Signal Share is a monthly meetup for Open Signal members to connect and collaborate! This month multimedia artists Erin and Nathan lead a beginner-friendly workshop on creating original soundtracks.
Get hands-on with the art of creating original soundtracks in this beginner-friendly workshop designed for video creators, media artists, and storytellers of all skill levels. Using GarageBand, you'll learn how to build rich, textured soundscapes and original music using only your laptop and free tools—no fancy gear required!
Led by multimedia artists Erin and Nathan, this 3-hour class will walk you through the fundamentals of digital audio workstations (DAWs) and Musical Instrument Digital Interfaces (MIDI), including:
Bring your own footage or use provided clips—either way, you’ll walk away with a mini-score and a toolkit of techniques to enhance your future projects. Participants will also receive a take-home PDF packed with free sound libraries, stock music sources, and tutorials to keep creating after class. Laptops provided or feel free to bring your own.
No experience necessary. Open to those with a current Open Signal membership! Donate today to keep your membership current.
Thursday
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Erin is a multimedia artist and video producer focusing on documentary, music video and community oriented projects. Nathan is a multi-instrumentalist musician and self taught audio engineer. They have been collaborating on audiovisual projects since 2022.
Policies
Open Signal is a Safer Space
Open Signal is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for the community. Open Signal is a Safer Space for people of color, immigrants, gender non-conforming, low/no income groups, houseless, people with disabilities, linguistically diverse and other marginalized communities who have experienced systemic racism, sexism, classism and/or oppression. We encourage the creation and sharing of content that expresses a wide variety of cultural, social, political and spiritual perspectives. Treating all people with respect and kindness is expected - even if you don’t agree with all perspectives.
We require all members of our community to agree to our Safer Space Community Guidelines and to be accountable for the impact of their actions on others who use the space. Physical and verbal abuse will not be tolerated. All threats will be taken seriously, and will result in removal from the facility.
If you have a safety concern to report, please talk to any member of our front desk staff, or complete our online form at bit.ly/opensignalsafetyconcern.
Accommodation Requests
At Open Signal, we work hard to keep our space accessible, inclusive and collaborative. We have a no-tolerance policy for discrimination, harassment and violence.
To request an accommodation please contact us at info [at] opensignalpdx.org or (503) 288-1515.
While some accommodation needs may not be within our means to meet at this time, we do our absolute best to accommodate individual needs for equitable access to our facilities whenever possible.