Popular Music Analysis

Catalog description

Popular Music Analysis provides a step-by-step approach to identifying the essential elements of successful recorded tracks and albums. Students gain an understanding of the most fundamental part of the songwriting and recording process - the emotional effectiveness of music. Students also learn arrangement and direction techniques designed to assist talent in contributing substantially to a recording instead of simply performing a part. Students learn the differences between producing and engineering in order to transform their approach to mixing an album so that it may reach its full artistic potential. (3/0) Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or higher in Mix Listening I.