Hip Hop Audio Production

Victoria Isom
Mentor: Will Stephens
Site: TheLab45
Spring 2016 Multidisciplinary ISM
Instructor: Mrs. Kristi Click
*Some information in this presentation may come from outside sources

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What is ISM?

Independent Study
Mentorship
2 Mentorship Hours/Week
Activity Logs, Journal
Entries
Mentorship Poster Project,
Survey Data Brochure,
Interview Assignment
Weebly Page

Weebly Online Portfolio

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Mentor Information
Will Stephens
Lead Sound Engineer
Professor at San Jacinto College
Sound Producer at Clear Lake
Presbyterian Church

Mentorship Site
TheLab45
Two Locations
Dixe Farm and IH-45

25$/hour or 45$/hr
ProTools and Apple
Clients
Local Rappers
Screamo Artists
Singers

ProTools and Sound Engineering

Industry grade
recoding software
Multitrack displays
Live editing
Best supported by
Apple

Anatomy of a Hip Hop Song

Beat: synthesized rhythmic instrumentation

Verse: spoken word portion of song
Hook: catchy tune with a repeated idea
Bridge: one time build up from verse to hook
Unders: separate audio tracks of lower volume complimenting lead
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Ad-Libs: seemingly random vocal improvisations
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Relating to Music Theory

Patterns of music can be seen in Hip Hop, Country, Pop, Rock

Rhythmic ideas are present in the beat
Spoken word portions represent a melody
Old School Hip Hop is often times a better example

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Keys
Chords
Melodies
Roman Numerals
Common Progressions

Hip Hop and other Genres

All music has the same basic
ingredients with varying
amounts.
Relatively a newer genre
Rap is a subgenre

Genres evolve largely based on

setting
Culture and setting are closely tied
Cultural differences allow for
different stories and ideals

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Product

Original rap song with

a video stock images
to accompany it and
annotate the music,
diagraming the theory
behind it
Vocal Artist: Mostefa S.
Recording Date: March
14th

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Conclusion

Despite sounding completely different, Hip Hop music shares

similarities with other genres.
Songs are so varied because of the different creative processes and
motivations.
Sound engineers alter music to better fit the idea.
"Everything You Need to Know About a Career as an Audio Engineer."About.com
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Thank you!

To my evaluators for taking the time to watch my presentation.

To my teacher, Mrs. Click for giving me the opportunity
To my mentor Will Stephens for allowing me to shadow him every
week
"Everything You Need to Know About a Career as an Audio Engineer."About.com
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Works Cited

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Feb. 2016.
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"Tunes Piano Services:." Piano Tuning. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2016
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