Uh oh I am in trouble with the Musical Law hahaha. Just recently on this track I composed a chord progression in c minor. 1 – V/iidim (Not allowed to do that)- ii- V65-i. Basically i am not allowed to make a dominant chord out of diminished chords but i made one anyway, it fits nicely too. I made this this morning and finished mastering it tonight. I been reading and learning a bit on some blogs on how to get better at Logic. I hope you enjoy this piece I made from scratch everyone.[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ShockMastered.mp3|titles=ShockMastered]

So, I got great news, I got a version of Logic Studio, so I have been messing with Logic again. I used a technique I learned from Henry Kerins, which was to chop up sounds in a song using the slice and scissor tool in Logic.

I then inserted them into the Sampler instrument in Logic, something that Henry taught me back in the Media Lab class, to move the song around where i want the sounds to sound.

I then added a rock/ Hip-hop drum to the song, all done by me =).  Last but not least I thought it was missing some funk, so I added an organ to the song, with a very syncopated rhythm I learned about in Music Lab.

Enjoy this track everyone =D!!!!!! Listen and spread the knowledge and experiment.
[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/RockandDrum.mp3|titles=RockandDrum]

– Josh

Giga in Gmajor

Hello everyone. I am learning the Bach cello suites here at Guilford, this is the dance like movement, well in fact i have been told it is a dance. Its in 6/8, which means Eight notes get the beat, and there are 6 Eighth notes to a measure. See what pieces you know are in 6/8. For all you Fiddle players Swallow Tail is in this meter. I hope you enjoy!

[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/HalfCadence1.mp3|titles=HalfCadence]

Hey Everybody listening, reading, watching! This is a beat I made on Reason on my mac book pro. Its a program like Logic for all you Media Lab folk. You can use loops and place them on the track and compose a awesome beat. I can time stretch using this program (if anybody in media Lab remembers this your awesome). I took a piano loop that came with Reason and as well as some shaker instruments (maracas) and time stretched them to match. To top it off i added some kick drums and snares and made it into a piece.

I titled it Half Cadence for all you learning CMW kids, because a half cadence is something that comes at the a end of a musical phrase that doesn’t sound complete (or like its not over yet). That happens at the end of every 4 beats in this song. Take a Listen.

Hey, this is Joshua Rodriguez a CMW alumni. I played the viola in CMW, and continue to study viola at Guilford College. I have also been doing digital music production and will be using this with the help of Jori to post some of my productions and also hear some of the media lab productions as well. Stay posted!