CCOG for MUS 172 Spring 2024
- Course Number:
- MUS 172
- Course Title:
- Music Technology: Record, Remix and DJ
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 20
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Continues development of digital music technology skills for musicians and music majors. Covers live performance applications, mash-ups, visual object languages, interactive media, and artist development and production. Includes industry and independent artist marketing practices. Prerequisites: MUS 171. Audit available.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
- Perform live music using digital music technology.
- Compose electronic music using a variety of conceptual and technical methods within the framework of identified stylistic practices.
- Create interdisciplinary music composition and/or performance using electronic music.
- Develop and implement a pre-production plan including: technical needs, budget, scheduling, artistic process, and creative content.
- Develop a marketing plan for one's own work.
Course Activities and Design
- Complete projects/electronic music compositions
- Complete exercises for the purpose of learning the functionalities of various technologies within and beyond the music industry
- Engage in group discussions and evaluations of musical and non-musical works created by established composers, artists and peers
- Instructor demonstration of technology within a historical and cultural context
- Create artist narratives commenting on the rationale for one's own process and work and its relationship with the processes and works of others
- Develop a basic marketing plan for one's own work
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Grades will be determined by measuring student competency in the related subject matter. Methods used to determine competency might include:
- Practical Examinations
- Quantitative/Qualitative Examinations
- Individual Projects
- Group Projects
- Peer Evaluations
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
History and Context
- Contemporary Artists, Trends, and Techniques
- Connections across disciplines: computer music, sound installation art, interactive multi-media performance art, dance and theater.
Composition
- 21th Century Techniques
- Soundscapes for Installation Art
- Music for Dance
- Sound Design for Theater
- Audio for Video/Film
Production/Performance
- Remixes/ Mash-ups
- Introductory Graphical Object Oriented Programming for music
- DJ Techniques for Performing Original Music Created in the Studio
- Hardware Based Performance and Live Conventional Instruments
- Creating Simple Multi-media Stage Design
Music Business
- Copyright and Legal Concerns
- Royalties
- Promotion
- Budget Management
- Artistic Development