Syllabus for Roster(s):
- 14F MUSI 3390-100 (CGAS)
Syllabus
Week 1 - 08/26/14
Themes: Course Introduction : The Ear : Attention : What is Sound? : Iteration Workshop : Early Electronic Music History
Reading: 1.) Mohamed Khaldi, What is Attention? In Deep Listening (2005) – In-Class
2.) Thom Holmes, Electronic and Experimental Music (1985), Chapter 1 (PDF)
3.) Jeffrey Stolet, Electronic Music Interactive http://pages.uoregon.edu/emi/index.php – Introduction
4.) John Cage, "The Future of Music: Credo" (1937) - (PDF)
5.) Pauline Oliveros, "Some Sound Observations" (1968) - (PDF)
Listening: 1.) Ted Coffey, Koans (2004)
2.) The Books, Take Time From The Lemon of Pink (2003)
3.) Radiolab, Ruled by Time (2013) http://www.radiolab.org/story/91587-ruled-by-time/
4.) Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko, Doki Doki Last Night From 28 (2005)
5.) Douglas Quin, Weddell Seals (Underwater) From Antarctica (1998)
Viewing: 1.) How the Ear Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdqp-oPb1Q
Demo: 1.) The Art of Iteration
2.) Field Recorders
Labs: 1.) Signal-to-Noise Ratio
2.) DAW Bootcamp I http://www.cockos.com/reaper/
* Amplitude Fades
Week 2 - 09/02/14
Themes: Hearing vs. Listening : Early Electronic Music : What is Sound?
Listening: 1.) John Cage, Williams Mix (1952-3)
2.) Pierre Schaeffer, Etudes aux Chemins de Fer (1948)
3.) Pauline Oliveros, Bye Bye Butterfly (1965)
4.) Brian Calvert, The Rest Is Silence (2012) http://calvertink.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/the-rest-is-silence/
5.) Alog, Orgosolo I From Unemployed (2011) http://alog.net/biography.html
Reading: 1.) http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/ Chapter 1 (including applets and extras)
2.) Jeffrey Stolet, Electronic Music Interactive http://pages.uoregon.edu/emi/index.php – Representing Sound
3.) Pierre Schaeffer, "Acousmatics" (1966)
4.) Thom Holmes, Electronic and Experimental Music (1985), Chapter 2 & 3
Viewing: 1.) Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elektronische Studie II (1954) Graphic Score Visualizer
Labs: 1.) DAW Bootcamp II
*Volume Automation
Due: 01.) Response 1……………………………Due 09/01 by 11:00pm
02.) Project 1: Field Recording Quest…….Due 09/06 by 11:00pm
Week 3 - 09/09/14
Themes: Representation of Sound Continued : Gamification and Musicking : Music as a Gradual Process
Reading: 1.) http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/ - Chapter 2 (including applets and extras)
* Not necessary to respond to this in your response writing.
2.) Jeffrey Stolet, Electronic Music Interactive http://pages.uoregon.edu/emi/index.php – Waveforms
* Not necessary to respond to this in your response writing.
3.) Colby Leider - Introduction to Sound File Editors – pages 126-147
* Not necessary to respond to this in your response writing.
* Brush through for review.
4.) Steve Reich, Music as a Gradual Process (1968)
5.) My Radiohead Adventure: http://paul.mycpanel.princeton.edu/radiohead.ml.html
Listening: 1.) Actress, Time from Ghettoville (2014)
2.) Edgard Varèse, Poem Électronique (1958)
3.) Paul Lansky, mild und leise (1973)
4.) Steve Reich, Come Out (1966)
5.) Louis and Bebe Barron, Main Title from Forbidden Planet (1956)
6.) John Cage, Imaginary landscape 1 (1939) http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/imaginary-landscape-1/audio/1/
7.) http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/586-re-sound-104-the-music-of-everyday-things-show
Guest: Paul Turowski: Gamification and Musicking on 09/09
Due: 01.) Project 2: Seven Exquisite Edits……..Due 09/13 by 11:00pm
Events: 01.) Paul Lansky Colloquium……………....On 9/12 @ 3:30pm in 107 OCH
Week 4 - 09/16/14
Themes: Sound Synthesis : DIY Electronics that Sound : The Aesthetics of Failure
Reading: 1.) http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/ Chapter 4 (including applets and extras)
*Skip 4.6
* Not necessary to respond to this in your response writing.
2.) Jeffrey Stolet, Electronic Music Interactive http://pages.uoregon.edu/emi/index.php – Synthesis Modules
* Not necessary to respond to this in your response writing.
3.) Colby Leider - Introduction to Microphones and Recording – pages 307-326
* Not necessary to respond to this in your response writing.
* Brush through for review.
4.) Kim Cascone, The Aesthetics of Failure (2002)
Viewing: 1.) Karlheinz Stockhausen, Elektronische Studie II (1954) Graphic Score Visualizer – In Class
Listening: 1.) Tim Hecker, Live Room (2014)
2.) Iannis Xenakis, Concret PH (1958) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOyxFybxPY
3.) James Tenney, For Ann (Rising) (1969)
4.) Otto Luening, Fantasy in Space (1952)
5.) http://www.studio360.org/story/113126-number-1-37-minutes/
Viewing: 1.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oyT8KDZAQc
Guest: Travis Thatcher: DIY Electronics that Sound on 09/16
Due: 1.) Response 2……………………………Due 09/15 by 11:00pm
2.) Project 3: Hyper Edited Line………….Due 09/20 by 11:00pm
Week 5 - 09/23/14
Themes: Study for quiz on 9/25; 9/23 Catch-up class; Intro to sound sculptures
Due: Quiz 1 on 09/25
Week 6 - 09/30/14
Themes: Mixing sounds; Plug-ins; Intro to Re-amplifying; Early Computer Music History; Voice, Choice, Text, and Microsound
Reading: 1.) Owsinski, The Mix Engineer's Handbook, chapters 1-4
2.) Thom Holmes, Electronic and Experimental Music (1985), p.263-270 (A Concise History of Computer Music)
3.) So Right it’s Wrong. Interview with Sufjan Stevens: http://www.tapeop.com/interviews/70/sufjan-stevens/
4.) Music from Mathematics: http://www.musicainformatica.org/listen/aa-vv-music-from-mathematics.php
*Listen to each piece included in this blog
Listening:
**Before listening to this weeks selections, please be sure to read the Owsinski. Listen to all these songs with those chapters on mixing in mind.
1.) The Beatles, vocal tracks from "Because" from Abbey Road (1969)
*Listen to the both the isolated vocals and final song.
2.) Pink Floyd, Speak to Me Breathe (1973)
3.) Boards of Canada, Reach for the Dead (2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jTg-q6Drt0
4.) Song Exploder No. 13: The Microphones
http://www.maximumfun.org/song-exploder/song-exploder-%E2%84%96-13-microphones
5.) Song Exploder No. 6: Daedelus
http://www.maximumfun.org/song-exploder/daedelus-experience
6.) Recording Nirvana
Recording Nirvana: Drain You:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRK6c7uXvJE&list=RDKRK6c7uXvJE&index=1
Recording Nirvana: In Bloom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOYvTXUqlrI&list=RDKRK6c7uXvJE&index=2
Recording Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErcJ2kUC4Wg&index=3&list=RDKRK6c7uXvJE&noredirect=1
Recording Nirvana: Something in the Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APHX-9ZQ7x0&index=4&list=RDKRK6c7uXvJE
Guest: Kristina Warren: Voice, Choice, Text, and Microsound on 10/2
Due: 01.) Response 3……………………………………Due 09/29 by 11:00pm
Week 7: 10/07/14
Themes: Sound and Image; Reverb/Delay
Reading: 1.) Walter Murch: www.transom.org/guests/review/200504.review.murch.html
2.) Reverb: http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/chapter5/05_02.php
*not necessary to concentrate on the math, unless your interested
3.) Michel Chion, Projections of Sound on Image (1994)
Viewing: 1.) Foley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp7aJ6zoLXY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ve4M4UsJQo
2.) Ben Burtt and WALL-E
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsfbXGDw_aA
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cpoww6iKyA
Due: 1.) 200-word Project 4 Proposal……………………………………Due 10/11 by 11:00pm
Guest: Rachel Devorah Trapp and Aaron Oppenheim: Instruments and Live Electronics on 10/09
Week 8: 10/14/14
Reading Day on 10/14 – Happy Reading!
Themes: More on Modulation / Granular synthesis
* Light load this week. More time for the completion of Project 4.
Reading: 1.) About Riverrun: http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/river.html
2.) A little more on granular synthesis: http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/gran.html
3.) Curtis Roads, "Modulation Synthesis"
*This is OPTIONAL
4.) Review http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/MusicAndComputers/ Chapter 4 (including applets and extras)
Listening: 1.) John Chowning, Stria (1977)
2.) Barry Truax, Riverrun (1986)
3.) Aphex Twin, Bucephalus Bouncing Ball (1997)
4.) Ryoji Ikeda, Headphonics 0/0 (1995)
Due: 1.) Response 4……………………………………Due 10/15 by 11:00pm
2.) Project 4: Options…………………………….Due 10/18 by 11:00pm
Week 9: 10/21/14
Themes: Project 4 – in-class concert
Guest: Victor Szabo: Tape Loops, Gradual Processes, and Ambient Music on 10/23
Week 10: 10/28/14
Themes: Over-the-Wire with Adam Basanta
Due: 1.) Response 5……………………………………….Due 10/27 by 11:00pm
2.) Project 5: Over-the-Wire………………………....Due 11/01 by 11:00pm
Events: Carla Scaletti Colloquium……………………………On 10/31 @ 3:30pm in OCH 107
Week 11: 11/04/14
Themes: The Soundscape
Guest: Ryan Maguire: Making the Inaudible, Audible on 11/04
Reading: 1.) David Dunn, Nature, Sound Art and the Sacred (2001)
http://artscilab.com/~david/writings/terrnova.pdf
2.) R. Murray Schafer, The Music of the Environment (1977)
http://ciufo.org/classes/ae_sp13/reading/schafer_env_ocr.pdf
3.) Francisco Lopez, Profound Listening and Environmental Sound Matter (1997)
http://soundenvironments.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/lopez_listening.pdf
Listening: 1.) Delaney Hall, Chris Watson’s Secret Worlds
https://soundcloud.com/delaneyh/chris-watsons-secret-worlds
2.) Hildegard Westerkamp, Streetmusic (1982)
http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/program_notes/streetmusic.html
3.) World Soundscape Project, The Vancouver Soundscape (1973)
*On Acoustic Design
4.) Ernst Karel, Heard Laboratories (2010)
http://and-oar.org/pop_and_35.html
*Listen to both excerpts and read about the project.
Events: Technosonics Music Festival
~Nov. 6 - Opengrounds - 8PM [http://music.virginia.edu/technosonics-foundsound-I]
~Nov. 7 - Old Cabell Hall - 8PM [http://music.virginia.edu/node/2424]
Week 12: 11/11/14
Themes: Telling Stories with Sound
Reading: 1.) Hildegard Westerkamp, Soundwalking (1974)
http://www.sfu.ca/~westerka/writings%20page/articles%20pages/soundwalking.html
2.) Peter Cusack, Field Recordings As Sonic Journalism
http://sounds-from-dangerous-places.org/sonic_journalism.html
*Listen to Starry Night
3.) Steven Feld, and D. Brenneis, Doing Anthropology in Sound (2004)
Listening: 1.) Tony Schwartz, Nueva York a tape documentary of Puerto Rican New Yorkers (1955)
http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u6013459
*Access digitally through UVa library
2.) The Kitchen Sisters, The Legend of Earnest Morgan (1980)
https://soundcloud.com/kitchensisters/the-legend-of-ernest-morgan
3.) Sonic ID’s - http://transom.org/2013/sonic-ids/
Due: 1.) Project 6: UVa Sonic IDs……………………………Due 11/16 by 11:00pm
Week 13: 11/18/14
Guest: Jon Bellona: Musical Controllers Galore on 11/18
Due: 1.) Response 6………………………………………….Due 11/19 by 11:00pm
~Discuss material covered since Response 5
2.) Final Project Plan……………………………………Due 11/21 by 11:00pm
~ Review the Final Project guidelines. Submit a 1-page, single spaced, Final Project Plan that includes a working title, conceptual framework, influences (in-class, out of class - be specific), and types of sounds/media, sources, and techniques. If working collaboratively, which I strongly encourage, please specify your role in the group. Submit this plan to collab in the corresponding assignment folder. This will contribute 2 points to your overall final project grade.
3.) Quiz 2 on 11/20
~Covers material since our last quiz. 8 listening. 8 multiple choice. 4 short answer. 2 extra credit.
Week 14: 11/25/14
No Class – Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 15: 12/02/14
Due: 1.) Draft Due……………………………………………Due 12/01 by 11:00pm
~ A completed draft is due! Submitting this will contribute 4 total points to your overall final project grade.
2.) Final Projects………………………………………..Due 10/04 by 11:00pm
FINAL CONCERT at OpenGrounds on December 5th - 7PM – attendance to this concert is mandatory.