A new Music Production Cub at Bowie is quickly getting some student’s attention with music. It is a welcoming environment where both beginners and those who have some experience can join, according to founder Felix Moran. Music Production Club strives to be a place where passion and creativity for music meet, and where people can make lifelong friendships. Moran said. He decided to start the club with friends Arlo Haug and Joshua Merkel. They convinced teacher Dustin Junk to sponsor the club.
“I wanted to start this club because I like Bowie and I’ve been doing music production for a really long time and I just felt like this was a great opportunity to meet like-minded people and create new friendships,” Moran said. “I’ve always liked music production ever since I was a little kid. I just wanted to share it with other people.”
The club explores all the different parts of music production. The club focuses on learning and building connections with those around them.
“In the club, we teach people and introduce people to music production and to those who are interested but don’t know how to start,” Moran said.
The three of them started this club with a goal in mind and are working together to achieve it.
“Our goal is to try and grow in size and just teach people about music,” Haug said.
According to Moran, creating the club has brought him the satisfaction he wouldn’t have gotten before.
“So far, just seeing when people don’t really understand the concept of music production, and I’m able to help them through that and see them have that ah-ha moment when they finally understand it,” Moran said. “It feels good to see when people become better at it and own their skills.”
Members of the club meet every Thursday during FIT. They find joy in collaborating with the other members according to Haug.
“Being able to share my passion has definitely been one of my favorites starting this club,” Haug said.
Junk thinks the club is all about people doing what people doing what they love and making progress with the skills they have. This group can be able to balance professionalism while still having a good time and being able to grow as music artists according to Junk.
“I’ve seen the club become more professional while remaining a fun, upbeat environment,” Junk said. “Josh, Arlo, and Felix have done an excellent job making sure everyone is learning and growing as musicians.”
Junk is helping young musicians explore opportunities with great support. After a lesson of teaching music production, it’s free time for the students to create music using digital tools.
“Sponsoring this club seemed like a wonderful opportunity to facilitate young people getting involved with music,” Junk said. “I have some experience with music and the music business, and I know learning your equipment and staying on top of current trends and developments in music is a massive boon to a music career or hobby. And of course, it seemed like a ton of fun.”
Music production is a very broad term meaning to create a song. In the meetings, club leaders teach a lesson to the members about a specific subject of creating music from scratch through live demonstrations and slideshow presentations.
“Getting to share my passion for creating music with others and having a good community is something I enjoy about the club,” Haug said.
In the club, they mainly focus on instruments and create music that have different instruments already implemented in them through a midi, which is an interface between the computer and the sounds coming out of the speakers.
“We mainly teach skills in production like chords, melodies, and drums through digital audio workstations that are at industry standard,” Moran said. The room we are using has awful acoustics, so teaching recording of vocals is something we are considering for the future.” Moran, Haug, and Merkel encourage the members to create new and unique music. They plan on teaching sampling soon which takes parts of existing songs and uses them to make new music.
“My best experiences so far have been listening to the kid’s music. Seeing people develop their technical skill in order to convey their emotions and sentiments,” Junk said. “I also love hearing how their music tastes and experiences inform the art they make. That’s what music’s all about, ultimately- pulling on your thoughts, feelings, technical knowledge, cultural experiences, and more to create and share something unique.”
