COURSE SYLLABUS
Class Location: MBC Meeting Time(s): Tuesday 6:30-9:15 PM
Final Exam: Tuesday, Dec 13 - 7:00 pm
Instructor: Alison
Booth
Contacts: Phone: 301-4334
(w) Email: alison.booth@sonybmg.com (w)
356-0380 (h) bootha@mail.belmont.edu
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
A & R Administration is an integral function of Record Label operations and this course examines the administrative perspective of the label and how records are made. The student will learn about all aspects of the recording project and what happens ‘behind the scene’, from developing the budget with the producer to creating the company’s product and its long-term assets.
http://www.belmont.edu/catalog/undergrad2004jun/b_mcourses.htm.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES:
The course will provide
students with a basic understanding of the business side of making records
through lectures, ‘hands-on’ projects, and the perspective of various industry
professionals (guest speakers).
GOALS OF
THE
The following objectives will be applied toward
course completion:
·
To provide a
personalized, career-oriented and practical education that emphasizes
leadership, innovation, private enterprise, and entrepreneurship.
·
To equip students with the tools to think critically,
communicate effectively, accept responsibility, make successful decisions, and
prosper in diverse work environments.
·
To emphasize quality classroom instruction within the
parameters of ethical Christian principles.
As
members of the
“I will not give or receive aid during examinations; I
will not give or receive false or impermissible aid in course work, in the
preparation of reports, or in any other type of work that is to be used by the
instructor as the basis of my grade; I will not engage in any form of academic
fraud. Furthermore, I will uphold my responsibility to see to it that others
abide by the spirit and letter of this Honor Pledge.”
COURSE
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Attendance: As per the
current Undergraduate Bulletin. Additionally,
class attendance is counted as 15% of the final grade. Ten points for each absence will be deducted
from the final grade.
2. Materials: All reading
and project materials will be provided by the instructor in the form of
hand-outs and web-site access. There is
no required textbook for the course.
3. Participation and Prepared
assignments: All students are expected to participate in class
discussions and group discussions.
Special Projects will be assigned during the course of the term which
require a ‘hands on’ application of ‘real world’ label operations and functions.
4. Testing: Tests are planned for October
4, 2005, November 8, 2005 and December 6, 2005, but may be subject to change
based on when material planned for the tests is fully covered. Additionally, there will be 3 unplanned tests
or ‘pop quizzes’ during the course of the semester.
5. Basis of grade evaluation: Grading
scale as per the current Undergraduate Bulletin. Participation credits are listed below:
ITEM CREDIT
(or %)
A. Three
Tests 300
38%
B. Two
Projects 200
25%
C. Three Pop Quizzes
150 18%
D. Attendance
150 19%
Total Points (%)
800 100%
08/31/05 Overview of A & R Administration
09/06/05 Understanding Recording Projects, Budgets & Costs
09/13/05 Overview of Contractual, Financial, Union Issues
09/20/05 Recording Funds and Contractual Issues
09/27/05 Creating Recording Budgets – Guest Speaker
10/04/05 Test
10/11/05 Recording Costs & Repertoire Set-up
10/18/05 Pre-production
10/25/05 Production – Guest Speaker
11/01/05 Digital Releases – Guest Speaker
11/08/05 Test
11/15/05 Verification of Assets & Delivery Overview
11/22/05 Delivery & Pre-Archiving – Guest Speaker
11/29/05 Archiving – Guest Speaker
12/06/05 Test
12/13/05 tbd
Accommodation of
Disabilities:
In compliance with Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act,