Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Diane Hughes
Lecturer
Adrian Renzo
Lecturer
Sarah Keith
Lecturer
Sarah Keith
Lecturer
Waldo Garrido
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The phenomenon of 'the song' in contemporary music is undisputed. This unit will explore 'the song' in various cultural and historical contexts. Students will deconstruct some of the most popular and critically regarded contemporary compositions in order to better understand and facilitate their own creative techniques. Song structure will be a unit focus and topics will include lyrical, melodic, rhythmic, chordal and musical components, and will build on and provide links between existing Music units in music production, voice, guitar, music business, and popular music. Recording as a compositional tool, loop stations and aspects of music production will enable students to work with various music technological in their creative practice. In the context of music business, the authorship and ownership of original material through song publishing, performance and recording will be discussed.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Song analysis | 20% | Week 5, 27/03/15 |
Musical authorship | 30% | Week 8; 01/05/15 |
Original song | 50% | Week 12; 29/05/15 |
Due: Week 5, 27/03/15
Weighting: 20%
You are required to comprehensively analyse a song. The song may be from popular music traditions and styles or from world musics.
You will be assessed on:
The essay is to be submitted through Turnitin by 5pm on the due date.
Due: Week 8; 01/05/15
Weighting: 30%
You are required to compare three different versions of a song. The song may be from popular music traditions and styles or from world musics. The essay will identify all the contributing creative factors (including technological) and address the following questions:
What types of authorship are evident in three versions of the song that you’ve chosen?
Why are these forms of authorship significant?
You will be assessed on:
The essay is to be submitted through Turnitin by 5pm on the due date.
Due: Week 12; 29/05/15
Weighting: 50%
This assessment is in two parts.
Part 1
You are required to write an original song during the course of this unit. You will record the song for assessment submission. The level of production is an individual choice; for students who do not play an instrument, you may want to consider using a loop station to assist in the creation/recording of your song.
Submission for Part 1: iLearn OR Song Recording (video/audio) uploaded to YouTube/Vimeo/SoundCloud
Your final song will be submitted digitally as a audio or visual recording. This will be uploaded to iLearn (if you choose not to use public websites) OR to a site such as YouTube/Vimeo/Soundcloud . You should state where you have uploaded the file, and provide the URL if required, at the beginning in your final Part 2 journal entry. The uploaded file should be of sufficient sound quality to do justice to your song.
NOTE: Technological (i.e. all non-iLearn) aspects of recording and uploading are students’ own responsibility, and you should be confident that you have the necessary competencies to submit your song via these methods.
Part 2
You are required to write a process journal consisting of weekly entires (up to 500 words per entry) that document your musical authorship. It is expected that your journal entries will correlate to weekly course content (journal and tutorials) and any subsequent influences on your creative processes. The final entry should contain the link or information as to the location of your file.
Submission for Part 2: Turnitin
NOTE: Both Parts 1 and 2 are to be submitted by 5pm on the due date.
You will be assessed on:
Students are required to attend weekly lectures and tutorials. The lecture is not recorded.
The weekly schedule and reading list are available on iLearn.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central. Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Academic Honesty Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html
Assessment Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/policy.html
Grading Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grading/policy.html
Grade Appeal Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/gradeappeal/policy.html
Grievance Management Policy http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/grievance_management/policy.html
Disruption to Studies Policy http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/disruption_studies/policy.html The Disruption to Studies Policy is effective from March 3 2014 and replaces the Special Consideration Policy.
In addition, a number of other policies can be found in the Learning and Teaching Category of Policy Central.
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/support/student_conduct/
Results shown in iLearn, or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au.
MMCCS Session Re-mark Application http://www.mq.edu.au/pubstatic/public/download/?id=167914
Information is correct at the time of publication
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Our graduates will also be capable of creative thinking and of creating knowledge. They will be imaginative and open to experience and capable of innovation at work and in the community. We want them to be engaged in applying their critical, creative thinking.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
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19/02/2015 | Amended typo |