How One New York Bandleader Turned Isolation Into a (Virtual) Orchestra

When he joined the thousands of Americans sheltering at home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, New York-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Applebaum says he “sprung into action” from his Queens apartment, making one-minute experimental tracks and remixing his own songs to keep busy.
“It started out as me messing around in the basement,” says Applebaum, the brains behind 10-piece psych-rock band Ghost Funk Orchestra. “Then I realized that al