Good evening, all. There is a chance I will not be able to be in class next week, owing to an ongoing family medical emergency. This weekend, I will spend some time trying to figure out how I might coordinate our class remotely (and perhaps asynchronously) next week, if necessary. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.
If it looks like my absences may have to extend beyond next week, I'll look into other solutions -- I'll work not to leave you in the lurch.
Good class today! I'm looking forward to hearing your work over the course of the semester.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
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I'm sorry I was unable to meet last Wednesday; I was out of town owing to a family emergency. Let's dive in this Wednesday.
Here is a list of topics that interest you (drawn from our first class meeting). These are some of the topics I'll work to fold into our semester (don't expect long lectures, though.... I'll be keeping my monologues very brief and focussing our time on your compositions and sending you in directions to get more information that will fuel you):
If you read this post in time, download the ZIP archive of the compositions you've sent in already here: http://www.nmt.edu/~music/mus489s07/comp1-24Jan07.zip
Uncompress the archive, and listen to the four mp3 files. On Wednesday, we'll listen to these in class and discuss how we might start work on some of the topics listed above in light of these first pieces. (We'll also try to connect people who are having technical issues with others who may have the issues solved).
I'm sorry I was unable to meet last Wednesday; I was out of town owing to a family emergency. Let's dive in this Wednesday.
Here is a list of topics that interest you (drawn from our first class meeting). These are some of the topics I'll work to fold into our semester (don't expect long lectures, though.... I'll be keeping my monologues very brief and focussing our time on your compositions and sending you in directions to get more information that will fuel you):
- using time and time-signatures cleverly
- percussion instruments and moods - moving past "just keeping the beat"
- composing in a virtual studio (such as GarageBand or Logic)
- composing outside of a virtual studio! (doing things with live players)
- chord structures and chord patterns - working with harmony
- other techniques for manipulating mood in music
- the Mr. Coffee factor - compositions incorporating non-traditional instruments
If you read this post in time, download the ZIP archive of the compositions you've sent in already here: http://www.nmt.edu/~music/mus489s07/comp1-24Jan07.zip
Uncompress the archive, and listen to the four mp3 files. On Wednesday, we'll listen to these in class and discuss how we might start work on some of the topics listed above in light of these first pieces. (We'll also try to connect people who are having technical issues with others who may have the issues solved).
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