Evan K.

Students during recording and engineering lessons should record, overdub, edit, and mix both live ensemble and electronically produced sources;-multitrack record, overdub, edit, and mix using complex analog and digital audio systems;-lead a creative project from idea inception to final delivery;-develop business plans;-adapt to diverse and changing technology environments;-apply knowledge of complex analog and digital audio systems; and-evaluate audio program material, and make technical and aesthetic decisions based upon those observations.

A student can expect to learn 2 things. First the fundamentals of music including, notation, theory, history, and interpretation. Second comes the playing. A student would have a lesson book for theory, exercises and a recital piece of their choice. We would split the lesson into those three parts to cover the main curriculum.

A student can expect 3 tiers in songwriting. First comes the structure and theory. A student will need to understand the industries common patterns in theory such as chord progressions in pop, but that could be modal modulation in classical music. I can't teach students creativity, so I teach them the technical aspects of songwriting, so they don't have to think about them, and they can be creative. The second tier is instrumentation, voicing, and limits. Each instrument has a range of notes it can play, a proper chordal voice to play them in, and limits to the group of instruments chosen. The final tier is making the song and teaching the student the final steps of publishing, A&R, and music business.