Sam Aluyon - How to Turn Mistakes into Musical Masterpieces!

Sam Aluyon as been playing piano and singing for 20+ years, and has been an improv actor for over a year. Hosted by Erika Christie, also a musician, this episode promises to unpack the intricate dance between technology, creativity, and the timeless human touch in the art of music making. Join us as we also discuss the importance of emotional connection in music, Sam's experiences with the musical improv group Measure Island and Edgewood Avenue in what we are calling “Sam’s guide to musical improv”, the intersections of music, improvisation, and technology and more! Today on Creator/Shift.

Sam Aluyon, “ Accompanists are rare, and having two in your team is even more rare.” 

Some Questions I ask:

• VOCABULARY- what are some of the words someone should understand when approaching a musician for custom music?
• Break down the differences/similarities of film scoring and musical improv Interplay of Film Scoring and Scene Dynamics
• What is it like chasing down melodic and emotional musical trails? 
• Do you like playing music, singing, performing, being an emcee, etc. all at the same time?
• What is the state of improv and musical improv in Atlanta?
• Where do you go if you want to be inspired?

In this episode you will learn:

• The Power of Repetition in Music: "And after listening to that music three times, some of those tracks are still stuck in my head."
• Embracing Imperfection in Improvisation: "the magic of improv in general is the fact that, like, the mistakes that you make, even as a musician, is a gift in so many ways." 
• Navigating Creative Burnout: "take breaks because you'll find that having breaks in between as a musician helps because sometimes you can get so burnt out by doing over and over and over again."
• Atlanta's Improv Scene "At the end of the day, we're all just trying to put Atlanta in the map of improv and that people know, like, hey, we have good improv here. And, you know, we are just as good as people in Chicago and LA and New York and these amazing, like, meccas of improv places that Atlanta is also in the map."

🔗 Listen and learn: hear about Sam’s role in various performance groups and how he looks at integrating music info broader projects, including film scoring.

Measure Island website: https://www.measureislandimprov.com

Connect with Sam and his groups on Instagram: 

https://www.instagram.com/sam.aluyon/

https://www.instagram.com/measureislandimprov/

Erika will be interviewing all types of amazing art-folk and delving into the best ways that artists up skill themselves- meaning, what they do to better themselves and their artwork.

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