PLEASE take a moment to doublecheck your grades in D2L Music App gradebook.
Someone has already notified me of an error, and I want to make sure there aren't any others.
DEADLINE: Tuesday May 7, Noonish - because that's when I'm going to be posting the grades.
Email me or send a message inside D2L if you find an error.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Final Exam, Listening, D2L, etc notes
I've just added in the final exam grades to D2L. You'll notice that the number is different from the one you saw earlier - see the gradebook in D2L for the explanation.
I was incorrect when I stated that the listening would be scored by the computer as a zero - it turns out the computer gave you all 36 points for the listening. This means that your score likely went DOWN after I graded the listening.
The scores are all in the D2L gradebook. If you want to know what your grade for the class will be, download the spreadsheet from D2L and type in your scores. The spreadsheet will tell you!
LISTENING
Some of the listening comments were quite intelligent. Others showed a depressing lack of thought. I was looking for 3 correct statements - each got you 3 points. That's why I mentioned that adding more comments rather than fewer would be a good idea.
Listening #1: "The Meal"
20th C. Yes, a piece of mine created using my youngest son's sounds when he was 4 months old, plus a spoon stirring some sweet tea, plus a burp mangled in a variety of ways to create the drum sounds.
Yes, ALL the drum sounds came from the burp you hear at the end.
Listening #2: Solfigietto Jam
EARLY Classical / Jazz.
From my album Accessible Depth.
Original piece by CPE Bach - then transmogrified into jazz in the studio. CPE was JS Bach's son, and this was written EARLY in the Classical period, so it really has a lot of Baroque characteristics, as several of you commented.
Listening #3: Aleatoric Spring 2013
This was recorded in class a few weeks ago. Shame on you, those who didn't recognize it!
20th C - because of when it was "written", the use of noise as a primary element, the use of chance operations.....
Listening #4: Minimalism Spring 2013
ANOTHER one recorded in class! A minimal amount of musical material. most annoying comments on the test: those referring to "the melody, so that makes it Romantic". THERE WAS NO MELODY!
20th C.
I was incorrect when I stated that the listening would be scored by the computer as a zero - it turns out the computer gave you all 36 points for the listening. This means that your score likely went DOWN after I graded the listening.
The scores are all in the D2L gradebook. If you want to know what your grade for the class will be, download the spreadsheet from D2L and type in your scores. The spreadsheet will tell you!
LISTENING
Some of the listening comments were quite intelligent. Others showed a depressing lack of thought. I was looking for 3 correct statements - each got you 3 points. That's why I mentioned that adding more comments rather than fewer would be a good idea.
Listening #1: "The Meal"
20th C. Yes, a piece of mine created using my youngest son's sounds when he was 4 months old, plus a spoon stirring some sweet tea, plus a burp mangled in a variety of ways to create the drum sounds.
Yes, ALL the drum sounds came from the burp you hear at the end.
Listening #2: Solfigietto Jam
EARLY Classical / Jazz.
From my album Accessible Depth.
Original piece by CPE Bach - then transmogrified into jazz in the studio. CPE was JS Bach's son, and this was written EARLY in the Classical period, so it really has a lot of Baroque characteristics, as several of you commented.
Listening #3: Aleatoric Spring 2013
This was recorded in class a few weeks ago. Shame on you, those who didn't recognize it!
20th C - because of when it was "written", the use of noise as a primary element, the use of chance operations.....
Listening #4: Minimalism Spring 2013
ANOTHER one recorded in class! A minimal amount of musical material. most annoying comments on the test: those referring to "the melody, so that makes it Romantic". THERE WAS NO MELODY!
20th C.
FINAL EXAM GRADES - DO NOT PANIC!
The grades you were emailed from EZTestonline counted the listening scores as a ZERO - because they have to be manually graded.
Watch for your ACTUAL grade in D2L - it should show up Tuesday afternoon [earlier if I'm lucky!]
....and because computers are soooooooooooo stupid.
Watch for your ACTUAL grade in D2L - it should show up Tuesday afternoon [earlier if I'm lucky!]
Class Recordings...attempt #2!
Apparently Last.fm hosed the uploads for whatever arcane technical reason.
I HAVE uploaded the mp3 files to d2l. Your browser is SUPPOSED to play them when you click on the Class Recordings link in the Content section.
But if it doesn't - OR if you'd like your own personal nonAutographed copy - just click on the zip file. It has all 4 recordings.
I HAVE uploaded the mp3 files to d2l. Your browser is SUPPOSED to play them when you click on the Class Recordings link in the Content section.
But if it doesn't - OR if you'd like your own personal nonAutographed copy - just click on the zip file. It has all 4 recordings.
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
The Class Recordings have been posted!
You can listen to them at
Feel free to download, use to annoy siblings, pest control, etc.
I've also uploaded the files to D2L - Last.fm is bit flaky this morning.
I've also uploaded the files to D2L - Last.fm is bit flaky this morning.
[You might want to listen to them before the final]
Monday, April 29, 2013
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:
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:
Thursday, April 18, 2013
GRADES - an update
- 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.
- ....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.
- 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%].
- 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. - I will post the Kamien Connect averages sometime in the next week - hopefully!
- 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.
- The recording sounds remarkable. Well done!
That's all for now. Have a weekend!
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
....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?
Multiple Media - which is more important: the song, or the visuals?
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
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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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.
...
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.
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