Dan Musselman Modern Christmas Final Submission
A Modern Christmas A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BY Dan Musselman IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Alex Lubet, Adviser March 2015 Copyright 2015 Daniel Musselman ALL RIGHTS RESERVED i. Table of Contents List of Figures……………………………………………………………………………………………………ii Introduction and Overview………………………………………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,………1 General Compositional Approach…………………………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,………………………5 Song Selection and Compositional Elements……………………………………………………….10 Editing and Mixing………………………………………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,………..………….21 Conclusion……………………………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,…,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.……………………25 Bibliography…………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,…,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,………………………………………27 ii. List of Figures Figure 1. Logic composition window.…………………………………………………………6 Figure 2. Plectrum Pad Configuration…………………………………………………………7 Figure 3. Tape Delay Settings……………………………………………………………………..7 Figure 4. Omnisphere Window…………………………………………………………………..8 Figure 5. Omnisphere Envelope View…………………………………………………………9 Figure 6. “Silent Night” Vocal Score……………………………………………………………13 Figure 7. “’Twas In the Moon of Wintertime” Vocal Score……………………………18 Figure 8. Logic’s Flex Pitch Window…………………………………………………………...21 Figure 9. Equalizing Window……………………………………………………………………..22 Figure 10. Vocal EQ Examples……………………………………………………………………23 Figure 11. Channel Strip Examples…………………………………………………………….23 Figure 12. Compression Window……………………………………………………………….24
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