InCollaboration Incorporated’s
Contemporary
Music Residency and Workshop
“Music’s Brave New World: Creating, Recording, & Marketing Your Own Music
PART ONE
Creating and Recording Your Own Music
1
PROGRAM INTRODUCTION Question
and Answer Session: How much do you know?
You wanna make songs. You know you are
talented. You know you’re inspired.
“Everybody” knows
you “got it”, right? Do you? What do you do first? Next?
Who do you talk to? Why? Where do you go? When? How do you get it down?
Discuss: What it takes to make
it really happen?
Inspiration and Motivation; Education and Opportunity; Perseverance and the Breaks
2 SONGWRITING and SONG STRUCTURE – The
Basics
Tempo, Meter and Key
Music and Lyrics; Arrangements and Styles
What is a verse, a chorus, a bridge?
What does "1,
4, 5" mean?
Musical Genres
Where do you find and how do you develop an idea?
How do
you get your inspiration down to “tape” or somehow capture it when you have it
3
YOUR PERFORMANCE ON THE MIC
What’s the difference between a studio mic and a live
mic?
Why do Rappers “eat” the mic when they do shows live?
How do your
personal vocal dynamics affect your performance on the mic?
Why does it sound good in my bathroom and not on the mic?
4
MAKING YOUR OWN RECORDINGS
Digital Music:The modern studio revolution.
Sampling
Music Keyboards and MIDI controllers
Sequencing
Loops
Turning the song in your head into a recording. How do you start?
You hear it
in your head, and it works. How do you make it sound KICKIN’ in a recording?
Live Musicians
Recording Devices (computers, hard drives, samplers, interfaces, etc)
Creative Software
Your studio space: How do I keep the sound of people’s car alarms off my recording?
How do I record comfortably and efficiently?
5 USING THE COMPUTER
The heart of the modern production studio:
How to Use It
How to File
File Conversions
How to Maintain
How to
Save
Your Choice of Music Software
Your MIDI and other Hardware Connections
Your Electronic
Keyboard
Backing up and maintaining your Digital Files
END of PART ONE
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