Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy
Hip Hop Studio and Electronic Music Spring 2020
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Jon Whidden jon@ruskets.com 269-782-8809
YouTube Channel 9480 Columbia Rd., Dowagiac, MI Classes begin in January and end in March. Class times are arranged with students in 2-hour blocks of time. Grades K-12 for Hip Hop and Intro; 1-12 for Advanced Additional registration at the location is required. Classes meet weekly at the instructor’s home studio outside of Eau Claire. Class times will be arranged with the instructor following registration. Instructor: Jon Whidden is a local artist, teacher and homeschooling parent of 3 boys. |
HIP HOP STUDIO
Class description: If you love to listen to Hip Hop and want to learn how to make it, then this is the class for you. Rappers, DJs, singers, producers, songwriters and serious fans of the genre are all welcome.
Hip Hop is here to stay, but it never stays the same. From its roots in the funky soul of the 1960’s to its increasing influence in today’s popular culture, Hip Hop has evolved and branched out to include an ever-increasing variety of artists and styles. We’ll explore that world in Hip Hop Studio.
Class times will include critical listening, hands-on equipment demonstrations and music-production sessions. Students will learn to recognize, appreciate and then employ the techniques and technologies commonly used in hip hop production, like microphones, mixers, synthesizers, drum machines, turn-tables, samplers, effects and recording software.
Students will complete the course with a new appreciation for the genre and the techniques to make their own tracks. Finished songs will be uploaded to the studio’s YouTube channel.
Syllabus and Instructor Qualifications
Class description: If you love to listen to Hip Hop and want to learn how to make it, then this is the class for you. Rappers, DJs, singers, producers, songwriters and serious fans of the genre are all welcome.
Hip Hop is here to stay, but it never stays the same. From its roots in the funky soul of the 1960’s to its increasing influence in today’s popular culture, Hip Hop has evolved and branched out to include an ever-increasing variety of artists and styles. We’ll explore that world in Hip Hop Studio.
Class times will include critical listening, hands-on equipment demonstrations and music-production sessions. Students will learn to recognize, appreciate and then employ the techniques and technologies commonly used in hip hop production, like microphones, mixers, synthesizers, drum machines, turn-tables, samplers, effects and recording software.
Students will complete the course with a new appreciation for the genre and the techniques to make their own tracks. Finished songs will be uploaded to the studio’s YouTube channel.
Syllabus and Instructor Qualifications
Intro to Electronic Music
Class description: During a series of 8 two-hour sessions, students will be introduced to a variety of electronic instruments and technologies that have been steadily incorporated into a wide spectrum of musical genres including pop, hip-hop, rock, film music and even country, praise and classical during the last century.
Students will learn, through hands-on experience, the basics of synthesizers, drum machines, audio sampling, sequencing/automation and effects processing. A series of interesting, media-rich lectures and demonstrations, interspersed throughout studio sessions, will help them to recognize and appreciate the contributions of electronic performers and technologies to the world of music, from the theremin to auto-tune.
Syllabus and Instructor Qualifications
Class description: During a series of 8 two-hour sessions, students will be introduced to a variety of electronic instruments and technologies that have been steadily incorporated into a wide spectrum of musical genres including pop, hip-hop, rock, film music and even country, praise and classical during the last century.
Students will learn, through hands-on experience, the basics of synthesizers, drum machines, audio sampling, sequencing/automation and effects processing. A series of interesting, media-rich lectures and demonstrations, interspersed throughout studio sessions, will help them to recognize and appreciate the contributions of electronic performers and technologies to the world of music, from the theremin to auto-tune.
Syllabus and Instructor Qualifications
Advanced Electronic Music
Class description: This class picks up where INTRO TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC leaves off.
During a series of 8 two-hour sessions, students will hone their skills in the electronic music studio.
Students should already be familiar with the basics of synthesizers, drum machines, audio sampling, sequencing/automation and effects processing. Although there will still be room for experimentation and exposure to new techniques, advanced students will be encouraged to focus on developing their personal production style and/or stage presence.
Syllabus and Instructor Qualifications
Class description: This class picks up where INTRO TO ELECTRONIC MUSIC leaves off.
During a series of 8 two-hour sessions, students will hone their skills in the electronic music studio.
Students should already be familiar with the basics of synthesizers, drum machines, audio sampling, sequencing/automation and effects processing. Although there will still be room for experimentation and exposure to new techniques, advanced students will be encouraged to focus on developing their personal production style and/or stage presence.
Syllabus and Instructor Qualifications
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Mandy Jankoviac
Teacher of Record: Mandy Jankoviac