Music

Overview:

Students will compose and arrange music in a specific genre. This will take knowledge of song structure and potentially chord/melody construction and keyboards skills. Many industry standard producers do not play every part in their song, but rather use royalty-free samples to arrange and construct it. This allows scaffolding and differentiation for students of different skill levels.

Mixing is the process of sculpting the sounds in a song, with various processes, to create a balanced cohesive product. Mastering is the process of taking a mixed song and using eq, compression, and limiting to create a finished product that will sound similar and with the correct loudness on all speaker systems. The promotional material could include: social media posts; a video containing still or moving images accompanied by the song; flyers; email newsletter; blog reviews; playlist review; and placement. Professional industry standards would usually include a budget for social media, Spotify, and print/billboard marketing. However, students would not be required to actually post on any social media platform.

Deliverables:

• Able to identify song structure/form - 4s/8s/16s - Binary, Ternary, rondeau

• Bandlab (DAW) proficiency

  • Creating a song using loops

  • Using Fxs

  • Step Sequencer

  • Recording audio

• Lyric writing (connecting meaning to our place in history)

• Creating melody, harmonic progressions, and rhythmic cadences

• Culminate into a completed song