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Monday, October 6, 2003 
Vote On Tuesday!
 Tuesday is very important day for California.
Regardless of your views on the issues I urge you in the strongest terms to vote on Tuesday. In our democracy every citizen has a responsibility to take elections seriously, carefully consider the issues, and then vote.
If you are a first-time voter you may have questions about the process. If you don't know where to get answers, ask me and I'll try to help.
Students occasionally ask me to take positions on election issues in class. I will not do this, even though I do hold strong views - particularly on this election - and feel passionately that this election holds great dangers for public education. However, I'm willing to discuss this topic outside of class with individual students - and you can easily figure out my thinking and how I'll vote with a few clicks that will take you to non-college web sites.
Not sure where to vote?
You can use the following form to look up your voting place.
New Mailroom Policy
I just received the following from the college:
As a result of concerns regarding confidential information in the Staff/Facutly Mailroom, students are no longer allowed entry to the Staff/Faculty mailroom. Students may drop off material for faculty in the Student Mail Drop for Faculty in the lobby of the Administration building. Items placed in the drop box are picked up and placed in mailboxes at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m Monday-Friday.
What this means is that if you need to leave materials for me you will either need to use the drop box as described above, drop materials off in the Creative Arts Division office (A-47), or slide them under my office door.
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Fall 2009 Term
Fall 2009 classes begin in September, and registration has already begun. Visit the De Anza College web site to find out more about admissions and registration. My schedule includes: Music 1A: Introduction to Music- MTWTh at 9:30-10:20 in A11
- MTWTh at 10:30-11:20 in A11
Music 51: Introduction to Electronic Music- MW at 12:30-2:10 in A91
- Friday-only at 10:30-1:50 in A91
Music 8: Intermediate Electronic MusicFor more information about courses I teach, visit the web sites for my Intro to Music and Electronic Music classes. Also, be aware that the state budget crisis may force changes in this schedule. Send me email if you have questions - see the Contact Info section lower in the sidebar. I posted an extremely important note about enrollment during a budget crisis last year - it still applies for the upcoming term. Please read it!
Recent Posts From My Other Sites
Music 1
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A Grade Question. Some students wonder - for good reason! - what it means when an asterisk ("*") appears next to the letter grade on a paper. (Some misinterpret this as a "+" but it is actually just an asterisk.)
I add the asterisk as an indication that I wrote something in the body of your paper that I would like you to read. Sometimes, for example, a paper may earn an A grade even though I notice something is a bit "off" about an answer - the asterisk may point you to that item that caught my attention.
The asterisk is only for your use - it is not part of your grade in my records.
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Week 9 Topic Posted (11/19). I have posted the next online discussion topic assignment: Week 9 Topic - Fall 2009. As always, it is due before the start of your class next Monday.
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Quiz Information Update. As announced in class, this week's quiz will be today. As a result next week's quiz will be on Tuesday rather than on Monday. I hope to have us back on the quiz-on-Monday schedule by the last week of classes, but stay tuned...
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| Source: Music 1; Updated: 11/23/2009. |
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Electronic Music
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Fall 2009 Intermediate Electronic Music Presentation Schedule. Temporary Fall 2009 Summary listFall 2009Equipment available in the classroom for use by all presenters.
- Mac computer running MS: office inc. Powerpoint
- Keyboard and audio; USB/MIDI to Mac
- Logic, Reason, Protools LE, Garage Band, Sibelius
- DVD, VHS playback
- Computer playback of .mp3, .aiff, .mov, .qt files.
- Projector for above. Laptops can connect if you have adapter.
- Audio can connect if you can accept a 1/4” or 1/8” stereo plug.
Tuesday, Nov. 24 (proposals submitted after deadline)
- Jardin - EM in live performances
- Wesley - hardware v. software
- Mohammad-Agha - Music Therapy
- Pineda - (Topic approval pending)
Tuesday, Dec. 1
- Jasso: Recording Engineer George Massenburg
- Peck: MIDI control surfaces
- Avila: Chiptures, LSDj Gameboy music sequencer
- Murcia: DJ Premiere (need more info)
- Fernandez: Topic needs revision or explanation
Thursday, Dec. 3
- Rojas: Careers in music for video games
- Beggs: Comparing Logic and Protools for beat matching a loop
- Soriano: Autotune
- Lin: Music and film (need to narrow scope and clarify)
- Dollahon: Industrial Music - Aggrotech
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Quiz FOUR assigned for Friday-only Intro class. As we discussed in today's (Friday) class, there are only two remaining Friday class meetings after today as result of having two November Friday holidays. Yes, only TWO meetings!
As part of our acceleration of the Friday class (along with today's quiz/test combo) the next quiz is due at our next class meeting on Friday, November 20 - at the start of the period or shortly after. We going to take the two remaining quizzes out of order so the quiz that is due on this date is QUIZ 4. See the link on the quizzes page.
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Need Extra Lab Time?. As we pass the midpoint of the term, you may be surprised at how quickly final exams and final projects approach - and how much you wish you had more lab time than what is available during class!
You can always drop in to use the lab during my other classes. See the Open Labs link in the sidebar at the upper left for more information. (Students in those classes always have priority for their computers, but you may use any vacant workstation.) There is also an open lab on TTh at 11:30-12:20. In addition, there is a very good chance that you will find the lab open at the same time on MW.
The tight schedule is especially an issue for the Friday class since there are two Friday holidays during the final five weeks of the term. Friday class students should make it a priority to come to the lab during open times. But even students in the MW and TTh classes will find that there is barely enough time to finish projects - and little at all to make them really great - if you limit yourself to class time only
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| Source: Electronic Music; Updated: 11/17/2009. |
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Quotes
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Bertrand Russell "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." - G Dan Mitchell (gdanmitchell@gmail.com) |
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H. H. Williams "Furious activity is no substitute for understanding." - G Dan Mitchell (gdanmitchell@gmail.com) |
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George Orwell "Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it." - G Dan Mitchell (gdanmitchell@gmail.com) |
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| Source: The Quote File; Updated: 11/23/2009. |
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