Re: If you had to state 5 rules of a successful music compositionfor 12th grade students...

[kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com]

Margaret,

Your approach, imo, provides some guidance and structure to the  
students without restricting their choice of texture, genre, etc.

All the best to you and your students.

-- Kevin

Quoting margaret noble <margaretnoble2000@yahoo.com>:

> So, you guys probably will hate these but these are the rules we   
> agreed on for first composition in class:
>
>               I.  Track must show some type  of sonic/compositional   
> development overtime. This means it  cannot be overly repetitive or   
> static in
>                    nature. Although it is  expected that some   
> repetition is necessary and good, try not to wear  out your sounds.
>
>
>       1. Must have an intro (some sonic moment that leads us into the   
> bulk of the composition)
>
>       1. Must have an ending/outro  (some sonic moment that shows 
>closure  
>  to the composition.
>
>       1. In addition to intro and ending/outro, your track must also 
>have  
>  a minimum of 3 core sections. Which could  be thought of  as:  
> verse,  course, bridge, or A, B, C and/or 1,  2, 3. These sections  
> should be  connected to form your main composition.  These  
> sections/parts can  be repeated if you would like to add thematic   
> ideas to your song.  Repetition of your 3 parts is not required but  
> sometimes  helpful.
>
>       1. Your sections should have transitions that makes sense. As the  
> 
> listener hears each part the  transition should aid/help to move the  
>  composition seamlessly.
>
>       1. No audio pops from sample  cutting or poor quality recordings 
>of sounds.
>
>  Margaret Noble - Sound Artist
> Sound is Art Magazine - http://margaretnoble.net/soundisart
> Artist Website - http://margaretnoble.net
> New Record Label - http://femrecords.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: scott hansen <evanpeewee@yahoo.com>
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 9:58:42 AM
> Subject: Re: If you had to state 5 rules of a successful music   
> composition for 12th grade students...
>
>
> i have been reading some of these, and they are good suggestions...
> some of this reminds me of why i don't miss teaching (college level   
> art) any more.
> i liked it and worked hard at it, but the last few yrs, after doing   
> so much adjunct teaching for no pay...just got burned out.
> it got me thinking, my life as a visual artist (for close to 40 yrs   
> now)...i think the thing i like and why i keep doing it, is i don't   
> like any rules. i just want to do what the F*** i want to do, for   
> the longest time in my sketchbooks i just like to scribble   
> mostly....but it took me a long time to get there....
> as this relates to music (or projects)-i'm reminded of a story from   
> grad school (when i got my MFA in painting)-i did a # of projects on  
>  sound art back in the early 90s...my prof told me of his trying at   
> one pt yrs earlier to do a joint art/music class w/ a music prof   
> entailing "sound art" principles...he said the music prof. bailed on  
>  the class b/c he thought that artists don't really follow any rules  
>  like musicians have to...i always sort of think about that when i'm  
>  playing my guitar...& since i'm mostly self-taught-i'm not so  
> bogged  down in the rules (and boy i break a ton of them!). oh well,  
>  rambling thoughts...good luck w/ your suggestions...i have none, i   
> always tried to give my students as much freedom as possible, which   
> is what got me in trouble in the end.....Philip Guston said: "the   
> only thing the artist has is Freedom".
> s---
> www.myspace.com/scotthansen
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