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22 Jan |
Introduction to the seminar: subjects and team assignments.
Moira Donegan, "What Comes after the Media Men List? 'A Lot of Hard Work'" (New York Times, 18 January 2018). |
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24 Jan |
Music and Copyright
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 1: "The Music Industry in the Twenty-first Century"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 10: "Copyright Law in the United States" |
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29 Jan |
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 11: "The Duration of Copyright"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 12: "The Uses of Public Domain"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 13: "Arrangements and Adaptations" |
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31 Jan |
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 7: "Sound Recordings: Rights, Restrictions, and Royalties"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 8: "Bootlegging, Piracy, and Counterfeiting"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 9: "Record Covers, Labels, and Liner Notes" |
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2 Feb |
Essay 1 |
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5 Feb |
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 23: "Music for Motion Pictures"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 24: "Licensing Recordings for Films, Television Programs, and Video Games"
Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 25: "Music for Theater" |
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7 Feb |
Advertising. Krasilovsky & Shemel, Chapter 26: "Commercial Jingles"
Option 1: Pick a product and create 15 seconds of music.
Option 2: Choose a 30-second commercial.
Options 1 & 2: Describe how the music helps sell the product. |
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12 Feb |
Censorship and Music
Danesi, Chapter 1: "The Mediated World"
Danesi, Chapter 2: "An Outline of Semiotic Theory" |
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14 Feb |
Cloonan, "Call That Censorship? Problems of Definition"
Thompson, "'A Day in the Life': The Beatles and the BBC" |
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16 Feb |
Essay 2 |
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19 Feb |
Reviewing Music
Class readings of published reviews |
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21 Feb |
Write a review of a recording or performance. Make copies and bring to class for sharing. |
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26 Feb |
Music and Film
Max Steiner: Casablanca |
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28 Feb |
Casablanca (continued) |
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2 Mar |
Essay 3 |
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5 Mar |
John Williams: The Empire Strikes Back
Kathyrn Kalinak. 1992. "John Williams and 'The Empire' Strike Back: The Eighties and Beyond: Classical Meets Contemporary." In Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. [In Film Music Theory]
Buckton, David. Star Wars: Music by John Williams. BBC (1980).
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7 Mar |
The Empire Strikes Back (continued) |
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Spring Break |
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19 Mar |
Guest: Elliott Masie (Masie Productions: Kinky Boots, Spongebob Squarepants, Allegiance, etc.) |
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21 Mar |
Guest: Nathan Barr (Composer: True Blood, The Big Wedding, The Americans)
Assignment: view-listen to samples of Nathan Barr's music for film & television. |
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23 Mar |
Essay Draft |
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26 Mar |
Guest: Julianne Jordan (Music supervisor: CEO, Music Soup)
Assignment: view-listen to samples of Julianne Jordan's work. |
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28 Mar |
Guest: Mitch Murray (Writer Director, Performing Right Society for Music) |
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| 19 |
2 Apr |
Guest: Matthew Moore (General Counsel, SVP Business & Legal Affairs,The Influential Network, West Hollywood, California). |
| 20 |
4 Apr |
Guest: Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone) |
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| 21 |
9 Apr |
Guest: Jayson Greene (Contributing Editor, Pitchfork) |
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11 Apr |
Guest: Jody Klein (CEO, ABKCO Music and Records, and ABKCO Films). |
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| 23 |
16 Apr |
tba |
| 24 |
18 Apr |
Presentations: Shedrofsky, Bonardi, & Mitrolka |
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| 25 |
23 Apr |
Presentations: Smith, Gray-Bauer, & Friedlander |
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25 Apr |
Presentations: Li, Abendroth, & Giberson |
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27 Apr |
Senior papers due (submit via email) |
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30 Apr |
Presentations: Lynch, Arias, & Kapp |
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10 May |
Presentations: Cucci, Dell'Olio, Mellstrom, & Cowan [9:00a] |
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11 May |
Junior and sophomore papers due. (Submit via email.) |
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22 March, 2018
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