Composing Project 1 - TV Advert (live improv workshop)

The second year music tech students are working on a set of composition tasks this year. The first one is to create music for a 30 second TV advert. These videos show parts of a live music workshop we ran today that focused on improving and creating musical ideas along with the advert. We displayed the TV advert on a big screen so that the group could see the visuals and create music that would match.


In the short time we had the results were good and have great potential for further development. The next step is to get the ideas onto the computers, work on the arrangements and possibly record the live sessions

Students will be posting their finished composition on there own blog sites - have a look at the blogs I follow on the right hand side of this blog to see each student's work develop.

Found Sounds - Angu

Noise Rhapsody (WIP) by AnGü

Created using sounds found at College last Friday. Nice one

BPM Trip - music tutor now fully into DUBSTEP

Music technology students studying at Strode College travelled up to Birmingham NEC last Monday (October 3^rd 2011) to visit one of the largest music shows in the UK. The BPM show has now established itself as being the place to go to if you are a music producer, DJ, club owner, sound system company, live sound engineer, lighting engineer, music educator or equipment developer.   

DJ Switch

Adrian Smith said ”This show is sure to inspire our students by opening their eyes to the latest developments in technology and the employment opportunities in the club music and music production areas of the industry. The advice and guidance available direct from industry professional at BPM is invaluable” 

16 students made the trip to the NEC with their music tutor and enjoyed every minute.

A special shout goes out to Alex Constanza (Street), Olly Beha-Burr (Street) and Sam Hiscox (Radstock) for providing the music on the bus making the journey there and backs an enjoyable education into the Dubstep genre.

There are opportunities at the show to try out and purchase equipment, get lessons, perform and enter competitions.  The BPM show featured many companies; workshops, performances and DJs. Highlights included the back-to-back PA system showcase featuring Void Acoustics and Funktion One, performances by DMC champion DJ Switch and music production lessons from SAE. To find out more visit www.visitbpm.co.uk