Monday was Recording Studio Ensemble. We started by discussing last week's session and I got glowing reviews for my work as the assistant engineer. I didn't have that much responsibility, but it was nice to know I handled it well. The rest of class was spent learning how to program drums. Since there's not a drummer in our class we've decided to program drums for our next song. What's the song? Here are some clues:
1. It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 movie "Cocktail."
2. A special performance of the song was aired on an episode of "Full House."
3. This Muppets version of the song was the reason my classmate Shauna, she'll be producing, picked it for this project.
It also helps that we have plenty of guys in our class to do all the harmonies associated with that particular group.
Tuesday was Structure, Context, and Style. Our midterms are due next week so we spent some time talking about how to best go about completing them. We have to analyze short piano pieces structurally, harmonically, melodically, and rhythmically and then write a 10-12 page paper about what we found. I'd tell you what my piece is, but I don't know. Our professor deliberately left off titles and composers so that it wouldn't influence us. Or so we wouldn't look up stuff on the internet about it.
Yesterday was Advanced Multitrack Production. I had a presentation with my classmate Brandon called FXpertise. We researched all the gear in the studio that handles this aspect of signal processing. As it turns out, some of the stuff we have is really good, and some of it not so good. Hopefully the information we shared with our class will help them out. I learned a great deal about distortion, and also a little bit about compression (I'll hear the rest of that next week).
Cards played today. Only 2 weeks until I see them live in sunny Florida!
Today's T: Kevin Garnett jersey T
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