Audio Recording & Editing Techniques for the Music Educator

‘Audio Recording and Editing Techniques for the Music Educator’ is intended to be the direct line path from “I (or my school, or my church) own(s) a couple mics, an interface, and a copy of a professional DAW- now what?” to “I am confident making decisions in a music production situation when it comes to mics, mic placement, and mixing decisions, and I know the next step in scaling up my own music production reality”. Students will work collaboratively on the planning, production, and post production phases of a song that addresses virtually every major instrument and vocal topic in commercial music production. Important topics will include how to scale your production set up in your classroom (from minimal to ideal setups), how to record a full ensemble (and what you need to do it), lesson plans to start your music production class, acoustics with DIY solutions, and mixing techniques. The goal is that at the end of this eight week course, students will be confident about not only recording their own music, but will have a solid foundation in the whole scope and sequence of how a song goes from an idea to a finished, commercially viable product so that you can train your students in music production- beyond the beat lab and into the litany of careers music production provides!