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FrontPage - AHS Music Tech

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Our Concert of Light and Hope

Our Choral and Music Tech combined concert and celebration of new student compositions!

Thursday Oct 27th at 7pm (Free)

** New music Produced by students enrolled in our Music Technology Courses at AHS

https://photos.app.goo.gl/4KjZTEcczYcptm3HA

 

SUPPORT Music Technology Education: How you can help our student composers  

 

FORUM RULES

 

Our Values in the Music Lab *CLASS RULES TO LIVE BY*

 

Welcome 2022-23 Students!

 

Get your Class Syllabus here:

 

Intro Music Technology                              Advanced Music Technology

 

Class Discussion: Music Technology History and Influence on Current Music

 

Projects 

 

Review for Final Exam and Final Portfolio

 


 

 

Songwriting Unit

 

Blues Project and the Blues Music Page

 

2016 Guest Artists: Foggy Mountain Consort

 

 

Before/After School Music Tech Extra Help

All enrolled Music Tech students are welcome to receive extra help alone or in small study groups before and after school, continue project work, or make and mix "quiet studio recordings" using the assemblage of studio equipment in the Music Lab room 325.

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday Afternoons:  2:30 - 3:30 PM

also Tues & Thurs Mornings:

7:15 - 7:50 AM *By appointment* - just let me know the day before, so I don't take the "slow road" into A-town!


Class Notes 

Music Theory - Feb/March Ear Training - Interval Cue Songs

 

Quizlets are your friend! Use them for practicing music vocabulary and learning new material!

 

Journal Assignments - Great artists write (read this)

 

Building Your Online Portfolio Page

 


Reaper Techniques: Creating a Drum Machine (ReaSamplOmatic 5000)

 Glorious Technicolor

 


 

Music Technology - Intro Course 

 

Songwriting and Discussion Forum

 

Music Tech 101

In our Intro to Music Technology class, we learn how to listen deeply, create grooves, play with solid rhythm, remix existing songs and create our own original work. For final projects, our talented students create an electronic portfolio in the form of an artist CD featuring their best works. Some of those works are available here for your review. 

  

Scales - Key - Chords - Common Progressions 

 

Antiphonal Music -

we discussed this a bit in class, especially with our advanced students. Imagine music performance where the audience is surrounded by the musicians.

This was done in early church and court music (15th century) and generally fell out of common practice for a few hundred years. Modern composers since the 1900's have picked up this idea again and created some great concert pieces. Live "surround sound"

 

 

 

 


Circle of Fifths - Learn Practice and Quiz    

 

Interactive Circle of Fifths

 

Blues Music Page

 

Homework

 

Class Notes and Discussions    

 

Arlington High School Music Technology Podcasts 

http://ahsmusictech.podomatic.com/ 

 


 

 

 

Advanced Recording Assignments

 

 

IMPORTANT EVENTS:

 

 

Musicavesuvianafestival.com

camp youtube link


Support Regent Theatre Events - As Our Local Theatre They Also Support Us Through PAPA 

 

 SUPPORT Music Technology Education: How you can help our student composers  

 


 

NEW CONCERT FILM:

Sonic Voyages VI

produced by Music Tech students in January 2015 -  filmed and edited in collaboration with Jessica Barnthouse, ACMI Youth Co-ordinator


 

 

Fun Link(s) of the Week:

Live From Daryl's House with Wyclef Jean of the Fugees - An awesome new episode! 

On this episode of Live From Daryl's House, Fugees rapper, guitarist, and activist, WyclefJean stops by to put a whole new spin on the Hall & Oates classic, "Rich Girl."  It's a family affair at Daryl's House as Wyclef enlists his sister to help prepare the quintessential Haitian meal. Wait til' you see what they have in store, you're gonna flip!

 

Sounds of Change - Soul Music and Stax records

Many thanks to Diane Jackson in the transitional program for this link.

 

Sallie Ford - Coulda Been -

Heard this on the way to school today and just had to share it. I love when all-girl bands are this real and rockin'. WERS is a great "go to" place for music that is not of the usual variety. They also do a great job putting the on-air playlist up immediately, and with lots of additional media links. I think that is an excellent use of technology to enhance the radio listening experience.

 

EAMIR - Open Source Interactive Music System Project

 

Hack a Banana (and much more) to make a keyboard (and much more)

Thank you to Aidan C. for this great link

 

Walk off the Earth covers "Happy" by Pharrell Williams

 

Developing a Music Creation App - check out the related links and articles too

 

And much thanks to Josie K for these next 3 :

I am not normally one for dub step, but I have to say this Moonlight Sonata Dubstep Remix is pretty "dope"

 

An article about people making music with things like salt and vegetables

 

An article about little robots that translate color into sound

 

Like a Version - Australian filmed radio show where current artist do cover versions in a pretty unique forum setting

 

 

Skyrim Symphony -

Made entirely of audio samples taken from within the Game

 

Stagefright TED talk - Joe Krafty

 

Robots with Soul - TED Talk - What kind of robots does an animator / jazz musician / roboticist make? Playful, reactive, curious ones.

 

BandCamp

 

Discordant Metronomes Achieve Synchronity

 

Benjamin Zander TED Talk - Inspiring talk on music listening, how we self-identify in relation to music and the trans-formative power of classical music

 

Extra Credit Learn this Country Guitar Breakdown or This John Scofield Solo- Guitar players, let me know when you are ready, play it for me and get extra credit!!

 

99% Invisible: "A tiny radio show about design, architecture & the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world" 

Here are 3 great clips from a public radio show that I believe are perfect examples for you to hear and consider, so, listen away, feel free to comment in your journals or work into your own creative projects in class. Maybe even consider producing your own "radio show" (Podcast?) Enjoy!!

1. Frozen Music 

2. Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators

3. Sound of Sport

...more at: http://99percentinvisible.org/

 

Smarter Guide to A Cappella Arranging: An excellent resource for arranging skills in general, and acappella arranging in particular. If you want to get right to the nitty-gritty before having to read and learn lots of really important foundations, than jump to Part IV Arranging Step By Step and try the Happy Birthday Arranging Walk-through

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John Coltrane : Master musician, composer, saxophonist with some of his best live quartet & trio performances from the 60's

 

 

An excellent video called Will We Ever Run Out of New Music? addresses the issue of how many 

possible melodies can be made from the finite set of tones in our chromatic scale. Along the way, Michael of the Vsauce channel references so many topics that we cover in class that I would rate this a "Must See" for everyone, Intro through Advanced level.

 

Music Theory Song - Happy Holidays to you all...fellow music geeks

 

 

2008-9 Season Highlights CD's are available in the Music Lab 2009-2010 Season Highlights CD's are being pressed and will be available this monthSeason III 2010-2011 Highlights CD's are available in the Music Lab

 

"I've been imitated so well, I've even heard people copy my mistakes" - Jimi Hendrix

 

 

 

Competitions and other Opportunities for Student Composers:

FREE high school program FUTURE MUSIC MOGULS at NYU - Tisch School of the Arts

 

John Lennon Songwriting Competition 

 

Grammy in the Schools

 

USA Songwriting Competition

 

Musicworks Electronic Experimental Music Competition

 

NAfME Student Composers Competition - February 15

 

NAFME Electronic Music Competition - April 15

 

Show Me the Music Competition

 

 

 

 

Peer Review

 

Advanced Class - Peer Review 

 

Project Revision Forum If you need help on projects!

 

Fun Link of the Week: ThisSongIsSick.com

This link comes to us from local electronic guru and friend of AHS Music Tech, Paul English.

Great mixes and video productions can be seen/heard on this blog. Contests, Events, Interviews, Mixtapes...I will personally be visiting this one a lot.

 

 


 

Fun Link(s) of the Week (Archive):

 


Currently on the Composer's Table:

 

 

More Interesting Links and Music Tech Ideas

 

 

Symphony of Science 

 

Pomplamoose 

 

Kutiman Mixes YouTube

All of the videos on this website were created using a mash-up of youtube videos featuring people playing instruments, singing, etc.  This a good example of music concrete. Kutiman's Channel

 

 

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