Week 1: These tracks were made for looping

Word of the day: Looping โ€“ using pre-recorded sound material which can be repeated and layered on top of one another to create ostinati patterns.

Two weeks ago (yes I know I am a liiittle behind on the updates), I had my first Technology in Music Education class and was genuinely overwhelmed with how little I knew about recording technology. To be fair, I was aware of my small technological knowledge prior to starting this class but I never really needed to face it, at least not until now. The fear didnโ€™t linger for too long, however, as I realised that I was in the same boat as many of my classroom peers (and Iโ€™m sure some of you reading this blog post as well!). I guess that is quite telling of the type of music education we have all received at some point in the past.

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