H85.1004 Required Production 4 Credits
Instructor(s): Nick Sansano
Studio II introduces the student to the varied disciplines of artistic music production. Through lab, lecture, case study and guest presentations, students are exposed to pre-production and production techniques, mixing techniques, arranging and orchestration principles, project budgeting, royalty structure and project management. Production technique lectures cover digital and analog recording, programming and synchronization, acoustic recording techniques and session management. Mixing lessons include instruction on the principles of mixing and musical balance with extensive training in automated computer assisted mixing. Budgeting and contract discussions center around the case study analysis of actual professional production budgets and contracts. Guest lecturers are invited to present “instrument labs”, providing in depth information about tuning, writing for and recording guitar, drums, string sections, brass instruments, etc.
