PERFORMANCE CAMPS - In rock band format of 5 students, each band will prepare and perform 3 or 4 songs, including one that the band writes during the camp. Each summer "camp" band will name their band, design t-shirts for their band, perform the songs that are prepared in the camp and cut a CD recording of the performance to Keep in their music collection.
RECORDING/ENGINEERING CAMPS - Students will learn the basic skills and techniques associated with recording and producing a song from the ground up. They will learn how to set up a recording template in ProTools that they will use for their sessions. Basic techniques such as tempo, meter, click tracks, fades, cut, past, loops, equalization, and effects processing will be covered. In the cutting room the students will be learning how to position their equipment for the best sound. In addition, they will learn how to place microphones in the appropriate spot as will as patching it through the snakes. Direct injection will be covered, as well, And of course, the students will also develop more aesthetic production skills, such as double tracking vocals, discrete delays and more.