Daniel Dehaan

Composition Assignment: Ambient Music Loop - Part 3: Delivery

Provided Materials

Situation

With only a few requests for final tweaks, the client is happy with what you have created for them and wants you to turn the “environmental with wind chimes” version into a 5-minute version that loops seamlessly. They asked that you make it mostly environmental with just a few little musical swells and touchpoints. The wind chimes should feel more like a part of the environment than the music.

Creative Brief

Transform your environmental with wind chimes composition into a 5-minute version that loops seamlessly.

File Format & Standards

When you are done composing, make sure that your track’s final peak level is between -1 and -6 dB. Then, export it as a .WAV file with a sample rate of 48000 and a bit depth of 24 using the naming convention described below.

Naming Convention

Your file should be named exactly as follows:

SP24-MUSC-228_W03_P1-03_FirstName-LastName_Musical-Loop_V001

Example: SP24-MUSC-228_W03_P1-03_Daniel-Dehaan_Musical-Loop_V001

Naming Convention Explained: [Semester]-[Department]-[Course Number]_[Week Number]_[Project Number]-[Project Phase]_[Composer's First Name]-[Composer's Last Name]_[File Name]_[Version Number]

Evaluation Standards

CriteriaPoints
File Format & Standards - Did you follow all file formats and standards described here or previously discussed in class?2
Naming Convention - Did you follow all naming conventions and standards described here or previously discussed in class?1
Seamless Loop - Does your file loop seamlessly?1
Creative Brief - Did you realize everything that was asked in the creative brief?5
X Factor - Does it have that “X” quality?1
Total10

Submission

Upload your completed materials to the shared Dropbox folder for this assignment, SP24-MUSC-228_W03_P01-03_Delivery (link on Canvas).

Warning: Please take extra care when uploading your files to ensure everything is in the correct file format and named exactly as requested. If, for any reason, you need to upload additional versions, please increment the version number at the end of the file for each new version of a file.

Example version progression:

  • SP24-MUSC-228_W03_P1-03_Daniel-Dehaan_Musical-Loop_V001
  • SP24-MUSC-228_W03_P1-03_Daniel-Dehaan_Musical-Loop_V002
  • SP24-MUSC-228_W03_P1-03_Daniel-Dehaan_Musical-Loop_V003

Peer Critique

Please be prepared to present your DAW project to the class so that we can collectively learn from or improve your work.

Example Contract & Invoice

Additional Practice