Music Tech Videos

Since we're running short on time I won't be able to really give you an overview of the basic technologies used in recording.

This is NOT part of the final exam - but if you are interested in recording technologies [synths, sampling, MIDI] here's a youtube playlist I've put together about them:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQYzVIKcjEgB2w6AzQTuFGGonm4fnNkmC

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GRADES - an update

1. Test grades have been posted to D2L [unless you are taking it this Monday, obviously]. See the note associated with test 3, which explains how your score was calculated. We MAY look at the listening Monday.
   
2. ....as has everything else that has been turned in - presentations, concert reports, etc. Those grades are all in D2L as well - I'll put the graded papers in the standard spot Monday.
   
3. There is only about 2 weeks left in the semester. I have had exactly SIX second concert reports turned in. If you only turn in one concert report, you just cost yourself OVER half a letter grade [i.e. 7.5%].
   
4. If you turn in NO concert reports, you cost yourself a letter grade and a half [15%].
   
   WATCH THE DEADLINE FOR GETTING CONCERT REPORTS TURNED IN - see the syllabus.
   
5. I will post the Kamien Connect averages sometime in the next week - hopefully!
   
6. Don't forget that you can add in your own scores to the grade spreadsheet - download it from D2L, type in your grades, and you can see where you stand.
   
7. The recording sounds remarkable. Well done!

That's all for now. Have a weekend!

....one more thing for today's class

Opera: The Internet will make you mad

Multiple Media - which is more important: the song, or the visuals?

A Music Biz double Chomp

1. 40 years of music industry change in 30 seconds
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130404forty
Watch the biggest slice change over time - LPs to Cassettes to CDs to.........

2. Harlem Shake Features Unlicensed Samples That Could Cost Baauer and His Label Dearly.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130311shake

Considering that Harlem Shake has been at the top of the Billboard top 100 chart for three weeks (as well as scoring high on charts around the world), and has so far sold 816,000 downloads in the US alone, it's not surprising that Delgado and Musson are seeking compensation from Mad Decent Records, who put the record out last year.

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Judging from similar previous examples of unlicensed (commonly called uncleared) sample use, the label may have to pay them a large portion of the revenue it has accumulated from the track – including the ad revenue from YouTube, which Billboard has estimated currently stands at about $83,500.

Steve Lukather – guitarist, singer and songwriter with Toto – has spoken about his surprise when he heard his voice on Roger Sanchez's hit "Another Chance".  Sanchez had sampled the first line of the verse from the band's "I Won’t Hold You Back," and it was repeated throughout the song.  As the Toto track was both sung and written by Lukather, he said the final settlement gave him 90% of the royalties Sanchez’s recording accumulated – apparently enough to buy him a house.

Something for class: "Red Bull Stole My Music!"

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/red-bull-stole-my-music-3-important-lessons-for-indie-artist.html

You might want to.....

• Remember to bring earbuds to the test Monday
• Check the online syllabus for the room location, if you forgot.
• Make a note on which pieces on the CDs are Romantic, and which are 20th C.
• Make a mental note of who composed what piece on the CDs
• Remember which 20th C "-ism" has what musical characteristics and which composer did I associate with it

Just a thought!

Mon Apr 8 - class cancelled

Class cancelled today Mon Apr 8. I really don't want to share this high fever etc with you! See you Wednesday.

Chamber Singers Concert to Feature Swing, U2 and Bandari

The Middle Georgia State College Chamber Singers, directed by Rebecca Lanning, will present their spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Arts Complex Rehearsal Hall on the Macon Campus.

The Chamber Singers will be joined by the Middle Georgia State Drumming Ensemble, directed by Miguel Castro, and Robert McTyre, tenor. The music will include everything from swing to U2 to the multi-movement Bandari that features Afro-Caribbean and African rhythms from Tanzania, South Africa and Kenya.

This event is free and open to the public.

http://www.mga.edu/news/newspage.aspx?sqid=59