Dan Mitchell: Home Page Pictures 2004

Welcome to my primary web site at De Anza College.

If you would like to know more about the courses I teach, click on the Intro to Music and/or Electronic Music links and visit the web sites for the respective classes. You may also contact me directly with questions - contact info is found in the sidebar on the right side of this page. (Email is the best method until about a week before classes start in late September.) Full information about admission and registration is found at the De Anza College web site.

I hope to see you in one of my classes this fall!

Important Note About Electronic Music 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 - seats in this class remain available. Email me if you have questions: Dan Mitchell at mitchelldan@deanza.edu)

Home Page Pictures 2004

Occasionally I put my photographs on my home page. Copies of these pictures are archived on this page. (Photographs are copyright Dan Mitchell. You may link to this page but you may not use these photographs in any other way without advance permission from Dan Mitchell.)

December 26, 2004

ElCapHalfDomeBW2004|11|21: El Capitan and Half Dome on a cold, windy fall morning. November 21, 2004.

El Capitan and Half Dome on a cold and windy fall morning. November 21, 2004.

December 12, 2004

FogOakRidge2004|12|10: Fog, oaks, ridge at Almaden Quicksilver Park. December 10, 2004.

Oaks and fog on a ridge at Almaden Quicksilver Park. December 10, 2004.

November 22, 2004

YosemiteValley2004|11|21: A cold and windy Yosemite morning. November 21, 2004.

A cold and windy morning in Yosemite. November 21, 2004.

November 14, 2004

FenceLeaves2004|11|12: Old fence and leaves. Almaden Quicksilver Park. November 11, 2004.

Old fence and fall leaves. Almaden Quicksilver Park. November 12, 2004.

November 1, 2004

PeelingBark2004|10|31: Curling bark. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 31, 2003.

Peeling bark. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 31, 2004.

October 15, 2004

SierraFallColors2004|10|10: Fall colors at Cathedral Lake. Yosemite National Park. October 10, 2004.

Fall colors at Lower Cathedral Lake. Yosemite National Park. October 10, 2004.

October 13, 2004

Cathedral Peak with approaching storm. Yosemite National Park. October 9, 2004

August 29, 2004

Randol Trail at Almaden Quicksilver Park. August 28, 2004.

August 25, 2004

Weston Beach. Point Lobos State Reserve. August 23, 2004.

August 14, 2004

NorthLakeTreesBW2004|08|13: Trail through forest near North Lake. August 13, 2004.

Trail to Lamarck Col near North Lake. August 13, 2004.

July 28, 2004

NearMatherPass2004|07|13: Owen Lee approaches Mather Pass. July 13, 2004.

Approaching Mather Pass. July 13, 2003.

July 20, 2004

Rocks and trees near the Woods Creek suspension bridge on the John Muir Trail. July 15, 2004.

June 4, 2004

Hot air balloon over high desert and eastern Sierra Nevada near Mammoth, California. May 29, 2004.

May 23, 2004

CastleRockIrises: Late spring irises on a wet day. Castle Rock State Park. May 22, 2004.

Late spring irises on a cold and wet morning at Castle Rock State Park. May 22, 2004.

May 16, 2004

Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite. May 15, 2004.

May 13, 2004

Vocal Flight performing at the Patnoe Festival. May 13, 2004.

TresChic200405|13: Tres Chic. Patnoe Jazz Festival. May 13, 2004.

Tres Chic performing at the Patnoe Festival. May 13. 2004.

DaddiosA2004|94|05: 6:00 Daddios Band. Patnoe Jazz Festival. May 13, 2004.

6:00 Daddios Band at the Patnoe Festival. May 13, 2004.

DaddiosB2004|94|05: 8:00 Daddios Band. Patnoe Jazz Festival. May 13, 2004.

8:00 Daddios Band at the Patnoe Festival. May 13, 2004.

May 11, 2004

CaleroOakAndGrass: Oak tree at Calero Park. May 8, 2004.

Oak trees at Calero Park. May 8, 2004.

May 6, 2004

Student Services Building construction. May 6, 2004.

April 25, 2004

Oak and Boulders. Castle Rock State Park. April 25, 2004.

April 10, 2004

Spring grass and trees. Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 10, 2004.

March 28, 2004

Oaks and grass on ridge at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. March 27, 2004.

March 22, 2004

wetSpringFlowers: Spring flowers in rain at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. May 3, 2003.

Spring flowers at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. May, 2003.

March 20, 2004

First day of spring, Almaden Quicksilver Park. March 20, 2004.

March 13, 2004

Bridge on the New Almaden Trail, Almaden Quicksilver County Park. March 13, 2004.

March 1, 2004

SpringFlowers2004|02|29: Flowers at Almaden Quicksilver Park. February 29, 2004.

Almaden Quicksilver County Park. February 29, 2004.
February 15, 2004

Trees along the Woods Road Trail, Almaden Quicksilver Park. February 14, 2004.
February 1, 2004

Dormant trees at Almaden Quicksilver Park. January 31, 2004.
January 26, 2004

Fog and trees at Castle Rock State Park. January 19, 2004.
January 13, 2004

Unbelievably, there are still "autumn" leaves in the California coastal hills.

Fall 2008 Term
Fall 2008 classes begin on Monday, September 22. Visit the De Anza College web site to find out more about admissions and registration.

For more information about courses I teach, visit the web sites for my Intro to Music and Electronic Music classes. Send me email if you have questions - see the Contact Info section lower in the sidebar.

Summer
I'm not on campus on a regular schedule during summer, so email is the best way to contact me. I hope you enjoy the photos I post here during the summer break!

Recent Posts From My Other Sites

Music 1

	Spring 2008 Grades Posted. Spring 2008 grades are now available via links at the grades page. Thank you for taking my class this quarter and best wishes as you continue on to more classes, transfer, and/or work or other objectives. Have a great summer!

	Movies and Music: A Lesson. If you need convincing that the choice of music has a profound effect on how you experience the visual imagery of movies, take a look at this: (A bit of context here.)

	One More Discussion Topic - the LAST ONE - Has Been Posted. Week 11 Topic - Spring 2008 has been posted. See the topic for a note about the deadline for this one.


Source: Music 1; Updated: 6/30/2008.

Electronic Music

	FALL 2008 ELECTRONIC MUSIC CLASSES. 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 - seats in this class remain available. 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!

	Spring 2008 Course Grades Posted. I have posted final course grades for both the Music 8 and Music 51 classes. After logging in at the web site you should be able to see links to the two reports in the Resources section of the sidebar at the left side of the page. Have a great summer - and I'm looking forward to seeing many of your (and perhaps some of your friends!) in the fall 2008 electronic music classes!

	Open Lab Update - Thursday, June 26. The Electronic Music Lab will be open today (Thursday, June 26) for perhaps as long as about two hours starting around noon. Times are not precise since we are on the final exam schedule this week, but come at about that time if you want time for some last-minute work on your project.


Source: Electronic Music; Updated: 9/5/2008.

Quotes

	Thomas H. Huxley "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something." [Quotes of the Day] - G Dan Mitchell (noreply@blogger.com)

	Kurt Vonnegut "Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative." [Quotes of the Day] - G Dan Mitchell (noreply@blogger.com)

	George Carlin "Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?" [Quotes of the Day] - G Dan Mitchell (noreply@blogger.com)


Source: The Quote File; Updated: 9/1/2008.