Letter+to+Future+Students

EXAMPLE: LETTER TO FUTURE STUDENTS
Dear Music Production Student of 2009,

I would like to tell you first of all how lucky you are to take this course. I personally learned a lot from it last year and it was one of my favorite classes I ever took in high school. I would like to encourage you to really make the most out of this opportunity and be really dedicated to making a good track because you have the ability to do some really cool things.

Your biggest problem in this class will be time (or lack thereof). Everything that DIDN’T happen for me in this class happened because I didn’t have enough time to iron them out. The best thing you can do to remedy this is to use every second you have in this class in a productive way. It’s really tempting to go check your e-mail or go check out who’s playing at Croc Rock this weekend, but it’s important to stay focused on the task at hand because the due date is going to roll around sooner than you think and you’ll end up scrambling to get things done.

One thing you can do to help make the holiday project easier on yourself is to start thinking of ideas as early as possible. I started writing the music for my song “Xxxx Xx Xx Xxxxx” in September so that when it came time to enter in the music and record, most things were already worked out. I did a lot of prep work on my song, and I still spent five hours the night before putting in last minute parts and playing with volume levels. Also if you’re going to have someone besides yourself recorded on a track I would suggest creating a demo CD for them so they can get used to your song before they have to record it. I provided my singer with a rough demo with a lyric sheet and our recording session went like clockwork. Also make sure you KNOW what you want so your piece has focus and you can describe it to your performer. You’re going to have to devote after-school time to this project if you want it to be good, so make sure you plan for that.