ACB Live Volume 6: Erik Tinberg

Posted on April 20, 2025 by John CS Keston

ACB Live Volume 6 was lived streamed on Twitch.TV, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 (coincidentally my mum and niece’s birthday). This time around we featured electronic artist, Erik Tinberg. After Erik’s concert I performed Rhodonea in a similar fashion to what I did at the SEAMUS conference last month. The video about is an archive of the event including the performances along with a bit of banter between me and Erik about our concepts and process. Our friend Charles handled the video and streaming duties beautifully.

ACB Live Volume 5: Music Made with Trackers

Posted on September 2, 2023 by John CS Keston

Last Tuesday, August 29, 2023 was the fifth entry into the AudioCookbook Live streaming show. This time around two guests participated with me including Lucas Melchior aka MKR, and Evan Beaumont. Each us of played music using the Dirtywave M8 tracker. I was thoroughly impressed with the work that Lucas and Evan performed, so I am pleased to be able to share the stream archive with you. The video is long, but I have included chapter markers so you can skip the discussions, although I think we made some interesting points about how using trackers influences our approaches to music composition, production, and performance.

ACB Live Volume 4 Stream Archive

Posted on July 28, 2023 by John CS Keston

If you missed the Twitch.TV/AudioCookbook stream from May 2023 featuring Cody McKinney the entire performance is archived in four parts on YouTube. Unfortunately my GoPro Hero8 failed to connect as a webcam, so I ended up using the camera on my MacBook Pro. My Hero8 turned out to be defective and GoPro is kindly sending me a Hero9 to replace it.

Although the video quality is not what I’d like I recorded the audio in multitrack then, mixed it, and applied some rudimentary mastering. As a result the archived videos sound better than the original stream. Enjoy!

ACB Live, Volume 4: Cody McKinney

Posted on May 26, 2023 by John CS Keston

Volume 4 of Audiocookbook Live is happening on Tuesday, May 30, 7:30 to 8:30pm. This time around is composer and bassist Cody McKinney with whom I have enjoyed frequent collaborations over the last eight years. Please join us at twitch.tv/audiocookbook. Optional donations to TheLinkMN.org will be appreciated.

ACB Live, Volume 3: Eric Carranza

Posted on April 13, 2023 by John CS Keston

I am excited to join the talented Eric Carranza for AudioCookbook Live Volume 3, this Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Stream starts at 7:30pm. I have had the pleasure of playing with Eric during the Voltage Controller series, and a handful of times with Yeti Steady including Suwal Singh on Tablas. Watch it at twitch.tv/audiocookbook We will be raising money for TheLinkMN.org through optional donations. Hope to see you there!

Eric Carranza is an artist and music educator based in the Lowertown Arts district of Saint Paul. His musical work can be heard on recent albums by artists such as Dem Atlas, Justin Titus and batteryboy to name a few. Eric collaborates and performs with many creative musical artists including Lady Midnight and Molly Brandt. In personal creative endeavors, he has a rich and diverse pool of projects to juggle (Excessive, Jest, SPACEGLOW, Yeti Steady, PRINTS etc.) as well as musical composition and sound design for mobile games, apps, ads, and more. — ericjuliocarranza.com