ASSIGNMENT:  
    
 Write and record a :30 piece interpreting your randomly chosen phrase, we named "emotimoods." 
     There are no constraints as to what style of music or how the music is to be recorded.  
     In class, each student must justify every part of the composition and applicable recording techniques as relating to the student's assigned phrase.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
  How to interpret a client's non-musical instructions in producing a unique piece of music.
  How to present the piece of music to the client interpreting your musical decisions.

 CREDITS:
 Producer:  Andrew Schindler
Composer:  Andrew Schindler
Audio Engineer:  Andrew Schindler
 
 RECORDING GEAR:
 Logic Pro 9
 ST 66 Condensor Mic

Assignment#01: A Surprise Party

Party Music

Summertime

This tune is a cover written by Ray Charles, and features Zeke Levine on bass, Kelsey Harper on vocals, Michael Gonzales on drums, Marshall Lowery on tenor saxophone, Andrew Schindler on guitar, Cameron Pessarra on piano, Johnny Huggins on trombone, and JC Izquierdo on trumpet! Recorded at Austin Music Lab Studio 57, on Pro Tools 10

Aint That Love Demo

This is a cover of Cyndi Lauper's infamous 1983 breakout Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun. Featuring Kelsey Harper on vocals, Michael Gonzales on backup vocals, and myself on guitar, this is a much more relaxed rendition. 

Assignment#4:  Record and produce a cover of an individually assigned song.  Use only one instrument and one voice.

Produced by Andrew Schindler 


*Assignment #04: GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

This is a sentimental tune about an island off the coast of North Carolina that I visited as a child! I used Pro Tools 10 DAW on a Mac Book Pro running through an M Audio Profire 2626 interface. I recorded the guitar portion using an SM 57 dynamic microphone pointed at the body of the guitar to add warmth and a Sterling Audio ST 66 large diaphragm condenser microphone pointed at the neck for brilliance. My voice was recorded using the same ST 66 diaphragm mic that I used for the guitar. Poem words:

In the distance an Island/
Confused by parallax,
One might rush ahead only to be exhausted/
And in the chaos of raging tides, you will falter
Only to be carried by the subsiding currents 
To that very distant island/
Awake and you will find 
A bounty worth your toils 
A lifetime of work payed in turn 
By an eternity of relaxation

NATURE OF THE PROJECT: Write an original free-verse poem / Record yourself reading it as a performance / Write and record an original piece of music on a single instrument. The length is to be EXACTLY 60". This song was A/B with Daniella by John Butler Trio

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