ICT in learning – with emphasis on music technology

In August, the quartet met at Peter Sæverud’s studio to make a demo of the Hunting for Hancock project. Since all was to take place during 1 day, we had to limit ourselves to 4 tunes, and these should represent different modes of Hancock’s music.
To start with, we did Dolphin dance, his mid tempo swing [...]

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Last October, I received an SMS asking me to join a band which on the subsequent Friday were booked to play 2 sets of the music of Wayne Shorter at a Bergen jazz club, Jazz Box. The group consists of piano, bass, sax and drums.  We managed to rehearse one time before the gig and were left to do [...]

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Finally, I have added a short rap to to the backing track of Go to church. I will let the track speak for it self …
Play rap!
 
 

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Now that I have created a working backing track, I will present some possibilities which music technology offers. As I have shown, Cubase is an example of a kind of software which allows the user to record and play back music, both in the format of MIDI and audio. From a learner’s point of view [...]

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To provide examples on how digital tools can be used in a musical context I have recreated the backing tracks of the tune “Go to church” by the American rap artist Ice Cube. I will elaborate on the process and on what kind of tools I have been using in the next articles. Here is [...]

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Since this blog will touch upon subjects such as computers, music and its appliance in school, I find it necessary to publish some audio clips which may serve as illustations of how I work. To start off, I asked my middlest son, Halvard, who is 6 1/2 to assist me. 
Halvard has for a few weeks been very determined to learn [...]

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