Music and Media (11/12) - Fall Semester 2003

Please read the following materials. They accompany the lecture for the specified date and are provided here as reference material. Important documents such as project hand-outs and major assignment descriptions will be provided in class.

Lecture 1 - 22 Sep 2003: Class Discussion: File-Sharing
Lecture 2 - 29 Sep 2003: Audio Guide | Lossy Formats
Lecture 3 - 6 Oct 2003: Lab Rules | Project 1
Lecture 4 - 13 Oct 2003: Project 1- Musique Concrete
Lecture 5 - 20 Oct 2003: Project 1- Musique Concrete
(this project is on hold until software/hardware fixes are in place)
27 Oct 2003 - No Conservatory Classes This Week
Lecture 6 - 3 November 2003: History and Discussion of Music Engraving
Lecture 7 - 10 November 2003: Engraving Basics

Lecture 8 - 17  November  2003: Project 2 - Music Engraving

Lecture 9 - 24 November 2003: Project 2 - Music Engraving

  • Class Questions/Discussion

  • Installing Software

  • Assignments due in December!

Lecture 10 - 1 December 2003: MIDI Assignment

Lecture 11 - 8 December 2003: MIDI Assignment

  • Music Engraving Homework DUE

  • MIDI Lab Activity Handout

  • Join Music Business class for guest speaker

Lecture 12 - January

  • Roland Corp. Field Trip.

SEMESTER FINAL: Read one set of the following articles, and answer the related question in a single written page.

Set 1: Digital Rights Management (DRM) - How do the issues in the battle over DRM affect your life as a consumer of digital media products?
Dion's CD can crash PC's (BBC News)
Sony: Downbeat for a new online music battle (CNN.com)

Set 2: File Sharing - How are the legal conflicts over the distribution of audio and video online affecting your adoption of new technologies in music and media? How accurate are media portrayals of the alleged dangers of file sharing?
 File-sharing lawsuits: Are you next? (MSNBC.com)
Music, book industries to lose billions (CNN.com)