Video: Projects: Music Production
Music adds flavor, mood, and vibe to any video or audio production. And if you can produce your own, then you don't have to pay for it. (or settle for whatever's free to use!)
Unit
Owning It
Questions
What makes a musical recording with rhythm and melody work for a listener or audience?
What am I making?
Example Music page like you would make for this assignment
A musical production at least 15 seconds long (the duration of a short web advertisement)
SoundCloud search for 15 second jingle
How do I make it?
Articles on topics - Bandlab Mix Editor help
For Soundation, this one works great!
You can watch a step, pause the video, do the step you just watched with your own rhythm/melody, then play the video some more, repeat...
I did that - watched the tutorial and did it - and this 37 minute video is good in the very beginning and the very end, and in the middle if you find the parts where I figured out what the tutorial doesn't tell you (setting the tempo to 72 BPM, expanding and zooming in on the clip window when clicking your drums and synth notes)
Soundation Resources: You don't have to use Soundation to make your music, but if you do, they have a page with video tutorials.
Watch someone do it with no explanation in under 10 minutes... but obviously he's done it many times before.
Mix of Hindi and English, fun!
Steps
Brainstorm: How fast/slow do I want my music? (Tempo) What style?
Choose a Tool: Either Bandlab or Soundation or GarageBand or FL Studio or Ableton or anything that can export a musical production with rhythm and melody!
Compose your Music: Develop a rhythm first. Or a melody first. Most music has both, but you can make something that's melody only (although there is a rhythm that underlies it - think metronome) or rhythm only (some rap songs have a pretty cold, minimal beat.)
Test your Music: Play it. Play it loud. Play it for others. Make tweaks. Get it the way you want it.
Export: Create an MP3, AIFF, or WAV file with a recording of your music.
Convert to Video, Upload to YouTube: (so you can embed your music on Google Sites!) Use OnlineConverter Audio to Video to upload your music file along with an image of your choice (photos work) to create a video (beware the download popup), then upload the video to YouTube (unlisted if you prefer) and get the link.
Alternatively, you could upload to SoundCloud, or a similar site, without converting to video, then get an embed code, and insert that instead of YouTube in step 8.
On Google Sites, under Pages, create a new page called Music.
Insert YouTube and paste the link of your music's video conversion.
Or Insert < > Embed if you did uploaded it to a site such as SoundCloud.
Write about the story behind your music and also What You Learned.
When done, push the Publish button, review the settings, and publish.
Then click the chain-link button, Copy the link for your page, and turn in the link.
Grading
4/A = Do all the steps, rich story.
3/B = Do all the steps, interesting story.
2/C = Do all the steps, basic story.
Career Connections
Music jingles, songs, and beats are needed for video productions and radio/podcasts!
Resources
For starters, The Ultimate List of Music Production Resources