I'm Amelia! I'm a composer, producer, music theorist, artist, and technophile! So thankful to be part of this growing community!

Hi, I'm Amelia (littlezebra)! I am extremely passionate about any form of human expression whether it be dance, visual art, music, inventing, or writing. I wanted to take the time to introduce myself and share a selection of the things I do. This post will contain 3D animation, painting, music theory research, and a little about me!

As a young girl, I was permanently fixated on science. My mother had a hard time getting me to leave the house. I would have much rather stayed in and learned more instead of going out to chase social interaction. I was lost in a world of biology, physics, computers, and chemistry. There was something about the way hard sciences danced so carefully on the threshold between creativity and objectivity that delighted me.

When I first found music, I realized the feeling was the same. I was hooked. I started a death metal band in my garage. I played drums in metal bands for several years until I started audio production. It was so perfect, it combined the technological universe with this visceral powerful expression I felt in music. The computer gave me the power and freedom to stumble into music composition.

One thing led to another and I found myself totally hooked on composition and music theory. Being an autodidact, I started teaching myself everything I could about all styles of music and periods of musical history. I worked my first job at McDonalds for 4 months and saved up every penny. I dumped it all into music theory literature and began my 1,000 year trek starting with the 11th century and ending in modern time.

By the time I finished all of that, I found myself in my undergrad studying music composition. I excelled in all of my courses and ended up being hired by the school to teach music theory to my peers. Fast forward to now, I have learned piano, guitar, bass, trumpet, accordion, marimba, vibraphone, timpani, violin, and many other instruments. I am most passionate about piano now (specifically jazz piano). I teach music theory and music composition privately to students all over the world who seek me out for my unique approach to music which, like my original reason for loving science, dances on the line between objectivity and creativity. My art comes from within but I observe and acknowledge the fundamental objective truths on our universe that underpin these fields.

OK ENOUGH TALKING!

Here is some music theory research of mine!! This is a perfectly scaled model of Webern's Op. 23 12 tone row usage. At scale, 1 inch represents a half note and the analysis is accurate down the 16th note triplet (1/12th a half note). This analysis visually depicts the interaction and complexities of Webern's row usage.

This diagram is a massive, 12 foot by 12 foot illustration I made that cleanly displays the fundamental Gregorian church modes, their various relationships, and several musical voicings. Further, the diagram is perfectly color coded to where the color logic reinforces the modal relationships. Also, I postulated 7 primary axioms that perfectly describe the musical relationships and system logic!!

Ok here is some of art now, starting with 3D.

Now a quick painting!~

Okay! Thank you all for taking the time to learn more about me. I hope we can exchange thoughts, ideas, feelings, and new inventions as time goes on!

warmly,
Amelia