This is the checklist I will be using during your interviews the first week back.  I will be checking the arrangement track for the whole song, and the instrumental tracks for the first 24 bars.  Please use it to make sure you haven't forgotten anything.

Take a look at these links when working on your "Role of a Music Producer" assignment:

Click here to go to the top 50 music producers of all time

What does a music producer do anyway?

Duties of a Music Producer: News Article

Roles and Responsibilities of a Music Producer

Grade 12's - What to hand in for your video game draft (due 3:00 Friday afternoon)

1) Your Garage Band File
2) The video you downloaded from the internet and dragged into Garage Band
3) Any Reason files you might have created through Rewire
4) Any sounds you have downloaded and added to either Reason or Garage Band
5) An EXPORTED version of your movie with your own music on it.
6) OPTIONAL: an MS Word document explaining anything that you wish me to notice or understand

Grade 10s: Take a look at the following videos for ideas about what different styles (or "genres") of music sound like.

Below are some links to help you practice theory concepts for the next unit:

Note Name Identification (without accidentals)

Note Name Identification (with accidentals)

Note Identification on a Keyboard

Reverse Keyboard Identification (without accidentals)

Reverse Keyboard Identification (with accidentals)

Take a look at the following websites to learn how to apply the beat grid to your own drum loops.

Virtual Drums

OneMotion Drum Machine

WebAudio Drum Machine

Watch the How-To Video

Change the Sound Properties of Your Audio File

1. Go to your project’s library.
2. Right click on your sound file and select “properties”.
3. Change the settings to the following:
• Compression = RAW
• Preprocessing = unclick “convert stereo to mono"
• Sample Rate = 44kHz

Change the Publishing Settings of Your Flash File

1.  Go to File > Publish Settings
2. Select the Flash Tab at the top.
3. Click the “Set” button next to Audio Steam and set as follows:
• Compression = RAW
•  Preprocessing = unclick “convert stereo to mono"
• Sample Rate = 44kHz
4. Click the “set” button next to Audio Event and set as follows:
• Compression = RAW
• Preprocessing = unclick “convert stereo to mono”
• Sample Rate = 44kHz

Grade 11's you must complete THIS form to accompany your website design or it will not be marked.

Please complete and submit THIS form with your Pro Video Summative or I will not mark it.  MrP

Your movie trailer must be accompanied by the following document:


"About My Trailer" Click here to download

Ugly Is Not Good.com

http://sweetsoundeffects.com/

Check out this website for sound effects for your trailer.

Below is an example of how you could structure your CYOA assignment.  The lighter colours in the same track mean that there is different information (for example, a different chord progression in the choruses) but the instrument stayed the same.  This is by no means what you have to do, but if you are feeling stuck, take a look at this for some ideas.

Check out this eloquently written story by James Pinhorn about the journey of an MP3 through the music deparment.


Click Here

On Thursday I will begin doing checkpoints with you (not for marks) to make sure you are all on the right track. Below are a list of reminders for your assignment as well as a screen shot to give you an idea how your song should be laid out.

"Background Horns" are an added option, and not mandatory for the assignment.

Old School Blues Examples

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog

Elvis Presley - Hound Dog

Little Richard - Tutti Frutti

Muddy Waters - Rock Me

Brian Setzer - Summertime Blues (originally Eddie Cochran)

Grade 10 Midi

Top 50 Producers Ever - NME.com

Use this website to complete the "Role of the Producer" assignment.

Grade 10's

Watch this quick history of The Beatles.  We will be checking out GEORGE MARTIN who was their producer  in our Role of a Producer Unit.

A Brief History of the Beatles

Some facts you might not know about The Beatles and their producer George Martin:

Winners of 3 BRIT awards
Nominated for 26 Grammy awards, won 9 Grammies!
In 2001 The Beatles won a World Music Award for "World's Best Selling Pop Rock Artists/Group"

The Beatles had 27 number one hits world-wide, all but one song was produced by George Martin:

1. "Love Me Do" – 2:20
   • Released in the UK on 5 October 1962, and in the US on 27 April 1964, where it reached #1 in the US for one week on 30 May. This is the version released in the US with Ringo Starr on tambourine and session musician Andy White on drums.
2. "From Me to You" – 1:56
   • Released on 11 April 1963 in the UK and reached #1 on 2 May, where it stayed for seven weeks.
3. "She Loves You" – 2:21
   • Released in the UK on 23 August 1963, where it stayed at #1 for six weeks, then again on 28 November. Released in the US on 16 September 1963, and went to #1 for two weeks on 21 March 1964.
4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 2:24
   • Released in the US on 26 December 1963, it reached #1 for seven weeks between 1 February and 20 March 1964. Released in the UK on 29 November 1963 and stayed at #1 for five weeks.
5. "Can't Buy Me Love" – 2:11
   • Released on 20 March 1964 in the UK and on 16 March 1964 in the US. The song reached #1 for three weeks in the UK on 2 April 1964. The song went to #1 in the US for five weeks on 4 April 1964.
6. "A Hard Day's Night" – 2:33
   • The song reached #1 in the UK for three weeks on 23 July 1964 and was #1 for two weeks in the US on 1 August 1964.
7. "I Feel Fine" – 2:18
   • The song stayed at #1 for five weeks in the UK starting on 10 December 1964, and reached #1 in the US on 26 December 1964.
8. "Eight Days a Week" – 2:44
   • Released on 15 February 1965 in the US, where it went to #1 for two weeks on 13 March 1965.
9. "Ticket to Ride" – 3:10
   • Released on 9 April 1965 in the UK, was #1 for three weeks on 22 April 1965. The song was released in the US on 19 April 1965, reaching #1 for one week on 22 May 1965.
10. "Help!" – 2:18
    • Released on 23 July 1965 in the UK, it reached #1 for three weeks on 5 August 1965. In the US, it was released on 19 July 1965, also reaching #1 for three weeks on 4 September 1965.
11. "Yesterday" – 2:05
    • Released on 13 September 1965 in the US, attaining #1 for four weeks on 9 October 1965.
12. "Day Tripper" – 2:48
    • Released on 3 December in the UK, reaching #1 for five weeks on 16 December 1965. A tape drop-out that appears in previous stereo releases of this song has been corrected here.
13. "We Can Work It Out" – 2:15
    • Released in the UK on 3 December 1965 and reached #1 for five weeks on 16 December 1965. The song was released on 6 December 1965 in the US, and reached #1 for three weeks on 8 January 1966.
14. "Paperback Writer" – 2:18
    • Released on 10 June 1966 in the UK and on 30 May 1966 in the US. The song reached #1 for two weeks in the UK on 23 June, and also for two weeks in the US on 25 June 1966.
15. "Yellow Submarine" – 2:38
    • Released on 5 August 1966 in the UK, where it reached #1 for four weeks on 18 August.
16. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:06
    • Released on 5 August 1966 in the UK, reaching #1 for four weeks on 18 August, as part of a double-A-Sided single with "Yellow Submarine".
17. "Penny Lane" – 2:59
    • Released on 17 February 1967 in the UK, and on 13 February 1967 in the US.. The song reached #1 in the US on 18 March for one week.
18. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:47
    • Released on 7 July 1967 in the UK, it reached #1 for three weeks on 19 July. In the US, it attained #1 for one week on 19 August 1967.
19. "Hello, Goodbye" – 3:27
    • Released on 24 November in the UK, it reached #1 for seven weeks on 6 December 1967. In the US, the song was released on 27 November 1967, and reached #1 for three weeks on 30 December 1967.
20. "Lady Madonna" – 2:16
    • Released on 15 March 1968 in the UK, reaching #1 for two weeks on 27 March.
21. "Hey Jude" – 7:04
    • Released on 26 August 1968 in the US and on 30 August in the UK. It reached #1 in the UK for two weeks on 11 September and was #1 for a record nine weeks in the US, starting on 28 September 1968.
22. "Get Back" – 3:12
    • Released on 11 April 1969 in the UK and on 5 May 1969 in the US. It reached #1 in the UK for six weeks on 23 April, and in the US for five weeks on 24 May 1969.
23. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" – 2:59
    • Released in the UK on 30 May 1969 reaching #1 for three weeks on 11 June.
24. "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:01
    • Released on 31 October 1969 in the UK, and on 6 October in the US It reached #1 for one week in the US on 29 November 1969.
25. "Come Together" – 4:18
    • Released on 31 October 1969 in the UK, and on 6 October in the US. As the B-side of a double A-sided-single with "Something", it reached #1 in the US on 29 November, and stayed there for one week.
26. "Let It Be" – 3:50
    • Released on 6 March 1970 in the UK, and on 11 March 1970 in the US, reaching #1 for two weeks on 11 April 1970.
27. "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:37
    • Released in the US on 11 May 1970 and reached #1 for two weeks on 13 June 1970. This version has the orchestral "wall of sound" added by re-producer Phil Spector. It is the only track not produced by George Martin.