Audio Production and Recording II

This second year course builds on Audio Production and Recording I to emphasize recording, mixing, and mastering sound, with an additional focus on marketing, production, and many other pivotal aspects of music and audio production. Students will understand the physics of sound, learn about job opportunities in audio production, and navigate the legal workings of the music and sound business. The course will provide hands-on experience in digital recording, and many other aspects of music and sound production. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.