ASSIGNMENT:  
     Write and record a 0:30 piece interpreting your randomly chosen phrase, we named    
     "Anger Management" 
     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: Anthony McCoy 
     Composer: Anthony McCoy
     Audio Engineer: Anthony McCoy

 RECORDING GEAR:
     Logic 9 
     Audio-Technica AT2020  
     Mexican Stratocaster
     American Highway One Telecaster 

Assignment#01: Anger Management

ASSIGNMENT:

Assignment 3: Stems or Weeds

Import the Midi and Audio Files given you and make a 2 minute piece of music.  The short drum tracks were all recorded at 88 bpm.

1.  You must use ALL of the Files in AT LEAST one instance!
2.  You can assign the midi files to any sound of your choosing.
3.  Midi Tracks, if used more than once, must change patches for multiple instances.
4.  You can manipulate any Midi sounds with midi gestures like pitch bend or modulation.
5.  You can change the key if you like and as many times as you like.
6.  You can morph audio sounds to any other sounds,
7.  You MUST add at least one SOLO instrument over the top of the track. Either Midi or Audio is acceptable.
8.  You CANNOT use the drum tracks throughout the piece.
9.  You must change tempo at least one time.
10.  It cannot suck musically.
11.  You must defend your choices to the class members.
12.  What movie, TV show, or product would this production have been placed?

This piece of music would be used in a movie.  This soundtrack would be to a montage of a hitman preparing his gear and killing his target.  

The beginning shows the hitman waking up from a dream and then getting into his vehicle to purchase the weapons necessary to "take out" his target.  

The music is episodic, as the hit man travels to several different venues to acquire the equipment he needs to kill his victim.

The intensity of the music increases as he takes out his target, and the slowing of the tempo in the outro of the piece symbolizes the slowing of the victim's heart rate as the victim eventually dies.  

CREDITS:
Producer: Anthony McCoy 
Composer: Anthony McCoy
Audio Engineer: Anthony McCoy

RECORDING GEAR:
Logic 9 
Audio-Technica AT2020 
Mexican Stratocaster
American Highway One Telecaster


Assignment#03: Hunt

Cover of Skip Ewing's "Autumn's Not That Cold".  

Male vocals: Tim O'Brien
Female vocals: Holly Alcorn 
Guitar: Anthony McCoy

Produced and Engineered by Anthony McCoy 

Assignment#04: Autumn's Not That Cold

A song to celebrate the holiday season!  Final Project for MRT 335M.  

Original song by Anthony McCoy 

Vocalist: Sara Joyner
Drums: Scott Blanco
All other instruments performed by Anthony McCoy
Recorded, produced, engineered, composed, and lyrics by Anthony McCoy

Lyrics:

Last night I dreamt a dream
That this Christmas the stars would gleam
In the snow I saw me and you
I swear when you kissed me my heart grew

I’ll finally be home 
This Christmas morning
Your arms around me
Truly happy
And I know 
That I love you so

These cold white nights
When the fire ignites
In you warm brown eyes
Near the cool moonlight 
Have me feeling quite right
Cause you’re my beau
In our own show
You make me blush like a pro
Under every mistletoe 

Christmas time is the best time of year
Open up your heart 
There’s love in here 

Open your heart!


Finally Home

Composition, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Instruments performed by Anthony McCoy
Vocal Performance by Jessica Perrin

DAW: Logic 9
Mic (used on Vocals): sE 2200a II 

Colorist and multi-dimensional digital artist, Tom Parish, challenged our UT Butler School of Music Music Production class to create music beds for his video demos of his work.  Each student submitted at least one track with multiple stems for Mr. Parish’s approval.  

"Tom Parish enjoys the richness of working on a variety of entertainment and social media projects to help a business be successful on the Internet. It’s all about the interaction with others and finding that resonance that is in every one of use.”  

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NOTE TO TOM PARISH:  Tom, enjoy my original song titled "Amber" made exclusively for your demo reel.  I really enjoyed writing and recording this song, and am proud of the finished project. 

For this song I focused on one element that I had not explored enough in my musical career- the sounds within the song.  Putting the chord progression aside, I spent a lot of time fine tuning the synthesizers used throughout the song to create the exact sound I was aiming to produce.  

The lyrics I wrote are reflective of your work as a colorist.  The opening lyric "You're opening my amber" describes exactly what your work as a colorist aims to do- open your client's inner vision of their film by the medium of color.  Your client has an idea of what they want their film to be, and you open up their inner light, their "amber", to show them the film they have been envisioning since the start of their project.  

Thank you for this opportunity to work with you.  I enjoyed making the song and look forward to working with you in the future!  

- Anthony

LYRICS
You're opening my amber
And it seems to grow

Our love will appear
Oh how our love grows now

My heart is just for you
It's all for you 

AnthonyMcCoy

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