Max Alper aka Peretsky is a composer, educator, and technologist. He holds an MFA in Sonic Arts from The Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, where he studied under David Grubbs, Morton Subotnick, Ben Vida, Marina Rosenfeld, and others. He is the founder of Group Critique Fight Club, an online class for working musicians that is hosted via Patreon and YouTube, and is the co-host of the Critical Listening podcast with author Liz Pelly. Alper has held teaching positions at The City University of New York, The New York Film Academy, and Atlantic University of Puerto Rico. He has given lectures at New York University, Bard College, Berklee College of Music, The Royal College of Art of London, Robert Schumann Hochschule, SUNY Purchase, and many others. Joseph Allred is a Tennessee-based guitarist, singer, multi-instrumental composer, and visual artistwith deep roots in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee and Kentucky. Their guitar playing draws from diverse musical styles including Appalachian folk, bluegrass, blues, flamenco, and classical guitar, aswell as from folk iconoclasts John Fahey and Robbie Basho, figures of the 20th century avant-garde like Albert Ayler, Derek Bailey and Henry Flynt, and the musical traditions of India, Iran, and the Arab world.They have released music on Feeding Tube Records, Worried Songs, Scissor Tail Editions, AKTI, Island House, Blue Hole Recordings, Garden Portal, Reverb Worship/Future Grave, and their own Meliphonic Records imprint.