ASSIGNMENT: Re-create a new drum track for a professionally recorded song.

In Music Tech 1, the majority of our time was spent only using the electronic drumset that was available to us through the piano.  This time, your goal is to use either Ultrabeat or the outboard electronic drumset at the teacher station to create a drum track for one of two songs: 

• "Instant Crush" by Daft Punk

• "The Hand That Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails

The concept of beat-making in this class is not something new, but we have not handled anything this complex before. We will be analyzing the form of this song as well as talking about songwriting techniques used to create interest in pop music.

ACCESS THE DRUMLESS SONGS HERE

Note: After downloading the file, double-click the file to decompress into a Logic Project

1. Download one of the drumless songs from the google drive and open it in Logic. 

2. Listen to the song and familiarize yourself with the track

3. In the arrangement track, create labels for each section of the piece

   • Use ABC form labels in your arrangement track

   • If you want to use labels like Verse, Chorus, Bridge, etc., put those in the Marker track

4. Create a new software instrument track for your drums

   • If you are using Ultrabeat, switch your instrument input to Ultrabeat in the track menu

     • • Find a sound preset that matches the style of the piece

       • In a blank template, build a drum beat for the first section of the piece

       • If you have multiple sections, you will need multiple blank templates

       • Drag your completed beat from Ultrabeat into the Main Arrange window

   • If you are using a drumset with the step editor:

     • • Find a sound preset that matches the style of the piece

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   • If you are using the electronic drum kit, switch your onboard instrument to be a drumset, either acoustic or electronic, that matches the style of the piece.

     • • Record either by section or play along to the whole track

       • Take your recorded file from the teacher station and upload it to  the project at your station (use either flash drive or google drive transfer)

5. Mix the drum track you created and the song so that it sounds cohesive

6. Before you can submit, be able to defend how you labeled your song form on your final check-in with Mr. Cooperstein

7. When complete, save project and submit to Schoology.

For this project to be considered complete and receive full credit, it must meet the following minimum criteria:

• Use of either Ultrabeat or electronic drum set to record a new drum beat

• Song form labeled in the Arrangement section of Global Tracks

  • • Section length must be accurate

    • Section labels in ABC form

      • • Terms like verse, chorus, bridge, etc. can be added in your global tracks, but not as a replacement for ABC form

• Be able to defend how you labeled the song form in your project

• Drum track(s) tone and mixing to match character of the song