Understand the building blocks of harmony, melody, and structure in songwriting and production.
Emanating a lush and powerful space of sound, Boston-based Cozmoe interweaves organic textures and poignant melodies between hard hitting drums and modern sound design. Gathering support from the likes of Lowly, bitbird, Space Yacht, Above and Below and Mr. Suicide Sheep, Cozmoe’s patented digital visions and acoustic comforts have gained him over 25 million Spotify streams.
Bringing devastating basslines, and infectious melodies to listeners everywhere, Richard Nash embodies music in everything he does. As an artist under the name RYKR, his productions are filled with scintillating compositional ideas, and sophisticated sonic weaponry to rival the greatest artists in music today. Working in styles ranging from Electro to Drum and Bass, House, Dubstep, Glitch -Hop, Moobahton, Hip-Hop, Orchestral, Jazz, and beyond, no musical boundary will be left unexplored. As an instructor he specializes in music theory, ear training, songwriting and composition, sound design, mixing and mastering, and his former students include Slander, NGHTMRE, Kayzo, Makj, JAUZ, Pauline Herr, i_o, Saka, Sullivan King, Sully, Anakim, Thomas Garcia, William Black, Mike’s Dead, Dack Janiels, Wenzday, Yultron, Rinzen, Lumberjvck, Kompany, Kendoll, Kaivon, Fetish, and many others.
Kristian Riley is a Grammy-nominated music producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He was a founding member of the genre-blending band Citizen King and co-writer of their Top 10 hit “Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out).”Following his success with Citizen King, Riley has worked with artists such as The Promise Ring, Maritime, and Silversun Pickups—serving as engineer on their chart-topping album Swoon. He has done sessions with Tyler the Creator, Frank Ocean and George Clinton among many others. Riley plays guitar for the band Bandie and is the founder of Yardlights records. He produces and mixes all of the band’s recordings at his own Yardlights studio.https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kristian-riley-mn0000320500
Chaz Treharne, known professionally as Midoca, is a Los Angeles-based composer, producer, andsongwriter originally from Youngstown, Ohio. Overthe past decade, he has built a distinct presencein the electronic and alternative music scenes,releasing music through labels such as Mau5trap,Lowly Palace, and Monstercat. Midoca’s signatureblend of introspective lyricism and atmosphericproduction has earned him features on The FADER,Alternative Press, and Skrillex’s NEST HQ. Inaddition to his solo work, he has collaborated withartists including Getter, Taska Black, AWAY, andChet Porter. Songwriting & Production credits include DeathbyRomy, Mothica, Matthew Koma, Crywolf, Hotel Garuda, Olivver The Kid.Composition credits include: NBA Playoffs on ESPN, ESPNW, Google, Adidas, and more.
Kristen is an LA-based drummer, percussionist, writer and educator. She has recorded and toured extensively with BØRNS, and has also worked with Scary Pockets, LPX, Trixie Mattell, Mike Taylor, Wilder Woods, Tigertown, morgxn, We Are King, Connor Bvrns, Sofia Mills, and others. In addition to developing the Groove Theory curriculum at Icon Collective and updating the online Arrangement curriculum, she has taught African Drumming at AMDA-LA, is a certified drum circle facilitator, and maintains an extensive private student roster. She is a contributing writer for Modern Drummer and Tom Tom Magazine, was featured in Modern Drummer in 2017, was nominated in the 2018 Modern Drummer Reader’s Poll, and her samples and loops are featured on Output’s Arcade. She has a Drumset Performance degree from Berklee College of Music and recently earned her master’s degree in World Percussion from California Institute of the Arts.
