INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC - MTC 362 001,
Summer II 2009.
Instructor:
Herbert Midgley
Phone:
Office 468-1197 or leave a message at 468-4602
Email :
hmidgley@sfasu.edu (Please use this email
not WebCT or my gmail account)
Webpage: www.herbertmidgley.com
Office Hours: TBA
Office:
Room 310 A Fine Arts Building., 3rd Floor inside the MIDI Lab
Class Time and Place : 2:30 P.M.- 4:25 P.M. MTWTR (Lecture 1st
Hour) (Lab and group work 2nd Hour) - FA 310
Class Goals: The
goal of this class is for you to learn how to enjoy music by composing your own
music with the use of music technology.
Texts: No
text is required. The best way to learn about music technology is to get hands
on experience. All equipment manuals are available and you will learn through
them while at a computer.
Journal Notebook: You will need to keep a notebook since technical explanations can be
rather difficult to understand at first. You will also need the notebook to
keep a record of the sounds you're using for your composition. The other purpose
of Journal Notebook is so that you can keep a log of lab hours that you work
each week.
Class Attendance: I expect you to be present, and on time at all class
meetings. Three unexcused absences will cut your final grade by one letter,
four by two letters, etc. This includes lab sessions. You are responsible for all notes, power point
presentations, recordings, and films/videos presented in class. Due the size of
this class, no talking, sleeping, eating, reading newspapers, text messaging or
cell phone use during class will be tolerated. All of these activities disrupt
the educational process. If these common courtesies are not observed, you will
be invited to leave the class. NO CELL PHONES OUT DURING CLASS!
I will take roll by having you turn in a paper on what
you learn the day of lecture. You
can not make this up, either you were in class or you were not.
You can not make up missed Group work and Skill
test. (Come to Class!)
Materials:
1) 4 CD-Rs to turn in your projects on or to take home
and listen to after a session and a DVD-R to burn your Music Video.
2)You will need one USB Thumb Drive if you want to back
up your data. These are available in the bookstore.
3) Journal Notebook
All Projects will be turn in CD and DVD format and
papers in a folder.
Grading: Grading
Scale:
Class Participation -25% 90-100=A
Mid-Term/paper -25% 80-89
=B
Final Project/paper- 25% 70-79
=C
Group Projects/paper - 25% 60-69
=D
00-59
=F
The Mid-Term project will be a 2-5 minute composition. It will be due the
week of mid-term. The Final project will
be a 3-10 minute composition will be due on the day of the final. These
projects should be original, composed and produced by you. You may want to
collaborate with somebody else on another project, but the mid-term and the final project should be only one person's work.
Frequently, some of you will get together and help each other and that's O.K. But I want to know that each of you
understands how to operate the computer, the RS-50 and the GarageBand sequencing program on the MAC. You may also use your
own equipment to do your projects,
but make sure you use it in conjunction with the equipment in the lab.
Attendance & Lab-time: You will need work on your for two or three hours of
lab time per week. You will be using head phones while you work in the lab.
They're very lightweight to help keep your neck from getting tired, but they're
also quite fragile. I will generally be around to help you if you have any
problems (and there will be quite a few at first) during your lab times. Don't
hesitate to ask me for help.
Please don't re-route (unplug, re-plug, de-plug, etc.) any equipment through
the Mixer. The next person to use the lab will have no idea of what's going on.
If you want to plug your own equipment into the mixer; there are some empty
ports. You will need MONO 1/4" jacks to patch in. Be sure and unplug your
equipment when you are finished each time and be careful not to knock anything
over!
This class may be repeated for credit.
Students with documented disabilities who need
course adaptations or accommodations please make an appointment with me as soon
as possible.
The syllabus may be amended at anytime due to the
overall performance of the class.
Student/Learning
Outcomes: What students should know or be able to do as a result of this
course:
1)
The student will demonstrate the skill of using midi software
2)
The student will demonstrate basic knowledge about midi
3)
The student will demonstrate the skill of composing their own songs using music
technology software
4)
Through group work, students will demonstrate the ability to create music with
other students
5)
Through group work, students will demonstrate the ability analyze and critic
other students' compositions
6)
The student will demonstrate basic computer skills
7)
The student will be encouraged to develop the skill of time management by
preparing for class during their lab hours
8)
The student will be encouraged to develop the basic piano skills
9) The student will be encouraged to
develop an interest in diverse music genres
10) The student will be
encouraged to develop basic skills to make audio CDs
|
Week |
Topic |
|
Date |
|
1 |
Introduction to MIDI: internet Search on What is
MIDI |
|
July 14 |
|
2 |
GarageBand I Basics - Planning a Song |
|
July 15 |
|
3 |
GarageBand II Cut and Paste- Over Dub Recording |
|
July 16 |
|
4 |
GarageBand III Looping |
|
July 20 |
|
5 |
GarageBand IV Quantize- Midi Mixer |
|
July 21 |
|
6 |
GarageBand V Editing- Notation |
|
July 22 |
|
7 |
GarageBand VI Digital Audio Recording |
|
July 23, 27 & 28 |
|
8 |
Midterm- Burn CD Digital Recording: iTunes |
|
July 29 & 30 |
|
9 |
GarageBand basics VII Digital Recording: Audacity I |
|
August 3 |
|
10 |
Digital Recording: Audacity II |
|
August 4 |
|
11 |
iMovie basics I - Planning a Music Video |
|
August 5 |
|
12 |
iMovie basics I Editing, Adding Music - Titles
Effects |
|
August 6 |
|
13 |
iMovie basics I - Compression & Music Video: Post on the Web |
|
August 10 |
|
14 |
Promote your Music Video. IDVD Part 1 |
|
August 11 |
|
15 |
iDVD I - Making a DVD Part 2 |
|
August 12 & 13 |
|
Final |
Final Paper: How can you use this Class in your
life? What did you learn from this Class? |
|
Day of the Final August 14 |
|
Projects |
|
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Date Due |
|
1 |
|
What is Midi Web Search (1 page Essay) |
July 15 |
|
2 |
|
Song Review (1 page Essay) |
July 16 |
|
3 |
|
History of your Favorite Musical Artist or
Group/Band |
July 20 |
|
4 |
|
CD Review 1 (1 page Essay) |
July 23 |
|
5 |
|
The History of your Favorite Musical Genre |
July 27 |
|
6 |
|
How the music industry has changed since 1999? |
July 29 |
|
7 |
25% |
Mid Term Project (2 plus minutes long) Paper on what did you learn from this project. 2
pages. |
July 30 |
|
8 |
|
Group Project - Songwriting |
August 3 |
|
9 |
|
Music Video Review (1 page Essay) |
August 4 |
|
10 |
|
The History of Downloading Music. |
August 6 |
|
11 |
|
How to make your Music Video Viro. |
August 10 |
|
12 |
|
Music Video Review (1 page Essay) |
August 12 |
|
13 |
25% |
Group Project - Music Video and EP CD Make a Music Video and an EP CD with Cover. A Paper on what did you learn from this project. (We will watch all of the groupsą music videos in
class.) |
August 13 |
|
14 |
25% |
Final Project - (3 plus minutes long.) Paper on what did you learn from this project. 2
pages. |
Day of the Final August 14 |
|
15 |
|
Final Paper: How can you use this Class in your
life? What did you learn from this Class? 2 pages. |
Day of the Final August 14 |
|
16 |
Up to 10% |
Discussion Questions Bonus |
Day of the Final August 14 |
|
17 |
Up to 10% |
Extra Credit - CD reviews- papers- powerpoint-
sequences, etc |
Due day of Final August 14 |
|
18 |
25% |
Class Participation |
All Semester |
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100% Class Attendance, Participation, Group Work |
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