Austin Community College
Summer 2011 - ALL COURSES

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Updated: 11/30/2011 12:37:24


COMMERCIAL MUSIC MANAGEMENT

CLASSROOM 
7 Week Session May 23 - July 10
MUSB 1305 Survey of the Music Business

E	[18/25]	29985	Lec	101	NRG	4147	MW	 3:00pm -  6:20pm	OH Gillespie, Roanna
MUSC 1327 Audio Engineering I
E	[13/12]	29987	Lec	002	NRG	4149	MW	12:50pm -  5:20pm	OH Dittmar, Timothy
E	[10/12]	29986	Lec	001	NRG	4149	MW	 5:30pm - 10:00pm	OH Sretenovic, Milan
MUSC 1331 Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) I
E	[11/12]	29988	Lec	001	NRG	4148	TTh	12:15pm -  4:05pm	OH Cain, Scott
MUSC 1333 Synthesis I It is recommended that student complete MIDI I, MUSC 1331 prior to taking Synthesis I.
E	[10/10]	29989	Lec	001	NRG	4148	MW	 5:30pm - 10:00pm	OH Preve, Francis
MUSB 2355 Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry
E	[16/24]	30240	Lec	001	RGC	A252	MW	 9:00am - 12:30pm	OH McKinney, Robert
MUSC 2403 Live Sound II Insurance: $3.50. Site Fee: $50.00.
E+	[8/15]	29904	Lec	001	NRG	4136	MW	11:00am -  4:35pm	OH Sretenovic, Milan
MUSC 2447 Audio Engineering III
E+	[10/12]	29990	Lec	001	NRG	4149	TTh	10:40am -  3:40pm	OH Moran, Andre


11 Week Session May 23 - August 8
MUSP 1142 Small Commercial Music Ensemble Rock and Blues Ensemble
E	[5/10]	28343	Lab	001	NRG	4136	TTh	 1:30pm -  4:00pm	OH Zarbo, Joshua
MUSP 1150 Small Commercial Music Ensemble: Jazz
E	[8/10]	28344	Lab	001	NRG	4136	TTh	 4:15pm -  6:45pm	OH Cain, Scott
MUSP 1201 Applied Commercial Music: Arranging and Composition Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 5/26/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[3/1]	28345	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Hwang, Shih-Yu
MUSP 1204 Applied Commercial Music: Bass Guitar Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[3/6]	28346	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Zarbo, Joshua
MUSP 1205 Applied Commercial Music: Commercial Guitar Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[11/25]	28347	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Hwang, Shih-Yu
MUSP 1210 Applied Commercial Music: Piano Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[2/10]	28348	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Jacobs, Evan
MUSP 1217 Applied Commercial Music: Percussion Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[0/3]	28349	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	   Staff
MUSP 1223 Applied Commercial Music: Synthesizer Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[8/8]	28350	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Wiley, James
MUSC 1321 Songwriting
E	[0/25]	28333	Lec	001	NRG	4136	MW	 6:00pm -  7:55pm	OH McDermott, Joe
MUSB 2386 Internship -- Music Management and Merchandising Insurance: $3.50. Students must contact instructor for approval prior to registering for this class. E-mail Geoffrey Schulman at: gschulma@austincc.edu or phone Geoffrey: 512.223.4004
P+	[13/12]	28332	Int	001	NRG	4147	F	12:20pm -  2:10pm	OH Schulman, Geoffrey
MUSC 2427 Audio Engineering II
E+	[7/12]	28334	Lec	001	NRG	4149	TTh	 6:00pm -  9:05pm	OH Childers, Dan


11 Week Session May 23 - August 8
MUSP 1142 Small Commercial Music Ensemble Rock and Blues Ensemble
E	[5/10]	28343	Lab	001	NRG	4136	TTh	 1:30pm -  4:00pm	OH Zarbo, Joshua
MUSP 1150 Small Commercial Music Ensemble: Jazz
E	[8/10]	28344	Lab	001	NRG	4136	TTh	 4:15pm -  6:45pm	OH Cain, Scott
MUSP 1201 Applied Commercial Music: Arranging and Composition Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 5/26/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[3/1]	28345	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Hwang, Shih-Yu
MUSP 1204 Applied Commercial Music: Bass Guitar Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[3/6]	28346	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Zarbo, Joshua
MUSP 1205 Applied Commercial Music: Commercial Guitar Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[11/25]	28347	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Hwang, Shih-Yu
MUSP 1210 Applied Commercial Music: Piano Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[2/10]	28348	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Jacobs, Evan
MUSP 1217 Applied Commercial Music: Percussion Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[0/3]	28349	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	   Staff
MUSP 1223 Applied Commercial Music: Synthesizer Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by 8/18/10 will lose the approval to take the lesson.
A	[8/8]	28350	Lab	001	NRG	TBA	TBA	                 	OH Wiley, James
MUSC 1321 Songwriting
E	[0/25]	28333	Lec	001	NRG	4136	MW	 6:00pm -  7:55pm	OH McDermott, Joe
MUSB 2386 Internship -- Music Management and Merchandising Insurance: $3.50. Students must contact instructor for approval prior to registering for this class. E-mail Geoffrey Schulman at: gschulma@austincc.edu or phone Geoffrey: 512.223.4004
P+	[13/12]	28332	Int	001	NRG	4147	F	12:20pm -  2:10pm	OH Schulman, Geoffrey
MUSC 2427 Audio Engineering II
E+	[7/12]	28334	Lec	001	NRG	4149	TTh	 6:00pm -  9:05pm	OH Childers, Dan


DISTANCE LEARNING 
Course Descriptions All Courses 
MUSP 1142 Small Commercial Music Ensemble
Participation in a small commercial music ensemble concentrating on commercial music performance styles. The class will focus on rock and blues performance styles. May be repeated for credit.

MUSP 1150 Small Commercial Music Ensemble: Jazz
Participation in a jazz ensemble concentrating on commercial music performance styles. May be repeated for credit.

MUSP 1201 Applied Commercial Music: Arranging and Composition
Private instruction in individual instruments. Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by (deadline date) will lose the approval to take the lesson.

MUSP 1204 Applied Commercial Music: Bass Guitar
Private instruction in individual instruments. Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by (deadline date) will lose the approval to take the lesson.

MUSP 1205 Applied Commercial Music: Commercial Guitar
Private instruction in individual instruments. Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by (deadline date) will lose the approval to take the lesson.

MUSP 1210 Applied Commercial Music: Piano
Private instruction in individual instruments. Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by (deadline date) will lose the approval to take the lesson.

MUSP 1217 Applied Commercial Music: Percussion
Private instruction in individual instruments. Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by (deadline date) will lose the approval to take the lesson.

MUSP 1223 Applied Commercial Music: Synthesizer
Private instruction in individual instruments. Student must be concurrently enrolled in at least one NON-Applied Commercial Music or NON-Applied Music class. Call 512.223.4806 for approval. ADDITIONAL Music fee - see ACC catalog. Those who have not paid by (deadline date) will lose the approval to take the lesson.

MUSB 1305 Survey of the Music Business
An overview of the music industry including songwriting, live performance, the record industry, music merchandising, contracts and licenses, and career opportunities. Discussion regarding Music Business on the Internet will be included.

MUSC 1321 Songwriting
Introduction to the techniques of writing marketable songs including the writing of lyrics and melodies, setting lyrics to music, developing lyrical and musical "hooks," analyzing the marketplace, and developing a production plan for a song demo.

MUSC 1327 Audio Engineering I
An overview of the modern recording studio and related personnel. Topics include basic studio electronics and acoustic principles, wave form analysis, microphone concepts and miking techniques, studio set up and signal flow, recording console theory, signal processing concepts, multitrack recorder principles and operation, and an overview of mixing and editing.

MUSC 1331 Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) I
An overview of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) systems and applications. Topics include the history and evolution of MIDI, hardware requirements, computer numbering systems, channels and modes, the MIDI language, and typical implementation of MIDI applications in the studio environment using software-based sequencing programs.

MUSC 1333 Synthesis I
A study of sound synthesis including sound considerations, electronic sound sources, basic signal processing, and voltage control and modulation. Topics include additive, subtractive, and AM and FM synthesis types. The student will also receive an introductory overview of digital audio sampling and sample processing.

MUSB 2355 Legal Aspects of the Entertainment Industry
Copyright law and the various agreements used in the entertainment industry. Emphasizes contracts used by music publishers, record companies, artist managers, record producers, film and television producers, and booking agencies.

MUSB 2386 Internship -- Music Management and Merchandising
An experience external to the college for an advanced student in a specialized field involving a written agreement between the educational institution and a business or industry. Mentored and supervised by a workplace employee, the student achieves objectives that are developed and documented by the college and that are directly related to specific occupational outcomes. This may be a paid or unpaid experience. This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. Prerequisite: Department Approval.

MUSC 2403 Live Sound II
Overview of stage monitor systems. Includes monitor systems set-up and operation and stage management. Also covers interactivity between sound management, performance quality, and audience experience. Site Fee: $50. Prerequisite: MUSC 1327, MUSC 1405.

MUSC 2427 Audio Engineering II
A continuation of Audio Engineering I with emphasis on implementation of the techniques and theories of the recording process. Topics include applications of microphones, the audio console, the multitrack recorder, and signal processing devices in recording session environments. Prerequisite: MUSC 1327 or Department Approval.

MUSC 2447 Audio Engineering III
Presentation of advanced procedures and techniques utilized in recording and manipulating audio information. Topics include advanced computer-based console automation, hard disk based digital audio editing, nonlinear digital multitrack recording, and advanced engineering project completions. Prerequisite: MUSC 1327 and MUSC 2427 or Department Approval.