Visit www.squintopera.com to choose a short film for your summative!  Use the Activity Log in Safari to download the video and drop it into Garage Band to delete the sound track.

You can find even more Squint Opera videos at www.vimeo.com/squintopera

Grade 10 Midi Students - Here are some links to use when working on the assignment "All About the Benjamins":

Click here to see a chart on how much artists make selling their music.

Used www.billboard.com  and www.riaa.com to help figure out how many albums an artist has sold.

Happy researching!

Grade 10s

You view some step by step instructions on this pdf for using VirtualDJ as a Mashup tool.

VirtualDJ Instructions

While your researching the 12-bar blues, check out these famous blues artists:

The following is an excellent beginner tutorial on how to use the free software VIRTUAL DJ:

The Role of the Producer

http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/paintingbynumbers//bootcamp/

To all Grade 10 Midiots:  The due date for the Marry You Lift has been moved to the new year.

Hey Midiots.  Please add canned or dried foods to the Food Drive box in the MIDI lab.  Many families in our community use our local food bank over the Christmas season.  Contribute to this excellent cause!

Mr. P.

Check out this link if you want more details on how to use the Reason Mastering Suite effectively!

Reason 3 Mastering Suite Tips

October 21/24 - Note Naming Test

October 27/28 - C+ Scale Test

October 27/28 - In class "Musical Round" due date

November 4 - Final Submission of "Musical Round"

Note Identification Practice

Keyboard Identification Practice

Your final week for working on your 6 part REASON project is the week of October 24-28, 2011.

Please place all 8 Reason files inside a folder with your name on it.  Put this final folder into the Grade 11/ Project Final Copies folder

We hope you all had a great summer.  Check out the midi after hours poster to find out what times you can come in to the lab this year!

The final due date for all MIDI SUMMATIVE is this Friday, June 10, 2011 at 3:00pm "sharp".



Grade 11's
• Movie trailers and all associated files are in the PUT TRAILERS HERE folder
• Personal Flash Website folders are in the PUT WEBSITE FOLDERS HERE folder

Grade 12's
• Contrasting slideshows are exported and all associated files are in the PUT DOUBLE SLIDESHOWS HERE folder
• Final Squint Opera movies and all associated files are in the PUT SQUINT OPERA MOVIES HERE folder

It is always a good idea to check on the MIDI server to see if your final submissions actually work before the last day of school.


Mr. P.

When handing in the CYOA assignment, create a file folder with your name in project final copies.  In the folder there must be THREE files: 

Hi everyone,

While I'm away Tuesday, please continue to work on your CYOA assignments.

For all my classes, by the end of the week you should have your chords, bassline and drums recorded - and have started the process of creating a melody.