Resources

All Band Forms

Odds and Ends

have you seen this
parents-homework
Unplugged Audition Sheet
Come On Home Ain’t No Party – Rebirth Brass Band

Articles to READ!

Jazz Band

http://www.jazzinamerica.org
RAVINIA JAZZ MENTORS! Audition requirements 2013 and 2014
THIS ONE!! CLARK TERRY http://jazzadvice.com/clark-terrys-3-steps-to-learning-improvisation/
I KNEW IT!! http://elitedaily.com/life/jazz-people-listen-jazz-smarter-creative/909203/

Writing Enhancements

Handouts for Music Appreciation

Music Session
EE 333 #48-52
EE 333 #53-55
EE 333 #215
concert review
Rap Music Discussion (this is it!!)
a few thoughts about the discussion: As I said before, I think it is hilarious that many of you did not take this seriously at all. In my humble opinion so many of you “love” hip hop/rap/edm/mumble rap/house/electronic music – correct? – but when I asked you to discuss it intelligently and work through some things it appeared as though some of you simply lacked the skills to say anything meaningful!!?! So, what is it? RIGHT? Do I like Rap? What do I think about Rap? I like GOOD MUSIC. I like music that is appealing to me. And there is the largest issue. A large majority of someones “musical taste” is completely open-ended! How do you quantify how you feel? What is real? What are you basing your thoughts on? A few things I will tackle, yes I enjoy some Rap and Hip Hop. Here is where it gets tricky. I like some stuff from my youth, from way back ago, and from some current artists. And I like things that appeal to me. What specifically appeals to me: thought provoking grooves, phrases that are of harmonious proportion, specific earth shattering grooves, extremely uptempo break beats, thoughtful and easy beats, a subtle groove, interesting sounding bass drum/snare/hihat samples, woodblocks, exciting percussion, and so on. I cringe when someone says, “I like dat beat…it is good.” What specifically? RIGHT!? What I laugh at is when someone says they like so and so because they have a good “flow,” they have a good “rhyme,” and they are good “poets,” and they rap about “how life is currently,” and the things that they “faced.” In my opinion those are some of the facets of ALL MUSIC. Need to elaborate more on this later. And finally, listening to music is SO ABSOLUTELY related to being an open minded person. Are you able to listen to someone that has a different opinion? Are you able to find common ground?

Harmony Resources

Brazilian Music