The Art of Recording & The Music Business
Curriculum Overview:
Technical Program:
I. Basic
application of digital and analog recording techniques
a) Pro-Tools system capabilities (Record, Edit, Mix, Process, and Deliver Audio)
1. Understanding the Pro Tools File System (Session Documents, Audio Files, Audio Regions)
2. Navigation and Display Basics
3. Recording Modes and Techniques, including Setting Levels
4. Selection Techniques for Audio Regions (precursor to basic editing)
5. Basic Editing Skills
6. Importing Audio Files
7. Using Fades
8. Basic Mixing Examples
9. Using Audio Suite (File-Based) Plug-ins
II. Microphone techniques
a) The difference between tube, condenser, ribbon and various mic’s
b) Basic microphone placement
c) Proper mic’s to use for a session
III. Outboard signal processing equipment & Software applications
a) What is outboard gear
c) What is better, hardware or software outboard processing
d) How do compressors, delays, reverb and other processors work
IV. Instrument development
a) Encourage musicians to participate using their instrument to interface with recording process
V. Learning to
listen
a) How technology has actually hurt artist and consumer.
VI. Basic Acoustics
a) Reflection
b) Refraction
c) Absorption
Music Business Program:
I. Overview of the
music industry
a) Artist and repertoire
b) Marketing
c) Promotions
d) Artist development
II. Pop Music
meets Main St USA
a) How a generations (Woodstock) music now moves Wall St.
b) Advertising,
Movies and Big Biz
c) An MTV world
III. History of the music recording industry
a) Musicians who shaped the industry through techniques & invention
b) Changes in equipment & techniques
IV. How American
Music has evolved
a) Blues music influenced a whole culture
b) How popular music influences each generation
Curriculum: Developed and taught by Joseph James