Microphones & Recording Project

Summary This is a short podcast looking into a few different microphones to hear the differences between them. Microphone Audition Podcast Microphone Specs. AKG C1000S Cardioid small-diaphragm condenser microphone Useful for live music, broadcast vocals, podcasting, and instrument recording “Swiss army knife of recording” Terms/Concepts Dynamic Mic. – In a dynamic microphone a thin diaphragm is […]

School of Rock – Day 13 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 3

SUMMARY I mostly worked on the collaborative project today. LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post. Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement. Create a heading titled, ‘July 19th Work’. Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID […]

School of Rock – Day 12 – Collaboration and Growth- Part 2

SUMMARY Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS! LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you hope to complete on your ‘afternoon’ today. Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement. Create a heading titled, ‘July […]

School of Rock – Day 10 – Community

SUMMARY Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS! LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY I tried to work on our song but didn’t do very well. Moth ended up fixing it and making it better, so I looked at some theory tips to help […]

School of Rock – Day 9 – Workflow

SUMMARY Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS! LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post. Remember to also add an entry to your Goal Page underneath your goal statement. […]

School of Rock – Day 7 – Planning and Pathways

SUMMARY Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS) Watch Mary Spender: Powerful advice from 10 Professional Musicians you need to hear (14:15) Start his 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist Start the series of videos, follow his directions, and check out […]

School of Rock – Day 6 – Bass Basics

SUMMARY CLASSROOM Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes) The “Anaconda” makes fart sounds. Initially, the church organ was the only instrument capable of providing bass. LAB Step 1: Watch How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad (some bass lines are based on chromatic scale) Step 2: Watch 3 ways to use Hookpad’s MIDI drag-drop feature (you can create basslines and more and export […]