Course Description:
Join Edward Towner for four (4) one-hour sessions, where he will discuss & apply techniques used to score music to visual animation. Edward will also go over the concepts of mixing to picture as well as how to deliver projects on a deadline, including revisions & deliverables.
Time: March 6th and 7th (12pm to 2pm Central) Online
Hr1-SESSION SETUP, SPOTTING, & INSTRUMENT SELECTION
Edward will start by how to set up a multitrack session, discuss how to spot visuals, & how to select various instruments.
Hr2-ORCHESTRATION
Edward will perform orchestration & composition techniques on a visual cue as to how to deal with possible revisions from the producer/director.
Hr3-MIXING STAGE PT 1 & 2
Edward will go over the various steps of mixing a score to film; including how to incorporate dialogue & effects. He will go through techniques such as ducking & automation.
Hr4-MASTERING & FOLLOW UP
In this final session, Edward will go over the concepts of mastering in various formats for distribution. He will also take follow up questions & share some vital tips & tricks to keep you ahead.
Edward Towner aka EddieBower (BMI) began his music industry career in 1999 as a Traffic Manager for radio station WABB-FM in Mobile, Alabama. After 3 years; he was let go and left to ponder if his career was over before it started. While living in a hotel room with his dad, he harnessed his musical skills and produced a local hip-hop act that opened for Ludacris in 2003. Moving back to L.A. shortly thereafter, he quickly discovered that he was a “small fish in a BIG pond!” Knowing that he needed more, he decided to attend Musicians Institute (www.mi.edu) in ’05. After graduating from MI’s Audio Engineering program in 2006, he was hired as Chief Engineer for multi-platinum producer George “G-One” Archie (R. Kelly, DJ Quik, Raphael Saadiq) and has worked with such artists as WC, Tank, Darius McCrary, Yukmouth, Glasses Malone, Anderson.Paak and Greg Phillinganes (Michael Jackson) as well as the 2007 HBO documentary Bastards of the Party (directed by Antoine Fuqua). He was hired shortly after at MI as a Studio Session Supervisor before becoming a full-time Audio Engineering Instructor in 2010. In 2017, he also was credited as sound engineer & co-composer for the live-action short film DragonBall Z: Light Of Hope; which garnered over 1M views on YouTube within the first week. In 2020, E.B. launched his music platform eddiebowermusic; which details the creation of professional music from all disciplines, and the enhancement that music brings to our lives.
