Electronic Music @ De Anza College :

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

FALL 2008 ELECTRONIC MUSIC CLASSES
photograph of students working in the electronic music classroom

Important Note About Enrollment: As of Thursday, Sept. 4 it appears that both sections of Intro to Electronic Music - Music 51 are full. If you are interested in these classes and have not yet enrolled you'll want to read on...

There is some possibility that you may be able to add the classes at the first meeting even if they are full. If you intend to do this it is absolutely critical that you attend the first meeting and that you arrive on time.
Do continue to check the De Anza online registration system since it is possible that an opening or two may become available if a registered student changes his/her schedule.
Consider enrolling in Intermediate Electronic Music - Music 8 if you have some background with electronic music software and hardware - 6 seats in this class remain available as of 9/21. Email me if you have questions: Dan Mitchell at mitchelldan@deanza.edu)

Electronic Music Classes for Fall 2008

The fall 2008 term begins soon at De Anza College - and now is the time to begin taking care of your admissions and registration if you want to enroll. You can do all of this online at the De Anza College web site.

(The De Anza College Music Department offers a two-course sequence of electronic music classes. The classes are open to all De Anza College students - no, you do not need to be a "music major" to take them.

These classes are designed to get you up to speed with electronic music hardware and software including synths, drum machines, sampling, sound design and so forth. The focus is on learning general principles and techniques that you can apply in any style of music and on different platforms and products - and you'll do this largely by creating musical projects at one of the music workstations in our electronic music classroom.

This fall we offer two sections of our Introduction to Electronic Music class and one section of our Intermediate Electronic Music class. Most students will want to start with the Intro class, though if you have some significant background you may be able to go straight into the Intermediate class. (Contact me by email for more information.)

Introduction to Electronic Music - Music 51

Two sections are offered - sign up for either one:

MW at 12:30-2:10, or
Friday at 10:30-1:50

After spending the first week quickly getting up to speed using Garage Band (easy program, but there's more to it than you might think...) we move quickly to a professional audio environment, Logic Pro 8. Along the way you'll learn most basic techniques in this program, you'll create a number of small projects and one full end-of-term project, and you'll learn about different types of music that have been made using electronic media.

Intermediate Electronic Music - Music 8

We offer one section of this course:

TTh at 12:30-2:10

This course continues and builds upon the Intro course and focuses on sound design, sampling, and synthesis using the Reason application and the many powerful plugins found in Logic Pro. We integrate the two programs via ReWire as well.

Questions?

There is more information in both sidebars on this page, and you can also take a look at course resources posted on this web site. Email me if you want more information or if you have questions about either course: mitchelldan@deanza.edu.

See you in September!

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