Ep 188-Joel Corelitz on Style Can Be a Dead End

Joel Corelitz believes technology has a soul and music & sound design are part of the same thing. He creates emotional, design driven scores by fusing music and sound design into a unified audio experience centered around texture and mood.

Joel began his composition career at the age of five, recording found sounds and creating tunes with a classic Fisher Price 826 Cassette Recorder. Years of piano and classical guitar lessons followed, leading him to study Technology in Music Related Arts at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he focused on experimental synthesis and music for interactive installations. At Oberlin, he trained on a Buchla modular system, which helped develop a fusion of classical synthesis and unconventional audio design—all supported with a background in classical theory. After graduating with honors, he worked at an established music house in Chicago before starting my personal audio brand & studio, Waveplant.