Podcasting

Identify Course Requirements– Plan, design, create and edit an audio podcast using extensive research into personal chosen genre of music. Record dialogue, create or source sound elements to support dialogue. Record, edit and mix podcast in Pro-Tools. Click here to hear the 'Peace with Paris Rose' Podcast - Episode 1 -2/12/2017 - 'An Introduction to Mantras'.

Task 1 – Examine the historical and cultural background to the chosen genre, its distinguishing musical features, and a key contributor to the genre. Include a minimum of 3 of the following factors; Political, Social, Economic, Technological.

Task 2 – Identify and describe at least three of the following Musical Features for the chosen genre; Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Lyrical content/style, Instrumentation.

Task 3 - For the selected genre select an individual or group within the genre and describe, with supporting evidence, the nature of their contribution to: A genre (in terms of its development) and

Culture (in terms of peoples’ attitudes/behavior/fashion, etc.)

Minimum requirements - 5 Audio Clips, 2 Plug-ins (e.g. compression as well as the use of some time based FX, demonstrate attention to detail with regards to consistency in audio signal levels and appropriate balance between audio elements and dialogue.

Chosen Genre – NAMET (New Age, meditational, ethnic and tribal) however due to the diversity in terms of social, economic, factors, history and musical composition the podcast will be confined to the meditational element only.

Inspiration – I was inspired to choose NAMET because I am interested in this specific type of music and am also fascinated by the analytical data of my NAMET YouTube Channel which promotes this style. There is no common underlying structure as it is cultural rather than musical reflection. For example meditational music would have similarities to ethnic; ethnic would share some similarities with some tribal music. Yet meditational music which relies on harmony has very few musical similarities to tribal music which is more beat orientated. Consequently within NAMET I am choosing to focus on one specific sub-genre i.e. meditational.

Sources – Personal Music Library, Data Collection, Personal Experience, Online research.

Time Frame – 4 weeks

Deadline – 19th December

Bounce – Completed Podcast submitted as a CDR disk which should contain a 128kbps mp3 compressed file, as well as a CD quality uncompressed file all clearly labelled with a suitable title and description.

Checklist

Plan

Gannt Chart – Plan and record of work in progress using Gantt Chart

Detailed Activity Log – that documents the practical elements of the task.

Health & Safety Risk Assessment – Pre-production

Copyright Statement – Pre-production

Self Evaluation - Post- production

Research Podcasts Report

Wiring Diagram