 1998, the Academy has taken the core principles that underlie its annual workshop for selected participants and applied this curatorial approach to events, lectures, and city-wide festivals throughout the year. ► Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/10OyDHc ► Visit Red Bull TV: http://win.gs/1uy4YFF ► Visit our official website: http://win.gs/avjLrK ► Our latest videos on YouTube: http://bit.ly/12nkX7h ► Like us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/12N5Ch0 ► Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2BdQWiH ► Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/Lx4wQy