1. Digital Music Production
2012

2. What to expect...
• Group Work with people who • Demonstrative Music Theory (you
aren’t “in your band” even can use Garageband for
this)
• Multiple levels of abilities in
groups (like the real world) • Skype Visits from Pros (Invite your
own too!)
• Becoming proficient at Logic
Express by the end of the year • An iTunes Minarets High Album
release for 2012-13 DigiPro
• Small lessons by me & constant classes (You will vote on the
projects from you songs!)

3. Projects
•I’ll require a task not a genre. • You will have to work on your
projects after class hours.
•I’ll need you to put the song
first. No egos please.
•Your attitude is key in this
process; we don’t have to do
•Group work is real-world work your song every time. Let’s
especially with persons with
take turns, play rocks/paper/
one exceptional talent &
scissors/shoot, or be chill
somewhat/complete ignorance
about it.
in other areas.

4. Demonstrative Music Theory
• We will learn Basic Music Theory in my class
•You won’t have a paper & ledger exam or homework ever.
•You will have to demonstrate the concepts with Garageband
or any other program in 4 to 8 bars of music.
• These will be small tasks & not projects. Often this will be
light homework (20 minutes or less).

5. Skype Visits
•Producers
•Engineers
•Studios
•YOUR REQUESTS

6. Small Lessons
Many Choices
• I’m going to be all over the place: vocal training/warmup/
philosophy, mic’ing amps, studio language, attitudes of success, music
licensing, Ableton, Pro Tools, Skyping, Songwriting, Lyrical
development, teamwork, philosophies of success, and so much
more.
• If you like something we do & want to pursue that topic, just ask
and we will either as a whole class or small group.
• Small group activities/projects can happen by request.