I was ill 😦 and did not get to experience the awesome class.
Category Archives: SCMTME
Game of Tones
All about that ‘Gamification’ in music education. We have come a long way since the days when I used to spend countless hours playing Sega Mega Drive and thinking the graphics were so real that my house was in fact being invaded by space aliens. There was a lot of discussion on the pros and …
Fantasia
Set up a studio recording for a piano performance and an interview after; this included 3 cameras, 2 lights, 2 mics, piano and performer. We had trouble finding the right audio level as there were extremely contrasting dynamics on the piano thanks to the ‘col pugno’ which I now know is the Italian music term …
You have the copyright to remain silent!
This lesson was divided into 2 parts where the first half was all about the lovely and complicated world of video editing. We used Screenflow for this task and learned about things like trimming, syncing audio, opacity, basic animation and non-destructive editing. I got the hang of it towards the end so with the thought …
Do you even notate?
Today we discussed notation programs in great detail and I found out that my teacher Mr Humberstone was a Level 4 Technology Wizard who had been a Sibelius programmer for many years. We discussed programs like Noteflight, Flat io, Doric, Sibelius, Finale and Musescore with focus on their unique features, subtle nuances and ideal uses …
Lights, Camera, Rolling
All about setting up an audio/visual recording of a performance where to my surprise… I would be one of the performers. I learned a lot about microphones, cameras, lighting and general things to look out for if I ever wanted to do a recording myself. There are condenser microphones that are awesome as they will …
Soundtrap
It’s the first day of Music Tech and I’m looking forward to experiencing the POWERRR of music technology! I am one of those people who inexplicably got through life with sub-par technological knowledge and understanding; I’m forever stuck in the 90s. Today I got some fundamentals under my belt in a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation …
JohnMuTech 