Sound Editing: The Production of Electronica Loops

Sound Editing: The Production of Electronica Loops


Eighth grade students at Raul Yzaguirre School for Success, Houston, Texas were tasked to work with an existing piece of music [public domain (free), downloaded from the Internet] to create their own sound as "Electronica" loops. They honed their skills with Audacity, sound editing/mixing software as they became aware of this genre of music that artists/musicians are creating worldwide in academia and at the workplace.
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing. Genres such as techno, drum and bass, down tempo, and ambient are among those encompassed by the umbrella term, entering the American mainstream from "alternative" or "underground" venues during the late 1990s. Since the adoption of this genre in the 1990s to describe more underground music with an electronic aesthetic, elements of modern electronica have been adopted by many popular artists in mainstream music. [Wikipedia]
Some of the sound loops may be incorporated as a part of the Modern Dance teacher's curriculum for performance venues. The sound loops have been given their "final touches" by Mr. Chambers, Technology Applications teacher. Click on the students' initials below to listen to their Electronica; right click to download the files.

2010-2011 school year.



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