Tag Archives: Music

Mixing and Mastering (Brandon)

This is a class focused on digital music production. Students will learn how to mix and master music using professionally recorded tracks. Students will learn the fundamentals of audio production, how to use EQ and compression effectively, how to produce music in several genres, and how to critically listen to and determine what a song mix needs. Students will develop a portfolio of songs that they’ve mixed to be shared with the community. Students from Computer Synth class of Fall Term are encouraged to participate in this class.

  • Outside work: A moderate amount (e.g., 30-60 min) for each session
  • Mature themes: Modern music sometimes has adult themes.i

HiFi Harmonies and Mellifluous Melodies (Brandon)

This class is for students looking to further explore the interactions between and nuances of harmony and melody. Students will learn how to identify intervals, construct chords, develop melodies, create and reharmonize chord progressions, read notes on a staff, and further develop their understanding of intermediate music theory. The class will focus on triads, 7th and extended harmony chords, non-chord tones, leading tones and chromaticism, modes and atypical scales, intermodal exchange/borrowed chords, ear training, and expression. This class will require note taking and focused independent study. Students must have taken Rhythm Nation in Fall Term in order to register for this class.

  • Outside work: A moderate amount (e.g., 30-60 min) for each session
  • Mature themes: Modern music sometimes has adult themes.
  • Minimum students: 2

Demon-Haunted World (Band) (Brandon)

The jazz/improv band. Students will continue to develop their individual instrument skills and further integrate themselves into a music performance environment. Students will be challenged to create and improvise original music and stylistically-adjacent renditions of popular music.

  • Outside work: A moderate amount (e.g., 30-60 min) for each session
  • Mature themes: Modern music sometimes has adult themes

Come Back to Me (Band) (Brandon)

The intermediate/advanced band. Students will continue to develop their individual instrument skills and further integrate themselves into a music performance environment. Students will be encouraged to undertake more challenging songs and focus more on critically listening to their bandmates to create a unified sound.

  • Outside work: A moderate amount (e.g., 30-60 min) for each session
  • Mature themes: Modern music sometimes has adult themes.