The Music Technology Cookbook Ready-Made Recipes for the Classroom

Featuring 56 lessons by 49 music technology experts from around the world, The Music Technology Cookbook is an all-in-one guide to the world of music technology, covering topics like: composition (with digital audio workstations such as Ableton, Soundtrap, GarageBand); production skills such as recording, editing, and equalization; creating multimedia (ringtones, soundscapes, audio books, sonic brands, jingles); beatmaking; DJing; programming (Minecraft, Scratch, Sonic Pi, P5.js); and, designing instruments (MaKey MaKey). Each lesson tailored for easy use and provides a short description of the activity, keywords, materials needed, teaching context of the contributing author, time required, detailed instructions, modifications for learners, learning outcomes, assessment considerations, and recommendations for further reading. Music educators will appreciate the book's organization into five sections--Beatmaking and Performance; Composition; Multimedia and Interdisciplinary; Production; Programming--which are further organized by levels beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Written for all educational contexts from community organizations and online platforms to universities and colleges, The Music Technology Cookbook offers a recipe for success at any level.

adam patrick bell is Associate Professor of Music Education in the School of Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Calgary. He is the author of Dawn of the DAW: The Studio as Musical Instrument (2018) and has written several peer-reviewed articles and chapters on the topics of music technology in music education and disability in music education. Prior to his career in higher education, adam worked as an elementary music teacher by day and music producer by night.

List of Contributors

Editor's Introduction
adam patrick bell

Part 1: Beatmaking and Performance

1. Rap My Name (Beginner)
Katie Wardrobe

2. Beats in a Box (Beginner)
Eva Josephine Egolf

3. Drum Programming Minus 1 (Beginner)
James Humberstone

4. Complete the Beat (Intermediate)
Ian Cummings

5. Drop that Beat! Digital Sampling with Ableton Live (Intermediate)
Jonathan Kladder

6. Mixing a DJ Set (Intermediate)
Mark E. Perry

7. Maschine Jam: Set the Groove for Classroom Improvisation (Advanced)
Clint Randles

8. Music Production Clusters: Engage, Explore, Discover, Create, Collaborate
(Advanced)
Joe Pignato

9. Performing with Drum Kit Technologies (Advanced)
Bryden Stillie

Part 2: Composition

10. Creating Song on iPads is a Cinch! (Beginner)
Daniel Beal

11. Music, Loops, Coding, OH MY! (Beginner)
Meredith Allen

12. The Patented Humberstone 4-Finger Technique (Beginner)
James Humberstone

13. Analyzing Your Favorite Song to Create a New Song (Intermediate)
John Churchville

14. When the Past Meets the Present (Intermediate)
Angela Lau

15. Creating Melodies to Fit A Chord Progression (Intermediate)
Matt McLean

16. Musique Concr?te ?tude (Intermediate)
Robert Willey

17. Anthem Creation for a New Nation (Intermediate)
Patrick K. Cooper

18. Ableton Overture (Intermediate)
Alison Armstrong

19. The Room Tone Song (Intermediate)
Marc Weidenbaum

20. Getting into Place/Space (Advanced)
Laurie Radford

21. Shared Sample Projects (Advanced)
Ethan Hein

22. Seeded Composition (Advanced)
Leila Adu-Gilmore

23. Expanding Your DAW: From the DAW to the Outside World! (Advanced)
Miles Warrington

Part 3: Multimedia and Interdisciplinary

24. Alphabet Soup (Beginner)
Richard Marsella

25. Sonic Signatures (Beginner)
adam patrick bell & Benjamin Bolden

26. Podcast Your Story with Music (Intermediate)
Benjamin Bolden
27. Impressionist Expressionist (Intermediate)
Patrick K. Cooper

28. Hybrid Acoustic and Electronic Band Collaboration with Visual Arts (Intermediate)
Martin Emo

29. Online Resources for Dance (Intermediate)
Malachi Apudo-Achola and Emily Achieng' Akuno

30. Rap-In-Time: An Examination and Presentation of Historical Events Through Rap
(Intermediate)
Adrian Barnes

31. Analyzing a Song Through Lyric Annotation (Intermediate)
Emmett O'Leary

32. Storytelling Remix (Intermediate)
Patrick K. Cooper

33. Story Time (Intermediate)
Richard McCready

34. Video Jingle (Intermediate)
Robert Willey

35. Sound Hunt (Intermediate)
V.J. Manzo

36. Found Sounds: Music from the Mundane (Intermediate)
Zack Moir

37. 5 Seconds of Fame (Advanced)
Martin Emo

38. Making Signs Sound: Field Recording and Performing Graphic Scores (Advanced)
Johannes Tress

39. Field Recording and New Media Composition Basics (Advanced)
Daniel Walzer

Part 4: Production

40. FX Roulette (Beginner)
adam patrick bell


41. Equalizer Elements (Intermediate)
Melike Ceylan

42. Sifting for Pops and Clicks: Editing Audio at the Sample Level (Intermediate)
Ryan Van Bibber

43. Understanding Envelopes in Synthesis (Intermediate)
Misty Jones Simpson

44. Sound Stations: Experimenting with Effect Pedals (Intermediate)
Lloyd McArton

45. The Tracker Producer and Top-Liner Collaborative Music Production Project
(Advanced)
Brendan Anthony

46. Exploring the Potential of Looped Material in DAW-based Music Creation
(Advanced)
Mark Marrington

47. Standard 3-Point Micing (Advanced)
Amandine Pras

48. Name That Synth Patch (Advanced)
Misty Jones Simpson

Part 5: Programming and Design

49. Hip Hot Cross Buns (Beginner)
Jared O'Leary

50. Scratch Sampler (Beginner)
Ryan Bledsoe

51. MaKey MaKey Drumpad with Scratch (Beginner)
Liam Baum

52. MPCs to Change the World (Beginner)
Martin Urbach

53. Design to Break Barriers: An Adaptive Instrument Project (Intermediate)
Jesse Rathgeber

54. What A Wonderful World: Ear Training, Sequencing, and Chunking Tunes
in Scratch (Intermediate)
Gena R. Greher

55. Designing Contour in Music with Minecraft (Intermediate)
Daniel Abrahams

56. Mouse Theremin with p5.js (Intermediate)
Liam Baum