Course Syllabus

 

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GRADING: Grades will drop 10 points a day for late assignments. 30% of the grade is attendance, class activities and participation which is assessed daily and demonstrated by the students willingness to follow demonstrated procedures.

Students who regularly come to class and attempt all assignments as well as seek assistance when facing difficulties will pass.  

GRADES: Grades will drop 10 points a day for late assignments. 30% of the grade is participation, attendance, classwork and activities which is assessed by the students completion of daily warmup, willingness to learn (determined by compliance with following teacher directives of demonstrated procedures. 

40% Project 

30% Quiz

15% Classwork

15% Class Prep Warm Up

Students who regularly come to class and attempt all assignments as well as seek assistance when facing difficulties will pass.  

Hip Hop Cultural History Genre's and Music

  1. What is Hip Hop Culture?
  2. 4 Essential Elements of Hip Hop (KRS1)
  3. The Foundation
  4. 9 Elements to know
  5. The founders
  6. Before Hip Hop what?
  7. NC Music and Artist essential to the creation of HIP HOP

HIP HOP and Latino History 

  1. Hispanic Heritage Month
  2. The founders
  3. The Foundation
  4. Major Players and World Impact
  5. Latin Grammy Awards
  6. Top Artist 
  7. Top 

  HIP HOP & Business

“I’m a Business…. Man” ( JayZ)

  1. The Business of Music
  2. Black History Month (Motown, Sugar Hill Records, Soul Train, The Apollo, Def Jam, Hip Hop Entrepreneurship, Blues, Gospel) 
  3. Creating Music & Audio products
  4. Music Theory, and Production
  5. Beatmaking vs Song Development
  6. Publishing, Copyright, Sampling, Fair Use, Lawyers Contracts
  7. Marketing, Radio Play, Commercials Ads, and Merchandise
  8. Skill Preparation and Habits of Mind 
  9. Music Careers Non performing and performing (What skills do you need and how and where to obtain them

HIP HOP Business 

  • Genres and sub-genres expanded
  • The different Sub Genres of Hip Hop & Rap 
  • SONGFORM - Professional structuring of music D.A.W, Digital, Analog Workstation: e.g. Bandlab, Garageband or Audacity, Soundtrap, FL Studious, and others. 
    • HIP HOP to Rap
    • The Golden Era to Current artist
    • Bandlab will be used for class instruction and tutorials. The principals can be applied to any other production device.
    • Vocabulary will be essential to follow assignments
    • We will complete teacher lead class demos in phases. Each new phase will orient you to a new skill allowing you to independently create.
    • We will focus on editing, motifs, song and audio production.
    • We will study intellectual law as it applies to our work.
    • We will study how to present our work for professional consideration.