Jordan Rudess & Friends In 3D Audio
The Premiere Of a 360° Immersive Single
POZNAŃ, Poland, NEW YORK, United States — November 10, 2021
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Experience the musical genius of Jordan Rudess, Jerry Marotta and Steve Horelick like you’ve never heard them before. Thanks to ZYLIA 6 Degrees of Freedom Navigable Audio solution, Rudess, Marotta, and Horelick’s extraordinary performance at Dreamland Studios will be released as a 360° audio-video experience. Audience members will be able to fully immerse themselves in Rudess, Marotta, and Horelick’s sonic and visual worlds from the comfort of their own homes. The single promoting the concert – “Meta Morning Mist” has been just published, and it is available to watch on YouTube 360° and Oculus TV.
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In July 2021, Jordan and his friends gathered in Woodstock, NY for a spectacular and singular concert event, spanning genres from classical to impressionistic piano, to progressive, experimental rock with spacious synth soundscapes. The team at Zylia captured the performance with multiple 360° cameras and 3rd order Ambisonics microphones, allowing the creation of a unique, immersive 3D journey that can be experienced anywhere.
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“Spatial audio offers a whole different perspective, allowing listeners a dynamic sonic experience that is truly 360 degrees. The artists and engineers at Zylia have created a cutting-edge technology that enables us to be truly immersed in the audio world, and experience music as if it’s happening all around us, literally because it is.” - Jordan Rudess, keyboardist of progressive metal band Dream Theater and progressive metal super-group Liquid Tension Experiment.
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ZYLIA 6 Degrees of Freedom Navigable Audio solution captures the entire 3D soundsphere, including not only the instruments being played, but also the acoustics and ambient sounds of the recording environment. To further enhance the immersive quality of thee Zylia experience, the audio has been perfectly synchronized with 360° video, so with each movement of the camera, there is a corresponding shift in sound.
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“We believe that 3D audio is a critical element in the ever-evolving worlds of gaming, filmmaking, and music production. Experiencing sound as a dynamic and multi-dimensional entity creates the sensation that listeners are actually there, fully immersed in the world of the music. It is Zylia’s goal to make 360 degree sonic experiences available to audiences everywhere.”– says Tomasz Żernicki, CEO of Zylia.
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Multipoint 3D Audio recording technology gives artists a unique opportunity to connect intimately with listeners. It allows for unencumbered creative expression, as each uniquely developed element of a performance can be experienced at home as vividly as it would be by a live audience member. At-home viewers have the capacities to:
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"I’ve been performing solo, in a quad, with my Buchla instruments for years. And Jordan and I have been recording and jamming together for over a decade. So the opportunity to perform together in SURROUND at Dreamland Studio was a total YES. This is something that we’ve always wanted to do!" - says Steve Horelick, SteveHmusic. "The serendipitous addition of the great Jerry Marotta, with his unique percussion instruments, brought this session to a whole new level. Major kudos to the Zylia team for capturing this unusual event with their amazing technology. And thanks to Jordan whose astonishing musicality always makes our space music collaborations a total joy."
Implementation of Zylia’s spatial audio inside virtual reality gives the viewer even more – complete freedom to explore the audio-video content at hand. Like in real life, each audience member can choose their path within the 3D space and hear how the intensity, direction, height, and even timbre of each sound shifts with their movement.
“Imagine you have access to any concert at any time and in any place in the world. Eithre by yourself or with friends, you can decide what part of the venue you want to listen from. You can choose to be swallowed by the crowd, moving as a unit to the beat of the song. Alternatively, you can watch from the stage, walking around the musicians as they perform. We call this 6 Degrees of Freedom audio, or volumetric audio. It’s a technology developed by Zylia that allows you to be there, experiencing the full-scope of a concert experience, no matter where you are.” – Tomasz Żernicki.
The premiere of ‘Jordan Rudess & Friends In 3D Audio’ will take place in Fall 2021. In the meantime, the artists and Zylia are excited to present a single "Meta Morning Mist" promoting the project and available in multi-point 360° audio and video.
More about the project and the technology: Jordan Rudess and Friends In 3D Audio
The single promoting the concert – “Meta Morning Mist” has been just published, and it is available to watch on YouTube 360° and Oculus TV.
The single promoting the concert – “Meta Morning Mist” has been just published, and it is available to watch on YouTube 360° and Oculus TV.
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For the best 3D Audio quality and the most immersive experience
view the single on Oculus TV using Oculus VR headset. |
About Jordan Rudess
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Voted "Best Keyboardist of All Time", Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist / multi-instrumentalist and technologist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy-nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater, and the instrumental band, Liquid Tension Experiment. A classical prodigy who began his studies at the Juilliard School of Music at the age of 10, Jordan’s music is a unique blend of classical and rock influence.
In addition to playing in Dream Theater, Jordan has worked with a wide range of artists including David Bowie, Deep Purple, Jan Hammer, Enrique Iglesias, Paul Winter Consort, Annie Haslam, Tony Levin, Marco Minneman, Liquid Tension Experiment, Steven Wilson, Aviv Geffen, the Dixie Dregs, Rod Morgenstein and Tony Williams among others. |
About Steve Horelick
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A musical adventurer, performer and educator, Steve Horelick's career encompasses an expanding spectrum of the music universe. His TV credits include more than 350 episodes for many award-winning children productions including PBS's acclaimed, Reading Rainbow, for which he composed the iconic "Butterfly in the Sky" theme song, and all the incidental scores. His songs have been recorded by Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, John Sebastian, Phoebe Snow, Peabo Bryson, LeVar Burton, Patti LaBelle and Kermit the Frog.
He has several EMMY nominations and awards for his many TV and advertising soundtracks including the prestigious Gold at New York Film Festival. |
As an educator and lecturer he has taught songwriting, and film scoring at Queens College and City College in New York City. He is currently the publisher and Executive VP at NonLinear Educating, Inc., overseeing the production of over 2000 courses for their macProVideo.com, Ask.Video, Ask.Audio websites.
As a performer his immersive, surround performances have entertained audiences from San Francisco to Berlin. Steve’s main instruments are the ones designed by the great electronic musical instrument maker Donald Buchla who custom-designed Steve’s first “Buchla” in 1976. SteveHmusic
As a performer his immersive, surround performances have entertained audiences from San Francisco to Berlin. Steve’s main instruments are the ones designed by the great electronic musical instrument maker Donald Buchla who custom-designed Steve’s first “Buchla” in 1976. SteveHmusic
About Jerry Marotta
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Jerry Marotta has recorded and toured with Peter Gabriel, The Indigo Girls, Hall and Oates, Tears For Fears, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, 10,000 Maniacs, Suzanne Vega and Los Lonely Boys to name only a few. Through his extensive touring experience and performances on hundreds of albums Jerry has worked with many of the greatest producers in the world.
As a performer or composer Jerry has contributed to various movie and TV projects including Small Miracles starring Judge Hirsch, Dovid Meyer, ABC’s I’m with Her with Rhett Miller, and Survivor. |
Currently Jerry is spreading his time between The Marotta Brothers Band (with Rick), The Fragile Fate with Rupert Greenall (The Fixx), Flav Martin, Security Project with Trey Gunn, Reelin’ in the Years, and Annie & The Hedonists.
Jerry now carries his experiences into his own career as a producer. All the skills he brings to studio sessions as a performer are now combined with album production. There are very few styles of music or personalities that he has not worked with! Jerry also contributed the production of two tracks to the Indigo Girls’ 1200 Curfews album. Jerrys producer credits now include Kristin Hall, Larry Gowan, Andrew Caine, Pam Goldin, Gabriella Schaaf, Barbara Kessler, Ellis Paul, and Sarah Perrotta.
Word is getting out about Jerry Marotta’s availability as a producer. We know him as one of the finest and most sought after drummers in the world. The albums he has produced speak for themselves.
He is already one of the world’s most sought after drummers!
Jerry now carries his experiences into his own career as a producer. All the skills he brings to studio sessions as a performer are now combined with album production. There are very few styles of music or personalities that he has not worked with! Jerry also contributed the production of two tracks to the Indigo Girls’ 1200 Curfews album. Jerrys producer credits now include Kristin Hall, Larry Gowan, Andrew Caine, Pam Goldin, Gabriella Schaaf, Barbara Kessler, Ellis Paul, and Sarah Perrotta.
Word is getting out about Jerry Marotta’s availability as a producer. We know him as one of the finest and most sought after drummers in the world. The albums he has produced speak for themselves.
He is already one of the world’s most sought after drummers!
About Zylia
Zylia ( https://www.zylia.co ) develops innovative, world-class 3D audio recording technologies and turns them into products that improve the lives of musicians and audio creatives. With a passionate and dedicated team of experts in music production, audio research, software, business and product development, the company crafts and delivers products with the potential to redefine and revolutionize the way 3D sound and musical performances are recorded and produced. Leveraging their personal experience as musicians and tech gurus, along with input from music and audio communities around the world, Zylia’s experts bring musicians agile recording tools that make it easy to be creative in any environment.
Our solutions are used by musicians and sound engineers who work with Sony, Disney, Game of Thrones, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Red Bull, and many others.
We also love to support artists! Zylia is involved in organizing volunteer efforts including Music CovAid by Zylia.
More information is available at www.zylia.co.
Zylia ( https://www.zylia.co ) develops innovative, world-class 3D audio recording technologies and turns them into products that improve the lives of musicians and audio creatives. With a passionate and dedicated team of experts in music production, audio research, software, business and product development, the company crafts and delivers products with the potential to redefine and revolutionize the way 3D sound and musical performances are recorded and produced. Leveraging their personal experience as musicians and tech gurus, along with input from music and audio communities around the world, Zylia’s experts bring musicians agile recording tools that make it easy to be creative in any environment.
Our solutions are used by musicians and sound engineers who work with Sony, Disney, Game of Thrones, Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra, Red Bull, and many others.
We also love to support artists! Zylia is involved in organizing volunteer efforts including Music CovAid by Zylia.
More information is available at www.zylia.co.
