Learning Music

Learning Music
John Wood performing at Machine Project in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California.
Background information
Origin	Glassell Park, California, United States
Genres	Neofolk Electropop Spoken Word Experimental Indie Rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	vosotros Community Pool Tapes
Associated acts	Sebastian Tellier, Inara George, Willoughby, Video, Nowcloud, The Black Keys, Mad Gregs, Anni Rossi, vosotros
Website	Learning Music Monthly
Members	John Clement Wood
Past members	Oscar Schedin, Mike G, Bram Inscore, Jason Golday, Drew Jorgensen, Gabe Noel, Lisa Tremain, Andrew Epstein, Lewis Keller, Cat Lamb, Charles DeCastro, Joe Tepperman, Sam Robles, Max Markowitz, Damon Zick, Corey Fogel, Noah Harmon, Scott Farr, Marcel Camargo, Devin McNulty, Davin Givhan, Douglas Pipes, Peter Slocum, Daphne Chen, Gus Seyffert, John Kirby, Beth Schenk, Matt Wrobel, Alex Silverman, Alex Noice, Aaron Arntz, Alex Lily, John Gillilan, Zach Harmon, Alice Linn, Keith Karman, Jeff Eliassen, Dave Devine, Jake Blanton, Scott Godfrey, John Michael Richardson, Michael Beltran, Jonathan Silberman, Larry Goldings

Learning Music was an experimental band and music collective based in Los Angeles, California.

Learning Music was founded in November 2006 by John Clement Wood (backing musician for The Black Keys, Sebastien Tellier, Inara George, Mike Andrews, Anni Rossi). Under the title Learning Music Monthly, the group released one original album per month for three years. The live band ranged from two to twenty performers at once, playing almost exclusively at smaller venues around Los Angeles. The band’s musical influences include: Terry Riley, the Talking Heads, Storm & Stress, and American folk music.

On December 20, 2009, Learning Music was featured on NPR's All Things Considered.

On March 21, 2010, Learning Music's monthly album series was profiled by the Associated Press.

On April 20, 2010, "Ovulation" by Learning Music was featured as KCRW's Today's Top Tune.

Learning Music Monthly was a "subscription-based album-a-month series.” This project was started by John Clement Wood and the first twelve albums released were written and recorded in his home studio. These albums feature numerous guest artists. After the release of his twelfth production, Wood stopped recording and formed a live Learning Music band. One year after their production hiatus, Learning Music partnered with Los Angeles-based vosotros and resumed recording and releasing their monthly albums.

The monthly releases of Learning Music are available through their website: Learning Music Monthly. According to the Creative Commons website, Learning Music offered a “tiered subscription service” where subscribers "receive a brand new full-length album of original music every month." The entire LMM catalog is currently available for free streaming and download on their website. Subscribers were able to have physical CDs with artwork from a new artist each month mailed to their homes. All of Learning Music's work is released under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license, which according to an interview with John Wood, “inspire[s] new creative opportunities”. Thus listeners are allowed to share and remix the music for non-commercial purposes.