READYMADES
MISKIN MUSIC TECH YEAR 2 TERM 1 2024
OVERVIEW
READYMADES
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This assignment requires you to consider the very essence of creativity and how it informs your approach to your work. What is it to be an artist? Are the important qualities of an artwork embodied in the technique or the idea? What is talent? How do we transcend rather than copy the artists that inspire us?
You will produce a portfolio of 4 pieces of music.
Each piece will embody an identified creative objective in a given context.
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You will produce a technical portfolio outlining how you developed new skills.
Your new skills should be implemented into your creative work. You will develop and put into practice technical mixing skills which you will evidence in your submissions.
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You will provide research and evaluative work to support both your creative and technical portfolios.
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IN THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF THE COURSE YOU WILL DELIVER ONE PIECE CREATED PREDOMINANTLY FROM "FOUND" AND MANIPULATED AUDIO, ONE TECHNICAL MIX SUBMISSION, AND ONE PIECE THAT TELLS ME ABOUT YOU (CREATIVE PORTFOLIO)
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READYMADES
THE BRIEF - TASKS & EVIDENCE
1 Compile a portfolio of recordings that includes -
Content integrating field/found recordings and self devised sampler instruments.
Mixes embodying good technical practice.
Multi-channel audio (integrated into your creative recordings)
Music created in response to visual stimulus
Solo and collaborative work as an "artist".
(Evidence required; 4 x recordings).
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2 Develop and evidence a technical portfolio demonstrating a range of technical proficiencies. Implement new technical proficiencies into your creative portfolio (Evidence required; recordings, written report).
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3 Evaluate your finished pieces against the identified key creative and technical features (Evidence required; written content/ Video evaluations)
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Manipulated Audio EP
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Task; 1. Create a suite of "found" sound and audio environments. Create a piece comprised only of manipulated audio and field recordings
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Record sound in a non musical environment. Including your own "interactions"
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Create your own sampler instruments from your recordings and from a provided suite of source musical pieces.
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Combine sampled elements and instrumentation.
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Describe and evaluate your unique musical palette. DEADLINE 16/10/24
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Mixing Skills
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Deliver mixes embodying appropriate gain staging, dynamic processing, eq, and creative effects.
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Music To Visual Stimulus.
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Research conventions and approaches in composing for a video game
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Compose music for "Zelda" clip.
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Justify and explain your choices. DEADLINE 13/12/24
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Multi-channel Audio
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Undertake a multi-channel audio recording
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Integrate multi-channel audio into your creative portfolio.
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Mix one of your creative portfolio tracks on an analogue mixing console.
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Explain how the process differs from "in the box" mixing.
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Solo and Collaborative Work
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Collaborate with others
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Contribute to and/or re-interpret the work of other artists/musicians.
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Explain and justify your contributions.
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Your Creative Portfolio
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Develop a signature style/palette of sound.
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Deliver a suite of 'Readymade' productions.
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Explain and justify your *individual* approach and sound. Celebrate difference.
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PIECE ONE DEADLINE 16/10/24
PIECE TWO DEADLINE 15/12/24
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CRITERIA
ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION YOU CAN
UNIT 9; DEVELOPING MUSIC PRODUCTION SKILLS
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IDENTIFY AND SELECT APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP IDEAS (TASK 4 & 6)
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DEMONSTRATE PRACTICAL, TECHNICAL AND THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING (TASK 5 & 6)
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USE CRITICAL AND CONTEXTUAL APPROACHES TO INFORM IDEAS (TASK 4 & 5)
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USE KNOWLEDGE TO PLAN AND DEVELOP IDEAS FOR A SPECIFIED ACTIVITY (TASK 4)
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EFFECTIVELY PREPARE AND PRESENT YOURSELF AND YOUR WORK TO A SPECIFIED AUDIENCE (TASK 5)
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USE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE TO IMPROVE YOUR OWN LEARNING (TASK 7)
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CRTICALLY REFLECT AND EVALUATE YOUR OWN PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE (TASK 6 & 7)
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UNIT 10; EXPLORATION OF SPECIALIST STUDY IN MUSIC PRODUCTION
CRITICALLY DESCRIBE A RANGE OF CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES INFLUENCING A CHOSEN DISCIPLINE IN MUSIC PRODUCTION (TASK 1 & 3)
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APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES TO INFORM OWN PRACTICE (TASK 2)
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IDENTIFY A RANGE OF RELEVANT ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL SOURCES FOR A PERSONAL RESEARCH PROJECT (TASK 1)
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CRITICALLY EVALUATE INFORMATION FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES TO INFORM IDEAS (TASK 1 & 2)
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APPLY ACADEMIC CONVENTIONS IN THE PRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF IDEAS (TASK 1)
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EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE IDEAS IN APPROPRIATE FORMATS (TASK 1, 2, & 3)
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