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This is the final part of our first AOTPR podcast. Here Dan and Johnny discuss the final changes that went into their collaborative track 'Some Time.' To end the discussion we listen to the finished track that will premier as a part of Extensions Dance Company's new season.
For part 1 click here.
For part 2 click here.
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Welcome to part 2 of the first AOTPR podcast. In the second of three sections composers Johnny Nevin and Dan Agosto go further into the story of writing music for choreographer Lizzie Mackenzie.
For part 1 click here.
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Welcome to the first episode of the AOTPR podcast. In this section, the first of three, 'ohana Dreamdance producers Dan Agosto and Johnny Nevin talk about composing the original score for Lizzie Mackenzie's new choreography Time Now. The work will be performed by Extensions Dance Company throughout their new season.
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Producing Music can happen in many different ways, because music can be so many different things. If a band has a song that they’ve played live a hundred times, producing a record of that song is mostly a question of getting a good recording of a good performance by the band. Mixing and mastering are still important challenges, and the band may find new arrangement choices in the studio -- additional solos, background vocals, more complex instrumentation -- but the basic idea is to record the song that they already play.
Producing original music has evolved to include a lot of different approaches though, and much of what is recorded today is composed part by part in music production software, often with no reference to a live performance. Later, the artist may find ways to recreate the production in live shows, like when an act writes beats for a track and then has a drummer play them live later, but all of the decisions about what to leave in and what to leave out are made according to what makes the song -- and the production -- work the best.
Only recently has this approach really become practical with respect to classical instrumentation, and a lot of that is thanks to a truly amazing group of people in Vienna Austria called the Vienna Symphonic Library (www.vsl.co.at).
