by Gary Powell
MUSIC is the only art form that vibrates, resonates, oscillates, pulsates and thumps. This sonic thing makes it our most palpable art form. No other art shakes one’s booty quite the same.
Songwriters work in lyrics, harmony and melody. Composers work in all that plus texture, color, voicings, doublings, sections, combinations of sections and a thousand other devices and nuances. Even with the legacy of attention focused on these compositional elements, there is nothing quite as exciting as having your chest GET POUNDED. We feel music. Literally.
There is method in balancing the elements of sound production and the mastery of that sound is ultimately what a musician does. Singers study tone and placement and every instrument has sonic qualites needing to be either enhanced, disguised or masked. The recording discipline of audio engineering has much to teach us about these audio relationships and especially that of sound and its effects on the human body. There is a scientific language which helps explain this relationship. It has a vocabulary rarely utilized by practicing composers or players. It’s the language of the audio ENGINEER.
Lecture Level and Requirements
Here’s the answer to the question “What happened to all the great songs?” This is the history of popular music as influenced by war and peace, recording technology and the boom box. Can be adapted for any level secondary and above. Inclusive of non-musicians.
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<\/center><\/p>\nMUSIC<\/b> is the only art form that vibrates, resonates, oscillates, pulsates and thumps. This sonic thing makes it our most palpable art form. No other art shakes one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s booty quite the same.<\/p>\n
Songwriters work in lyrics, harmony and melody. Composers work in all that plus texture, color, voicings, doublings, sections, combinations of sections and a thousand other devices and nuances. Even with the legacy of attention focused on these compositional elements, there is nothing quite as exciting as having your chest GET POUNDED.<\/b> We feel music. Literally. <\/p>\n
There is method in balancing the elements of sound production and the mastery of that sound is ultimately what a musician does. Singers study tone and placement and every instrument has sonic qualites needing to be either enhanced, disguised or masked. The recording discipline of audio engineering has much to teach us about these audio relationships and especially that of sound and its effects on the human body. There is a scientific language which helps explain this relationship. It has a vocabulary rarely utilized by practicing composers or players. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the language of the audio ENGINEER<\/b>.
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\nHere’s the answer to the question “What happened to all the great songs?” This is the history of popular music as influenced by war and peace, recording technology and the boom box. Can be adapted for any level secondary and above. Inclusive of non-musicians.<\/p>\n
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