Music 101 - Thursday

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[OOC: Blah, I tells you. Late, but you've got all week to show up. Time zones, bad weeks and internet connections named Daniel that just keep on dying suck.]

Hey little dudes! Make sure you sign the attendence sheet!


Little Boy Blue Eyes Dude (whitedeathpod) - Teaching Assistant
Medieval Babe (aroseintime)
Other Medieval Babe (___lily_evans_)
Sexy Dark-Haired Babe (the4thsister)
Hyper Drummer Dudette (lane_drums)
Heinous Scary Blonde Babe (psycho_barbie)
Shifty-Lookin' Southern Dude (conathon)
Frood Dudette (soniabelmont)
Lil' Pouty Babe (sogothcally)
Captain Pirate Dude (likeguidelines)
Mr Freaky Eyes Dude (master_of_fear)
Mr Talkative Excuse Dude (soldtoarmenians)
Pale Sharp Dude (scissors__)
Gate Crasher Dude (fullmetal_havoc) [1]
Shiny Hair Dude (alchemy_4_arson) [1]
Sharp Hair Dude (sunny_skyes) [2]
Kinda Freaky Smiling Dudette (sharon_valerii)

People Who Have Missed 2 Classes:
sunny_skyes


For the next few weeks we're gonna do some class projects that'll hopefully get you dudes thinking more about how totally awesome music is.

This Week's Project:

This week we're gonna look at using real life to become music. Stuff like speech and random sound effects and banging on pots and pans can become music. So you dudes and babes are gonna pair up, get a voice tape recorder thing each and work together in your pair to try and come up with something that could be considered music.

We're gonna do this the way I used to do it, which may be old-fashioned to you dudes, but doesn't require technology know-how. All you need to do is record a bunch of different stuff and, when you're done, play the sounds out to another tape recorder in the order that you want.

Bonus points for creativity.

Points WILL be taken off for invading peoples' privacy. Make sure you ask permission before recording conversations. I don't know about you dudes, but I don't want Professor Spider dude to get mad. So ask first.

We'll play them next week.


whitedeathpod (Crichton)/psycho_barbie (Callisto)
the4thsister (Paige)/conathon (Sawyer)
lane_drums (Lane)/master_of_fear (Jonathan)
sogothcally (Cally)/soniabelmont (Sonia)
soldtoarmenians (Xander the Twinkie whore)/likeguidelines (Barbossa)
scissors__ (Eddie)/aroseintime (Rose)
___lily_evans_ (Lily)/fullmetal_havoc (Jean)
alchemy_4_arson (Roy)/sharon_valerii (Sharon)

And if Sora shows up this week (see dudes, I *am* learning names!) he can join in with one of the other pairs.


[OOC: How to submit - next week come prepared in your pair with a description of your recording. An example is provided beneath the next cut.]


Birds tweet. An amplifier squeals. School bell.
Bill: "OK Ted, George Washington. One: the father of our country."
Pen tapping.
Ted: "Had wooden teeth, chased Moby Dick."
Bill: "That's Captain Ahab, dude."
Heavy breathing. Girly laughter.
Ted: "Your stepmom is cute."
Bill: "Shut up, Ted."
Ted: "Remember when she was a senior and we were freshmen?"
Bill: "SHUT UP, TED!"
Clashing of swords. Crash, clatter, bang.
Bill: You killed Ted, you medieval dickweed!"
Screaming. Crickets chirping. Weird 'woooh'ing.
Ted: "Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K."
Maniacal laughter. Shattering glass.
Ted: "As you can see, Genghis greatly enjoys Twinkies because of the excellent sugar rush."
Strange sound that can only be determined as being a time travelling phone booth zapping away.
Rufus: "Gentlemen...we're history."


So basically, try to get some sound effects. Get your friends to help with the dialogue. Random stuff. Put it all together at the end in any order and that's it dudes!



Next Week: Come prepared to run around campus and town and use a search engine.

Class dismissed dudes!