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Tuesday

Today we are going to do a few things.

1. If you need to finish your Tell Me When To Go Remix, do that first
2. Export and Convert your Remix.
3. Email Me the Reason File of your Remix.
4. Upload your Remix onto your imeem.com page.
5. Post your Remix on your Blog.
6. Do you remember the first full song we did a couple weeks ago? Follow steps 2 through 5 with that one too.
   

Exporting Your Song and Publishing on Your Blog

Today we are going to continue working on our Tell Me When To Go remix. If you have finished your remix then follow the steps below to publish it. If you still need to work on the remix. Find the step you were on last week and continue from there.

1. Listen to your remix. Is it finished? If so, continue with the steps below. If not open the lesson from last week and continue from where you left off.
   
2. Open your the song you were working on Friday, go to the File menu and select Export Song as Audio File, this converts the song into a file that can be played on Windows Media or a CD.
3. Name Your Song and Click Save.
   
4. Click Export.
5. Open your email, email mrprice@ccpaedu.com the Reason File for your song.
6. Use the mp3 converting program on your computer to turn your wav file into an mp3.
7. Go to imeem.com and log into your account.
   
8. Go to your imeem.com homepage.
9. Click Upload.
10. Select Upload Music and Put On My Profile.
11. Click Upload.
    
12. Browse the computer and find your song in mp3 format.
13. Click Start Upload.
14. After it has finished Uploading, go to embed and COPY the code to embed the song.
15. Log into your blog.
16. Create a New Post and PASTE the code into the post.
17. Write 4 sentences about the song.
18. Publish Post.

Tell Me When To Go Remix Day 2

Yesterday we started making a beat to go along with the chorus of the song Tell Me When To Go. Today we are going to put our beat into song format and add the vocals for the Verses.

1. Create a new Web Browser and Log into your email.
2. Open the message I sent you called "Tell Me When To Go Verses" and download the attachments.
3. Open your Tell Me When To Go Remix.
4. Make sure you have all the parts Copied to Track.
5. Highlight all your parts.
6. In the Edit window, select Copy.
7. In the Edit window, select Paste until you get to 105.
8. Now, delete the TellMeHook between the following bars...1-9, 17-33, 41-57, 65-89, 97-105. This will create space for the Verses.
9. Move your loop points between L17 and R33.
10. Create a Dr. Rex
    
11. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner of your new Dr. Rex.
12. Select the TellMeVerse1.rx2 and click To Track.
    
13. Move your loop points between L41 and R57.
14. Create a Dr. Rex
    
15. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner of your new Dr. Rex.
16. Select the TellMeVerse2.rx2 and click To Track.
17. Move your loop points between L65 and R89.
18. Create a Dr. Rex
    
19. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner of your new Dr. Rex.
20. Select the TellMeVerse3.rx2 and click To Track.
21. Now, create the different sections of your song by deleting parts. For example, in the Intro, you might want to delete the drums. In the Verses, you might want to delete your melody.
22. Once you have all your different sections, save your beat.
23. Chill!
    

Tell Me When To Go Remix

Do you remember at the beginning of the class when we remade the Tell Me When To Go beat? Well now that were at the end of the class we're going to bring it full circle and do a remix of Tell Me When To Go.

Today we are going to start with the Chorus and build our beat around the lyrics.

Check out this remix by Trackademicks

1. Create a new Web Browser and Log into your email.
2. Open the message I sent you called "Tell Me When To Go Chours" and download the attachment "TellMeHook.rx2"
   
3. Open Reason
4. Create the M-Class Mastering Suite Combi
   
5. Create a Mixer 14:2
6. Create a Dr. Rex
7. Click on the "Folder" in the upper left hand corner.
8. Select the TellMeHook.rx2 from the Desktop.
   
9. On the Dr. Rex click TO TRACK.
10. Set the Tempo for your song. The original Tempo is 107 bpm but if you'd like to try a different tempo, go for it!
11. Create a Redrum.
12. Make a 32 step drum pattern with...
13. A clap, snap, or snare drum on 5 and 13
14. A Bass Drum on 1 and a few other boxes
15. At least two other sounds from the High Hat folder, Percussion Hi, Percussion Other, FX, or Glitch.
16. Copy the Pattern to Track.
17. Create one of the Soft Synth Instruments and play it using the Keyboard or the Matrix.
18. If you use the Matrix, make a melody with the volume up on between 3 and 7 notes Make the melody in either Octave 4 or 5.
19. Copy Pattern to Track.
20. If you use the Keyboard, play a melody and then record it.
    
21. Create a Dr. Rex and find a Percussion Loop to Copy To Track.
22. Add another part using another Dr. Rex or a Soft Synth.
    
23. Save Your Beat as Tell (Your Name) When To Go!
    

Putting Your Beat Into Song Format

Today we are going to start putting our beats into song format. The format we will be using is:

INTRO 1-9
CHORUS 9-17
VERSE 17-33
CHORUS 33-41
VERSE 41-57
CHORUS 57-65
VERSE 65-81
CHORUS 81-89
OUTRO 89-97

1. Open Reason.
2. Open your favorite beat you made this week.
   
3. Make sure you have all your parts Copied To Track.
4. Highlight all your parts.
5. Go to the Edit Window, Select Copy.
6. Go to the Edit Window, Select Paste.
7. Move the Right Loop Point to 33.
8. Paste your parts until you get to the Right Loop Point.
9. Save your beat.
10. Now focus on the INTRO, 1-9. Your intro is the first impression people get when they hear your song. It's like when you meet someone for the very first time, you can't tell the person your life story in a sentence, but you can give them an idea about you and your personality in the way that you greet them.
    
    The best intros make the listener want to hear more, the worst make the listener skip to the next song. The intro usually drops one of the parts from the beat. If you drop the drums or the bass line, it can cause some tension, and bring the listener in.
11. Focus on the Intro from 1-9.
12. Delete a part such as the drums or bass line to "Introduce" your beat.
13. Save your beat.
14. Now we can work on the Verse.
15. Remember, from yesterday, the verse is the part of the song that tells the story and is different every time.
16. We want to create space for a vocalist in our verse.
17. From 17-33, delete the melody from your song.
18. Now, we have 3 sections. The Intro from 1-9, the Chorus from 9-17, and the Verse from 17-33.
19. Highlight all the parts between 9-33.
20. In the Edit window, select Copy.
21. In the Edit window, select Paste two times.
22. Now Highlight all the parts between 9-17.
23. In the Edit window, select Copy.
24. Move your cursor to 81.
25. In the Edit window, select Paste.
26. From 81-89 Create an Outro by deleting all the parts except for your melody.
27. Save your beat!
28. Email the Reason file to mrprice@ccpaedu.com
    

Exporting Your Song and Publishing on Your Blog

After you have finished putting your beat into song format, convert them to mp3, load them into imeem, and post them on our blog...well maybe not all of that today.

1. Open the song that you were working on yesterday.
   
2. Finish the lesson from yesterday to put your beat into song format.
3. When it's sounding the way you want it, Export Song as Audio File, this converts the song into a file that can be played on Windows Media or a CD.
4. Name Your Song and Click Save.
   
5. Click Export.
6. Use the mp3 converting program on your computer to turn your wav file into an mp3.
7. Go to imeem.com and log into your account. If you don't have an account create one using your ccpa email address.
8. Go to your homepage.
9. Click Upload.
10. Select Upload Music and Put On My Profile.
11. Click Upload.
    
12. Browse the computer and find your song in mp3 format.
13. Click Start Upload.
14. After it has finished Uploading, go to embed and Copy the code to embed the song.
15. Log into your blog.
16. Create a New Post and paste the code into the post.
17. Write 4 sentences about the song.
18. Publish Post.
19. Congratulations! You have just created and published your first song!!! You could be the next will.i.am or Kanye! Or the first You!