Steel Pan work

You need to blog about (a) the tunes you are playing (b) what you have done for the last two weeks.
Make sure you have listened to the original versions of the songs.

DJ course outline

Here's the basic outline of the course. Remember that as you had a whole day each week, you completed 2 or sometimes 3 sessions worth of work each week.
You should have the detailed notes from Nigel for more info. These are also on the shared area.
You need to BLOG for each week ....

DJ course outline

Week 1

Introduction to the course

Equipment & Set-up

Week 2

Analyze musical styles and BPM

Understand the basic concept of beats and bars

Cueing up & Syncing records

Week 3

Identify the tempo of a record

identify and adjust the pitch

Week 4

Beat match two records together

Week 5

Extended beat matching and how to adjust minor tempo mismatches.

Week 6

Have a basic concept of EQ and how to utilise this in a DJ set.

Week 7

Introduction to CD mixing

How to identifying a tempo without a beat

Week 8

Introduction to accapella mixing

Mixing accapella into beats and vice versa.

Week 9

Introduction to scratching

Record selection

Building a DJ set

Week 10

How to record a “live” set into a computer

OCN LR test

One-to-one tuition

Your DJ brief

 Please make sure that you have completed this task, along with diary/blog entries for each weeks full day workshops. I'll post the course outline separately.
MsW

Year 11 Creative and Media Diploma

Research Project Brief: DJing and Turntablism

The task:

To create a leaflet or powerpoint presentation about the history and development of DJing, to serve as an introduction to your practical work on DJ skills. You will need to conduct research on the internet and in library books to discover how DJing originated, and how it has developed and been used in different genres of music.

Assessment focus: Learning Objective 2.1: Understand the development of a form of performance over a

                                                                                        specified period of time

In order to gain marks, you should...

-          Provide a detailed overview of what DJing is, including the equipment used, names of techniques involved and styles of music in which it plays a part

-          Conduct research into the origins of DJing (also known as ‘turntablism’) as part of Hip Hop culture, including a detailed explanation of how some techniques were invented and how it became popular.

-          Discuss the factors which influenced the development of DJing in different musical genres and venues. For example...          - the creation of MTV

- the Ibiza clubdance scene

- the invention of digital music and turntables

Useful websites to use:

en.wikipedia.org – pages on ‘Turntablism’, ‘Disc Jockey’, ‘Hip hop’

reloaded.skratchamental.com – useful blog with information about turntablism

www.learn2dj.co.uk – information about what DJing involves

www.turntables.de – interactive DJing game

Key words to find out about:

Scratching           Beat-matching                  Breakbeat           Mixing                  Cueing

Vinyl record       PA System                          Decks

DJ Kool Herc       Grandmaster Flash          Grand Wizard Theodore                               DJ Jazzy Jeff

Afrika Bambaataa

Due in:

You have a whole day’s worth of lessons to complete this work.

Your finished leaflet or powerpoint is due in Period 5 today.

Ms Williams is back!!

Hi!
My blog is up & running again after a slight password blip!
I'll post all you need to have done this week - Year 11 that's loads...