Authentic Creation For Pop, Hip HOp, and EDM Music Producers

Bob Habersat
Shedthemusic

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What is Authentic Pop music creation?

  • Look at some Survey Answers

  • Intentionality and the Creative Feedback Loop

Modalities of Creative Capture

  • MIDI Input

  • Sequencer

  • Piano Roll

  • Sample Manipulation

  • Audio Recording

MIDI Input

  • Performance based modality

  • Pros

    • Real Time Creative Capture

    • Creates skill based intrinsic motivation

    • Allows for live performance

  • Cons

    • Takes time to cultivate

    • Requires ability to play with a click

Sequencer Based

  • Pros

    • Easy to see, easy to understand, easy to use

    • Great for elementary and middle school

  • Cons

    • Short delay in creative feedback

    • creative control Constrained to the grid

    • No expression input

Piano Roll

  • Pros

    • Granular input

    • Visual

    • Precise control of pitch, rhythm, and expression

  • Cons

    • Requires practice to read

    • Iteration requires auralization

Sample Manipulation

  • Pros

    • It’s the sound!

    • Makes you listen differently.

  • Cons

    • legal

    • Needs to be augmented by a second modality of input

Audio Capture

  • Works with each modalitiy

  • Offloads creative RAM

  • Verbalized instrumentals helps with Conceptualizing.

  • Evens the playing field for collaboration

Multiple Input Modalities

Pop Tune Implementation

Hip Hop Implementation

EDM Implementation

Available Curricula