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Beats & Jams

Success Zone / Oyster Creek -
2025 Fall

Begin your rise to the top of the charts with digital music production! Just like today’s top artist, you can design your own beats or remix a mashup of your favorite songs to become a digital composer and sound engineer. In this course, students will learn to produce digital music, record sound, make sound effects, and mix their own tracks. No prior music experience is necessary. Student-created soundtracks will be available on a password protected website to share with friends and family.

Week Lesson/Activity
1 Introduction to Soundtrap, account creation, and exploration of the Soundtrap Studio editor. Students will create a list of favorite sounds and their first looping track.
2 Exploring MIDI samples, patterns, and keys in Soundtrap. Students will create custom loop segments and a themed music track.
3 Adding effects and balancing audio in Soundtrap. Students will export their project tracks as MP3 files. Recording and importing live audio, including sound effects.
4 Recording podcasts, vocals, and SFX. Students will explore copyright and licensing basics for digital audio.
5 Free recording and composing in Soundtrap Studio. Introduction to AudioMass software and interface.
6 Importing Soundtrap audio files into AudioMass and adding/editing filters to refine audio files.
7 Completing and exporting final, remastered audio tracks from AudioMass.
8 Finalizing projects, project upload, and the "Jam Battle" activity. Parent showcase and download instructions.
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Map/Locations
Locations
Oyster Creek Elementary
16425 Mellow Oaks Ln
Sugar Land, TX 77498
SZ-OCE-6

  Black Rocket

Oyster Creek Elementary
Wednesdays, Sep 17 - Nov 12
3:45 - 5:15 PM

  No Class Oct 15

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Grades   2nd - 5th
$ 230.00
for 8 weeks