Living in in suburban and urban northeast USA. Roots in classical and church based harmony. Adolescence in the 90's, classic and progressive rock, soulful and emotional songwriting, true hip-hop, electronic and organic creation processes, Les Paul, Robert Moog, Dave Smith, Roger Linn, Rupert Neve, Brian Eno DSP and analog sound design methods, digging jam bands for a while, psychedelic culture, youthful dreams and unadulterated passion driven determination..to name a few.
Sounds Like
Boards of Canada, LTJ Bukem, DJ Premiere, Mr. Scruff, aspects of Pink Floyd, Caribou, The Album Leaf, Air, Bonobo, Prefuse 73, Omni Trio..Labels like Hospital, Ninja Tune and Warp
Born and raised in the Boston suburb of Arlington (A-town),
Norman Magnuson aka Modi, began his musical aspiration as a youngster singing in church choir and playing the violin. In high school he homed his vocal skills as a member of several professional level choirs. During this adolescent period he developed a passion and skill set for contemporary "rock music" as the front man for the now defunct group No Compliance. At about this same time he purchased a set of Turntables and began to fall in love with the sounds of hip-hop and electronic music. He pursued self-taught production aided by several gear investments. After high school Norm attended Ithaca College for two years studying audio production and taking piano and music theory lessons. Frustrated with the limitations of Ithaca's music program he transferred to Berklee College of Music in the fall of 2001 to study under the guidelines of Berklee's Music Synthesis program. It is during his time at Berklee that Norman began to mature as a performance and production artist. He was able to perform with such industry names as Grand Master Flash, Rob Swift, LTJ Bukem, Mathematics, and Steven Tyler. While at Berklee Modi was able to study under the guidance of Dr. Richard Boulenger (the Csound ad Convolution guru), Dr. Jeff Baust and vocally under Jeff Ramsey. He has built a home studio in which he spends countless hours perfecting his craft. Modi has also developed a penchant for professional sound design work and audio for film. He scored Company Ones 2004 Production of Jesus Hopped the A-train, collaborated on various projects for The Lodge NYC with Brandon Carroll and with Multi Media artist and performer Zebbler. He has worked for Korg USA, Sonic Distribtion/ SE Microphones and currently for Google NYC. Modi now lives in Brooklyn New York where he is pursuing his professional career and hopes to live a well rounded and fulfilling existence. His interests outside of music span a diverese pallete including but not limited to culirary arts, angling and snowboarding.
Yes sir! We need a few more fellas, but we should be good. If we don't win the east with those folks then I dunno... R we really getting Reggie Miller? Danny Ainge is a weirdo. We should see if Bob Cousy wants to play
Thank you!!! Thank you my dear friends, you are my lungs, my legs, my knees and my thoughts! You are such a great family that soon enough I am sure we will merge into one being. A super being nevertheless, that will be able to float into the outer space in search of new planets and new adventures.
I will slowly seep out into the media world. Watch for me whereever there's a hungry mob of reporters chasing after someone:
Im just dropping by to tell you that my new weekly song is online !
It is called "Emancipation" and I like to think of it as a little journey to a calm and relaxing place.
I hope you enjoy it !
