H85.1102 Musicianship & Performance 2 Credits
Instructor(s): Jim Anderson
In order for the budding producer to realize their potential in the studio, the ability to describe what is being heard and the skill to articulate possible audio issues is a necessity. Critical listening skills take years to develop and this course is designed to speed up the process of creating “Golden Ears” and give the student a head start. Through listening exercises, students will develop critical listening skills. Using pink noise, students will learn to identify frequency ranges, boosts and cuts in the theoretical as well as in the practical using music. Weekly drill sets will include: A/B Drills, comparing original recordings with altered versions, identification of time delay, and the onset of reverberation. The course will use the David Moulton’s Golden Ears CD’s and The Producer as Composer – Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music by Virgil Moorefield as texts.
