Music Production Tracks for Download

You can find the music productions on my SoundCloud page and they can be downloaded from here. Unfortunately I only have the name of the engineer for each session so you may have to listen to a few to find your sessions. I have not uploaded all the tracks yet - more will follow in the very near future.

Here is the link: http://soundcloud.com/colin-dodds-education/sets/perth-college-2011-2012-music

Remember you need to include a link to the track in your music production report. You may also wish to download the track (or tracks) and use them in your graded unit.

Here's how to pass!

Here is what you have to do to pass Music Production class.

The unit consists of two outcomes, both of which you must achieve:

1. Analyse production styles.
2. Apply production techniques to a piece of music

Outcome 1

The majority of you have now completed outcome 1. This is where you had to write a 750 word report comparing and contrasting the work of two music producers. For the very few of you who have not yet successfully completed outcome 1 you have until Wednesday 7th March as your final deadline. This must be submitted to me by email at colin.dodds@perth.uhi.ac.uk

Outcome 2

To complete this outcome you must apply production techniques to a piece of music. You will choose one of the pieces of music you recorded as part of the session skills classes and write a 500 word report on the production process. In this report you should include:

• A link to the track (I am in the process of putting the tracks online. As soon as I complete this I will make the links available to you here on this blog.)
• What is the genre of the piece of music you produced? Also does it have a distinct production style i.e. lo-fi, hi-fi, vintage, modern? Please give an example of a production that is similar which you could consult for reference.  
• What were the aims of the production? And given this task again could you aim higher and achieve a better product? If so how?
• In order to help the production when and how did you use your interpersonal skills in your dealings with the other musicians and engineers?
• What organisation was necessary for the session?
• What have you learned from this process that could help you produce music in the future?

Finished work should be emailed to me at colin.dodds@perth.uhi.ac.uk no later than Wednesday May 9th.