MP 1000 - Music Production Styles + Analysis

Credits: 3

In this freshman-level foundations course, students will explore the breadth of music production styles, techniques, and analysis skills that professional producers engage with daily to make successful recordings. Through analysis of different popular and electronic music forms, demonstrations of musical arrangements, critical listening exercises, and short applied creative projects in specific styles, students will learn to recognize characteristics of different music production styles, demonstrate basic critical listening skills for recording and production techniques, and acquire meaningful vocabulary to describe what they hear.

Prerequisites: None

Course Learning Outcomes:

Formulate critical listening vocabulary.
Evaluate instrumentation and musical arrangement for different production styles.
Analyze and describe perception of audio spectrum and dynamics.
Produce short recordings in specific musical styles.