We're going to take about 5 minutes each class to talk about the music business today - some of the issues, some concepts, and some stuff to play with. You WILL be tested on what we cover in class, but NOT until the final exam [so take good notes!].
9/5
Legit: iTunes radio, store
9/10
Legit: iTunes – podcast/vodcast
9/12 TEST 1 PSC 151
9/17
Legit: rDio
9/19
Legit:Spotify
9/24
Legit: Pandora
9/26
Legit:Last.fm
10/1
Legit: Magnatune
10/3
Legit: Yahoo music/Google Play / Shoutcast
10/8
Incredibox
10/10
Why legit and not ill-legit?
10/15 TEST 2 PSC109
10/17
Copyright: Define / length of term
10/22
Copyright:Different licenses/ Public Domain
10/24
Copyright:Why Important
10/29
Royalties: define, examples
130 rock / 439 “Contemporary Hit” stations in US [wikipedia]
10/31
MusicTech: Sampling – CD/Incredibox/DS-I playback/iPod/Recording/phones
11/5
MusicTech: Multitrack recording
11/7
MusicTech:MIDI
11/12
MusicTech:Synthesis – analog vs digital / 1st synths à Telharmonium, B3
11/14 TEST 3 PSC109
11/26
MusicTech:Synthesis –Portable à
DSi, iPad, phones - ringtones, Pi / Softsynths
11/28
Workflow:
Record-MIDI-Edit__>External or Internal Synths-Mixdown-Mastering-Posting for sale or giveaway-Marketing
Writing /
Recording Process: Stephen Rickard song
12/3
Record Labels – what they are, what they do, what they DON’T do
12/5
Music Biz – artists are Entrepreneurs, Do it yourself marketing examples
[Amanda Palmer, Charley Langer, Mark Taylor] / big team behind them
