Five Obstructions
Course Description
Summary
A song feedback collective, focused on how musical restrictions can spur us to growth. Over the course of the term, students will write five songs (or revise a single song in radical ways) based on the critique and decisions of the group. We鈥檒l discuss how to form supportive but insightful critique while challenging each other to go new places. What does it take to create a song based on someone else鈥檚 text, completely a cappella, or without a single chord? How do you welcome in new materials and collaborators, from across genre and style?
Learning Outcomes
- 1. To create music fluidly and adaptively based on restrictions that might push one outside one's comfort zone
- 2. To collaborate in a group context, both in creating music and giving supportive but helpful feedback
Prerequisites
Previous songwriting experience. Please submit 2-3 songs to nbrooke@bennington.edu a week before 4000-level registration starts.
Please contact the faculty member : nbrooke@bennington.edu