Course Title: Apply music knowledge and artistic judgement
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2007
Course Code: PERF5047C
Course Title: Apply music knowledge and artistic judgement
School: 345T Creative Media
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5168 - Diploma of Music Industry (Technical Production)
Course Contact : Adam Lovell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254976
Course Contact Email:adam.lovell@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 74
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
Semester 1 - classroom based activities (34 hours), studio based activity (12 hours)
Semseter 2 - Self-directed studio/lab based project (28 hours)
This competency covers the critical analysis of music, the application of music history, knowledge of contemporary artists and their repertoires, production liaison with other members of recording teams, and the analysis of rhythm, instrumentation and other production criteria within varying genres of recorded music. It places a high emphasis on practical applications of learned principles.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CUSMGE13A Apply music knowledge and artistic judgement |
Element: |
Analyse the artistic and commercial qualities of music |
Performance Criteria: |
Identify, listen to and critically analyse music for its artistic and/or commercial qualities and to contribute to artistic decision making |
Element: |
Evaluate music knowledge |
Performance Criteria: |
Monitor information and music knowledge needs against work requirements |
Element: |
Maintain and apply music knowledge |
Performance Criteria: |
Analyse information needs on current music trends, artists and/or repertoire to meet required work outcomes |
Element: |
Maintain effective artistic relationships and networks |
Performance Criteria: |
Maintain productive relationships with artists, artist management, music and technical directors and producers to maintain awareness of current artistic and commercial issues |
Element: |
Present music findings or opinions as required |
Performance Criteria: |
Where required set down findings of music analyses in the required format to fulfil agreed outcomes |
Learning Outcomes
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Details of Learning Activities
Learning for this course is achieved through:
1- Practical classroom exercises - aural listening and analysis
2- Project work completed by students throughout the year, in classroom, lab and recording studio.
Many classes for this course will involve practical demonstration by the teacher using relevant technologies, followed by individual exercises by students to explore the technical and creative issues raised.
Assessment for this course is primarily undertaken through the following:
1-Class based practical exercises/assessments
2-Oral presentation of music by student.
3-Project work undertaken both in the studio and editing suites for submission.
Teaching Schedule
Semester 1:
Week 1 : Orientation Week
Week 2 : Introduction - the role of the producer in the studio
Demonstration by teacher of oral presentation of track analysis - preparation for Assignment #1
Week 3: Oral presentation by students commences - Assignment # 1 (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 4: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Assignment #2 commences ( studio based project)
Week 5: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 6: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 7: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 8: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 9: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 10:Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Week 11: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Genre discussion - visual and/or audio presentation
Assignment # 2 due
Week 12: Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Presentation by Group 1 of recording from Assignment #2 - peer analysis of production techniques
Week 13:Oral presentation by students (2 x 15 minutes)
Presentation by Group 2 of recording from Assignment #2 - peer analysis of production techniques
Week 14: Instrumentation analysis - orchestral instruments
Presentation by Group 3 of recording from Assignment #2 - peer analysis of production techniques
Week 15 : Instrumentation analysis - world music instruments
Presentation by Group 4 of recording from Assignment #2- peer analysis of production techniques
Week 16: Introduction to rhythm and time signatures
Presentation by Group 5 of recording from Assignment #2- peer analysis of production techniques
Week 17: Live versus multi-tracking - production aesthetics.
Presentation by Group 6 of recording from Assignment #2- peer analysis of production techniques
Week 18: Demonstration by teacher of work requires for Assignment #3 - simulation of transformation of artist demo to final recorded product
Presentation by Group 7 of recording from Assignment #2- peer analysis of production techniques
Semester 2:
Weeks 1 - 17: self directed activites in lab and/or studio to complete Assignment #3.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Cogan, Jim and Clark, William – Temples of sound: Inside the Great Recording Studios. Chronicle books, San Fran. 2003 |
081183394 |
Burgess, Richard James.The art of music production London :Omnibus,2002. |
1844494314 |
Massey, Howard –Behind the glass: top record producers tell how they craft the hits. Freeman Press, San Fran 2000 |
0811833941 |
Other Resources
http://www.futureproducers.com/
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/music_producers.html
Overview of Assessment
Oral presentation - Production analysis - (classroom presentation) – 20%
Minor production project - (studio based) 30%
Major production project – (studio/lab based) - 50%
Assessment Tasks
Semester 1:
Assessment #1 - Oral presentation (15 minutes)
Sourcing a music track with a significant ’real- time’ audio recorded component, to analyse from a production perspective. Findings will be presented to the class .
Assessment #2 - Minor Production Project (12 hours)
Recording and mixing of one track with an artist/band in studio, emphasis being placed on production ideas rather than engineering skills
Semester 2:
Assessment #3 - Major Production Project ( 28 hours)
Production of a final track from a demo (supplied by lecturer), with emphasis placed on analysis of demo, preproduction and production of final ’release-quality’ track.
Assessment Matrix
Not applicable
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