INT 575T Advanced Audio Production Workshop
NEC students are recording a wide range of music inside and outside their academic work. This workshop will offer an opportunity for sharing, critique and refinement of that self-directed recording work based on a “writers workshop” model. Students with recording experience, as demonstrated in the course Creative Recording Concepts for Musicians, or by audition, will present works in progress in a rotating weekly schedule. Through group listening and discussion, and with faculty guidance and contributions, students will share audio techniques and musical ideas across disciplines. Students will utilize their own equipment as well as that of the NEC DIY Studio, a high quality recording and listening environment, to produce their own recordings. Students will gain practical experience with audio techniques such as: room selection, microphone usage, advanced audio editing and manipulation, mixing in a professional listening environment and basic mastering. Through weekly listening and critique sessions as well as documentation of their process with writing, photographs and video, students will gain valuable perspective on their production’s progress, access to aesthetic and technical concepts outside of their day to day musical practice, and develop a vocabulary for assessing and improving recorded music. The goal of the workshop is to finish a “professional quality” recording by the end of the semester.
Prerequisite
INT 574T/Lecture or Instructor Permission