Monthly Archives: July 2010

Nearing Completion/Vocal Recording 0

Shiloh Home – Longmont Campus Week Thirteen, Lesson Twelve July 19, 2010 We only have another week to go before the Longmont boys finish their first batch of songs, so time was spent with students taking turns on the microphone.  We also had a dj station, a bass station, and one for working on album [...]

Turntables 0

Devereux Cleo Wallace Week Six, Lesson Eight July 19, 2010 This week, we had a batch of new students: two mc’s and a guitar player.  We are very excited to have them, because students who take ownership of their education run with the tools we give them and thrive.  The rest of the class got [...]

A Group Vocal Recording 0

Shiloh House – Adams County Week Eleven, Lesson Ten July 13, 2010 Today we had a great class.  One of the boys who had a shorter attention span on the computers has really taken to the keyboard.  We gave him a moment to shine at the beginning of class, and the rest of the students [...]

Nearing Completion/Album Covers 0

Shiloh Home – Longmont Campus Week Twelve, Lesson Eleven July 12, 2010 We continued to allow the students to move through the DJ, bass guitar, and keyboard stations, while adding a fourth spot for them to record vocals.  There was the usual trepidation, but a few braver souls stepped up to the plate and overcame [...]

MIDI Drumbeats 0

Devereux Cleo Wallace Week Five, Lesson Seven July 12, 2010 In the beginning of our program, the students use pre-recorded samples of music and sounds that other people have created to make their songs.  Sampling is a form of art that is, perhaps, debatable, but it serves its purpose by introducing students to the sounds [...]