Thursday, January 25, 2007

Week Three Wrap Up

Dear Folks:

We have the files up for you to download here:

mini/green day

in this folder you will find:

- 3 songs by Green Day ("American Idiot," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and "Wake Me Up When September Ends")

- the MiniCooper commercial

Please remember- I do NOT want sound alikes.

I want you to be "informed" by the idea of what Green Day is- and then do your own themes.

To recap week three's lessons that we went over- here are some reminders:

SETTING UP A TEMPLATE ON THE SEQUENCER WHICH YOU CAN WORK WITH REPEATEDLY

USING LOGIC (AS AN EXAMPLE):
- IMPORTING MOVIE
o HOW TO GET DVDS/ QTS?
• CINEMATIZE IS A GOOD PROGRAM I RECOMMEBD TO MAKE QUICKTIME MOVIES FROM DVD


WE HAVE THE MOVIE IN- WHAT NOW
- FINDING OUT HOW LONG- HOW MANY BARS? WHAT IS THE TEMPO?
o TELL US STRUCTURE
o TEMPO
• SYNCHRONIZING (FINDING HIT POINTS/ETC.)
• Knowing your sounds

FINDING TOOLS INSIDE THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT (THE ENVIRONMENT BEING FOR THIS EXAMPLE THE LOGIC SEQUENCER PROGRAM) THAT WORK FOR YOU
- HOW TO GET INFO INTO THE COMPUTER A MUST
o THE FACILITY OF UPLOADING/DOWNLOADING A MUST

THE BIG ISSUE: MAKING THIS ALL WORK FOR YOU.

NOW THAT WE HAVE THINGS SEY UP FROM THE SEQUENCER...

WHAT ARE YOUR EMPLOYERS ASKING YOU TO DO/ WHAT CAN YOU CONVINCE THEM OF?


The Green Day/MiniCooper example is our first shot at finding this balance.

How do we incorporate what the employer is asking for (the conceit here being that they asked/temped in music from Green Day)- and how do you please yourself/ME(!) by being original and contributing new, brilliant work into the world.

Go get em, folks. Email me if there are any questions.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Week One Wrap Up

Hey all:

a few things:

the syllabus is available for download here:

in this folder, you can also find a download of the richard bellis article which i passed out yesterday- sorry it is seperated into 7 different pages.

also, there is some listening included here:

In the folder is the piece we heard from Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota's score from "La Dolce Vita" (note how Rota takes his themes and uses them in different ways) and Debussy's "La Mer"- which is widely regarded as one of the greatest orchestral works of the twentieth century. It is a masterpiece of suggestion and subtlety in its rich depiction of the ocean, which combines unusual orchestration with daring impressionistic harmonies. The work has proven very influential.

Go listen- and please send me your stuff asap.