music production senior grad project

8/6/2019 Music Production Senior Grad Project

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Teresa Rodriguez

Mr. Schurtz

English 12 AP Period

3

May 26 2011


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Teresa Rodriguez

Mr. Schurtz

English 12 AP Period

3

May 26 2011

(Musics)


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By studying the intricate arts of

listening to, appreciating, creating,

recording, and mixing music andby examining music as a

prominent aspect of humanity and

the reasons for this prominence, acomplex and multi-faceted overall

understanding of music may be

achieved.


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The Process of Creation:

Writing Lyrics

(Journey Into Color)

Crafting a songthrough lyrics.


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Developing Songwriting

Ability

Using

exercisesand

experiment

s to help.

(My Original Darkroom)


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Song Craft

Writing a

song thatstrikes a

memorable

, emotional

chord with

the(Port-142)


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Without An Instrument

eing amusician is not

essential to

writing a song.(Suspended)


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eps an

Techniques

Verse/chorus/verse/ch

orus/bridge/chorus

(FFF-Particolare)


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andAn equal balance of

repetition and

Variation.

Methods

Form

(290420082053)


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n erv ew

(Rodriguez)


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(Rodriguez)


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Phil Nicolo


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Producing/Engineering

It can easily be an 18 hourday


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people skills outweigh everything


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people skills outweigh everything

the psychological sideis the real key.


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Listening to Music

Consciously and

attentively with aspecific goal in

mind.

(Kay On Black)


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Listening to MusicCreatively

Listen

er

(Wounded_02)

Compose

rPerformer


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Aesthetic Contemplation

Absorbing the composersemotional communications.

(Old British Telephones)


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Intentions

Gaining the highestlevel of enjoyment

possible for music.

and

Effects

(Fly to the Moon)


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Choosing Music to Listen to

Music is good when it is beautifulwithout the need of an explanation.

(Dog looking at)


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ListenerFacing the

music:focusing onthe musicitself, not onwhatthoughts itgenerates.

(Listening)

Becoming a


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Focusing on Themes

(The Way Home?)


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Theres a lot that goes into it:

what gave the songwriter theinspiration to write the song,

how that emotionis translated

through the music, and taking

someones creative idea and

making someones chords intoit,.


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The three parts that

allow a work of artto arrive at its solepurpose.

(When two friends)


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Class

Activity

Classactivityyeahawesomewh

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lassactivityyeahawesomewh


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Congrats!

Dsfv yl

Dsfv yl


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Music Is:

Expressive

Vital

Indispensible

Emotional

(Explosion of Colours)


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Music is a reflection

of society. It can beused for the greater

good, or to get peopleto run off to war.


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How doesmusic

affect our

minds?

Neurology of Music

(Brainwash Please!)


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Chills

80%

(Untitled)


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Musics

Effects onBrain and

Body

Music can cause

changes in heartrate and musclecontractions.


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Mysterious

Causes

1.Ventral striatum2.Midbrain

3.Cortex

(Spiegelung)


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Music

ProducesPleasure

(Marinas Portrait II)

Although we do not

need music to stay

alive, it gives us thesame pleasure sex and

eating does.


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(The Big Question)


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Mental Functioning

The Mozart

Effect and

others.

(Its Oh So)


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Noteworthy?

(Whos the Smartass?)


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Noteworthy?

A)Extend to nonmusical abilities

B)Systematic and reliableC)Are more likely to come from

music than other things

(Whos the Smartass?)


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The Mozart Effect

(The Dark Side)


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The Schubert and Steven King effects.(Schubert - Forellenquintett in...)(Non-Work Reading)

Evidence

Against theMozart Effect


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So the Mozart Effect?

Not consistently successful.

Not more likely to comefrom music than other things.

Not noteworthy.

e rousa an oo


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e rousa an oo

Hypothesis

listening to happy music

helps with cognitivetasks.

(Caroline Arousal)

F ili it d A l


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Familiarity and Arousal

The more familiarand liked the

music, the more

dramatic itspositive effects.

(:: Postre ::)


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LessonsChildren who takemusic lessons

develop higher IQsthan those who do

not.

(Lesson)


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Across the

Board

All areas of

intellectualability had anincrease inIQ.

(Boards)


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So Music Lessons

Effects?Extend to nonmusical abilities.

Have been proven severaltimes.

Are more likely to come from musiclessons on the scale that they do thanother activities.

Noteworthy!!!

Im walking along A i i i


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LyricsI m walking along

Where are the amethysts

Im singing a song

Seems to be effortless

Im floating along

Who just makes time for this?

Can one be so strong

To enter eternal bliss?

Where am I to go

Who do you want me to see

Something I should know

Somehow always seems to evade me

Evade me

Evade me

Evade me

Evade me

EE-ee

Ooh-ooh.

Keep singing a song

Coax life along with thisKeeps moving along

As inside my heart I turn and twist

Please don't let me go

How far away do you expect me to see

Everyone says no

It's been so long since the best I could be

The nicest I knowStill hasn't quite sparked a vision in me

A vision in me

I hope to be free

Open and free

Tell me all the marvelous mornings

When you wallowed in fornications

EverydayWas just a break-away

Only the good ones left going strong

Am I a good one or am I wrong

Hollowed

Footsteps I followed

[repeat]

Just show me a story I dont knowSo I can be a pretentious little kid

Now

Can you show me how

To be unafraid

Can I go off far away

And can I take another taste

Of another talisman of mindWill it be all right now

Will it be all right now

Will God allow

It will be all right now


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Starting Simple

(Green./.Blue)

Leaving the complexities for

later, and simply writing thewords based on a tune.


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Adjusting What Was

Written

Changing slightly, not drastically.

(D-142 One of these things)


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My Own Spin On It

I only followed theinstructions for

songwriting if I wanted

to.(TheLadies Absquatulate)


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Writing with

a Melody in

Mind

Recording myself

singing the lyrics

as I was in theprocess of writing

them.

(Rodriguez)


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Building the Song With

Guitar

Molding the vocals tomatch the guitar, not

the other way around.(I love the Light & I dig the Sun)


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Intertwining

Making my singing

the best fit for the

song as a whole.

(Braid)


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Moldingthe Vocals

(Wave Transform)

Practicing

to get itright.


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Finding a

Drum BeatScrolling through the

almost endlesspossibilities of the BR

1600s 600 various

drum beats.

(Rodriguez)


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(Il Tempo Si)


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Figuring out

where to put

the drums in,and when to

hold back.

(Puzzle Pieces)


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Documenting Work

aking sure to take note

of any adjustments ordevelopments after theyare decided on.

(Jot)


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Recording Practice Sessions

Keeping anaudible record o

what was

accomplished atthe end of each

day.(Rainbow in My)


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Going Back an

Evaluating

Utilizing these

structuralrecordings to

determine

how to bestconstruct the

final(Yearbook Self-Cure)


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Experimenting With

Layering Vocals

Recording tracks in

different effect

settings on top ofeach other.

(Eigenetext64)


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Creating the Keyboard Piece

Finding tunes that fit andrecording how to playthem.

(Reach, Grab, Obtain)

Pl i


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Playing

the

Tunes tothe SongFinishing the songfirst, then fitting

the keyboard to it.

(Intaglio del tondoDoni)


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the final recordings

Setting everything up so

that the recordinggoes smoothly.

(Goodbye October)

R di M lti l V l


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Singing the same thing and singing

something different.

Recording Multiple Vocals

(365 Days-Day)


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Adjusting the Volumes

Raising and

lowering both

instrumental and

vocal tracks to see

how it sounds.

(Twisted Strings)


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Placing the Vocals

Figuring outwhere to put

each vocal(Untitled)

BLEEDING VO


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The bleeding of

a vocal track into

another track,either of music o

vocals.

BLEEDING VO

(Bleeding)

The Rest of the Vocal


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The Rest of the Vocal

Determiningthe vocals for

the bridge

and the endof the the

song.(In the Process)

Th G it P


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(Quatro 1)

The Guitar P

Five tracks ofacoustic,

electric, andbase.


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Final decisions on where the

drums would be heard in the

song.

Drum Levels

(One Heck of)

i O t th K b d


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rying Out the Keyboard

Playing italong with

the rest ofthe song to

find the best

fit.(The Dawn)


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Finding a Tune

for A Section

Putting it into thsong and

listening to ho(.)

iscovering a Tune


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iscovering a Tune

or the Whole Song

ealizing that one

keyboard piece couldactually be all that is

needed.(Spreading the Joy)

Determining Where the


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Determining Where the

Keyboard Will Be

When the piece will be at an

audible volume in the song.(De Stijl)


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Finishing Up

Burning the rough versionof the song to CD to listen

to it critically.(Finish Line)


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CatastropheALWAYS expect th

unexpected.


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Song

Mixing the

(763-Computer Packet)

P ti


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Preparation

Labeling the tracksso I was ready to

mix with ease.

(Organizing With Altoids Tins)


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Finding the right

levels for the

vocals and thekeyboard.

Fiddling With

Volumes

(Soundscape)

Achieving Perfection


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Achieving Perfection

Being quick and alertwhile mixing to do it

just right.

(03-12-2011)


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Releasing the Song

Getting the finishedproduct out there.

(2010 Macys Fireworks)


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(Rodriguez)


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(Rodriguez)


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(Rodriguez)

There I Am!


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There I Am!


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Conclusion:


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Conclusion:

Music isweird.


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Works Cited (Pictures) continued

d-142 One of these things is not like the other. N.d. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 3 Mar. 2011. .De Stijl. 13 June 2010. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 25 May 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/19829651@N08/4699980496

Dieter, Heinz.Spiegelung. 23 Mar. 2010. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 9 May 2011..

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Hartmann, Daniela. Rainbow in my living room - The rainbow connects the sky with the earth. 4 Sept. 2008. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 20 May2011. .

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moreLiza. Puzzle Pieces. 14 Oct. 2008. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2011. .

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Screen shot of attached word document. N.d. Personal photograph by author.

Screen shot of document title. N.d. Personal photograph by author.

Screen shot of Jamendo logo. N.d. Personal photograph by author.



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more moreScreen shot of Jamendo Sign-Up. N.d. Personal photograph by author.

Screen shot of my interview questions. N.d. Personal photograph by author.

Screen shot of word document. N.d. Personal photograph by author.

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The Dawn. 2 July 2005. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 25 May2011. .

Thijs, Hans. Schubert - Forellenquintett in A op.114 & Schumann - Kinderszenen op.15 - ChristophEschenbach Piano,Rudolf Koeckert Violin, Oskar Riedl Alto Violin, Josef Merz Violoncello, Georg Hortnagel Contrabass, DGG.10 Nov. 2010. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 19 May 2011..

Tracks on the Roland BR-1600. N.d. Personal photograph by author.

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Zebest, Orin.Wave Transform. 26 Aug. 2008. Flickr. Yahoo, n.d. Web. 1 Mar. 2011..

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