Day 2 Goals

Congratulations on making it through your first day of the course! We packed in a ton of information and everyone seems to be picking it up really quickly.

By now, each of you should:

• Know the main sections of the Reason interface (Instrument Rack, Sequencer)
• Know how to Create instruments
• How to program a drum beat with multiple patterns using the Redrum
• How to put your drums into the Sequencer
• How to incorporate loops into your beat using the Dr. REX

That's a lot. Please give yourself a pat on the back.

Our goals for today are as follows:

1. Learn the concepts of rhythm and melody
2. Get familiar with the keyboard
3. Learn some basic scales
4. Begin composing original melodies with the keyboard

In addition, we'll be talking a bit about other stuff like sampling and copyright issues and the history of hip-hop/electronic music production. As always, PLEASE let the instructors know if something is unclear or moving too fast. The goal is to help, not confuse!