Broken Identity record tracks at Strode studios

BTEC Music Technology students studying at Strode College are given a recording project each year. This often includes recording local bands and bands from local schools. The most recent session was on Monday 24th of May 2010 and involved a band called ‘Broken Identity’ from Wells Blue School. The musicians are Matt Carter on guitars and Aidan Turner on drums. The group recorded two full songs in the college sound studios with the session being run by second year students Levi Minett and Sam Hadfield. The day went very well with some high quality music being recorded and everything running to schedule.

iPhone vs. Korg Kaoss Pad

Year 2 students experiment with Korg Kaoss pads, live bass, guitar FX and a 'Beatbox' iPhone app during rehearsals for the 'Sound on Sound' show on June 16th.

Crispin School Monday 17th May

BTEC Music Technology students visited Crispin School today to perform music, demonstrate music software and discuss music production. Will Harber used Ableton Live software and the Novation 'Launchpad' controller to play a drum'n'bass track. Sam Raywood played the Korg Kaoss pad for added FX. Sam Hadfield showcased his latest EP release and discussed music production techniques. His CD features music produced for a number of different artists.

Levi Minnet and Mike Malcomson played live using a backing track that they had prepared in Logic software. Their group 'Inside the Dream' has performed recently on Glastonbury FM.

Strode College students promoted their own music and the upcoming show at Strode Theatre on Wednesday 16th of June by giving out free CDs and business cards. This visit is part of the Music Technology in Performance unit studied as part of the BTEC MUsic Technology course.

Music video location shoot

Music video location shoot at Tor Leisure in Glastonbury. Wednesday 3rd of March 2010

BTEC ND in Music Technology students are given an assignment to produce a music video to promote an artist or band. Each student records the artist in the music studios, mixes the tracks and then produce a CD for sale or online download. To promote their music product they also produce a music video. This trip allowed the students to plan and set up the video studio equipment on location. They created some great footage that they can now use in their final music videos.

On the day the students took on specific roles including video producer, vision mixer, camera persons, lights and sound. The group worked well as a team and produced some great footage for their music videos. Watch the finished videos

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