Creative Sounds

- Music Producing -Sound of Tradition - Play That Funky Music - Children Development

Letters from the editors Dear readers, This issue of creative sounds is to inspire you to be different through music.

In our magazine, we wrote about different types of music, to express how unique music is, to show the diversity in sound. We hope for you to strive to be different, to show other you’re not original, to march to your own beat.

Creative sounds is based on our love for music.

We were a great and magnificent team, and were always working hard.

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Producing Music

By Ryan Aparicio

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ustin is known as the music capital of the world.

Musicians come to Austin during festivals, attracting thousands of fans, with some fans wishing to be huge musicians as well.

There are large music festivals such as Austin City Limits and South

is a hard journey.

“Modern day, what’s really cool about technology the barrier for entry is a lot lower than it used to be meaning you don’t have to have access to a multi-millionaire studio,” Ballentine said.

“If you have a laptop and a microphone and access to the

beginner musician to get into specifically recording and producing music, leveling the playing field.”

Having a microphone, laptop, and a connection to the internet are the helpful to to starting a musical career, but the most essential factor needed is having a unique way of expression through music. Some ways of

“I knew I wanted to do music for a living and but it’s pretty hard to make enough money to live a reasonable life just by performing and writing music.”

Alex Ballentine

by Southwest which are held every year. Alex Ballentine, founder of Eastside Music School, said achieving success

internet you can record, produce your own music and upload it so technology has made it easier for the amateur or

expression are playing an instrument, music production, and vocals.

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trainer, said effective practice is important.

“If you want to be good at anything in the world you just make a mental commitment, to everyday you want to do that for five minutes,” she said, “and the idea there it’s more about a regular commitment daily than ‘hey I am going to make a commitment to do this for two, three, four

hours a day everyday,’ well you can’t because you have school, you have work, you have all these other things going on.”

One of the hardest part of learning something new is starting a routine.

Many might decide to practice two hours a day everyday, but that isn’t how it should be done, the five minute

rule is what Allison calls it, this rule is more of a psychological way of making one practice.

Allison became aware that practicing something for two hours a day is almost impossible when starting because people are busy, what usually happens is that its put off for the next day, and end up not being done

Jimmy Allison showing the setup he uses for music produing music and tutoring. Many music producers have a setup they use for music production. Photo by Ryan Aparicio.

at all. The five minute rule is to get one to sit down and start practicing, because it is easier to find five minutes to practice, rather than an hour or more. In five minutes a quick drum beat can be created and scales can be practiced.

“But most of the time five minutes are up and you keep going,” Allison said. “It’s like the five minutes is a trick to get you to sit down and just do it and if you stop at five minutes you don’t have to feel guilty you did your five minutes, it’s a guilt free commitment, sometimes five minutes turn to twelve hours, ten hours, five hours, sometimes five minutes is five minutes.”

When people start to learn something new they usually are inexperienced, no

one ever just picks up something new and instantly becomes an expert on it. Another approach to learning an instrument is through real life experience, Joey Pavonelli, admissions manager for Recording Connection Audio Institute, has a different mindset for teaching.

“So it’s like a real world approach opposed to the traditional classroom,” Pavonelli said.

Instead of teaching as a traditional school, Recording Connection Institute likes to pair their students with professionals from the field they are interested in, students gather real work experience and are able to create connections in the industry. This makes it easier for students to obtain a job in the industry because of

the connections.

“Music is a tough world, if there is anything you are passionate about and is kinda a normal career path do that instead because music is a tough road,” Allison said. “It doesn’t mean that you can’t do that you have to have to undying burning desire to do it and never give up, if you can do that you can do that you’ll do it you’ll get somewhere doing something that you love, but if it’s something that you’re like ‘it’s just that’ it’s not going to work out.”

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This is the last generacion of the Mariachi Suroeste group in 2018. Photo courtesy of Mariachi Suroeste.

Sound Of Tradition Mariachi music thrives in Texas

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hey come with guitars, hats, and boots. People are happy when they begin to sing. They are mariachis.

They were students in the late ‘90s, the members of Mariachi Suroeste of San Marcos needed money to pay for their needs. They had the opportunity to start a mariachi group, so they went for it. Since they

By Paula Zamarron

wanted to play more music, whenever they saw the chance, they took it. Suroeste member Carlos Maldonado said, they started their group at Southwest Texas State.

Now the group is filled with other people with diverse backgrounds, and from as far away as Roma, Harlingen, and Laredo, Texas.

This group has been performing for the past 20 years They commit

their time even though they have other jobs apart from the group. They work with passion and effort to make there music more upbeat.

“But for music, I play it with a lot of heart because I like to listen to it that way,” Maldonado said in Spanish.

They made it clear that they are very proud of their work and enjoy playing music for themselves.

They love seeing

tMariachi Suroeste took this picture after peforming at lockhart in 2016. Photo courtesy of Mariachi Suroeste

people on their proudest moments and on their happiest.

Juan Cavazoz, another mariachi from San Marcos, said that music has to be well treated.

“I advise you to study music and respect music with all your heart and your intelligences,” Cavazoz said in Spanish.

Cavazoz and Maldonado have been in this group since it began. They both said that every time they play

music they feel that the world is perfect. These mariachis also like to inspire kids to try and be mariachis themselves.

“And also keep humble and understand that there will always be something new to learn and be able to take criticism in a positive way,”Cavazoz said in spanish. “I also advise you to be good people and with good manners.

Reaching the best groups in the world does not only

have to do with how your instrument plays, it also has a lot to do with how they work with others and how they get along as people.”

Since they took all the time and effort, they been playing instruments since they were in middle school. Maldonado plays the trumpet even though at first he wanted to play the saxophone but he Summer 2018 Creative Sounds

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Taken infront of the restaraunt, Casa Maria in San Marcos in 2013. Photo courtesy of Mariachi Suroeste.

didn’t get the chance.

“And what happened was that I wanted to play the saxophone, and when it was the night of instruments to choose the instrument to play they had run out of saxophones,” Maldonado said. “Then I had to choose the trumpet. I had to play it, and with that I stay with it.

I already have years with it, since I was 11 and now I’m 41. 30 years playing the trumpet,”

Cavazoz plays the guitar and percussion. He said that sometimes he plays the guitarrón or the vihuela.

“When I was in high school the guitarron graduated and went to school, and someone had to learn it,” Cavazoz said.

“That someone was me.

The truth was that it was not very difficult but it was fun to be the physical size of the smallest of the group but to play the strongest

and biggest instrument haha ​​since then I played the three instruments of the mariachi harmony: The guitarrón, the vihuela, and the guitar. And also we do not forget the first instrument that we all played first.”

But both of them sing.

They perform in and out of San Marcos.

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MARIACHI FUN FACTS! 1) Mariachi bands are sometimes composed out of 20 musicians or more.

2) The word “Mariachi’’ used to be a dance not a type of music.

3) Mariachi’s always wears suits of horseman or so called ‘‘charro’’.

Guitar Fact

1) In 2017, 1.51 million guitars were sold in United States.

Graphic by Paula Zamarron

Sources: Sheppard software, Statista, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic guitar forum

This is the type of equipment that DJs use. Courtesy of Brian Wirt.

Play That Funky Music

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magine being in a dark room, with blasting music, flashing colorful lights, and the thumping of dancing.

All of this thanks to the talented person behind that stage, the man call a DJ. Being a disk jockey (DJ)is more than a hobby for some people. It’s a passion for them. People who become DJ’s

always have a reason for becoming a DJ. People could become DJs for a hobby or maybe even to make others happy.

A person always has motivation, something that convinced them to become what they want to be. Sometimes, they want to be DJs for the simplest reason, and other times for the craziest reason.

The job isn’t just putting on music for a party, a DJ’s job is to make the

audience happy and to make sure everyone has a great time. DJ’s have the passion to make people happy to be good at there job.Brian Wirt is a DJ who started his career after working in the music industry for many years.

Wirt wanted to put all the experience that he has from being in the music industry for so long, to give back to people He decided to become a DJ and earn good money by

doing what he loves. He though. Wirtmain style of Wirt believes that if people is happy with what he music that’s used though have good judgement does and he is always comes in many different then everything will be prepared just in case ways,, and everything fine, he is able to make anything goes wrong. He in between that fills the right choice to satisfy always has his backup, the dance floor, and his audience. He is able it’s a combination of entertains the crowd. to manage and choose powered and passive What he most believes in request that he is given equipment, and he is in the fact that the most to please his audience. brings a second laptop. important thing for a DJ This is a good skill to “A party with have because no music this skill is wouldn’t be essential for much of a a DJ because party,” said DJ’s have Wirt, who to make goes by the decisions DJ name that might Summer or might not Break Party. satisfy their W i r t audience. participates Wirt believes in about being a DJ is more than tough, but if 60 events per This is Brian Wirts DJ equipment. Courtesy of BrianWirt. you do a lot year. The way of hard work, that Wirt presented his is to have proper music, have a lot of preparation, song is by welcoming sense of things, and responsibility, and all song request and reliable equipment. He is passion then being a keeping a list of the music a very skilled DJ who is DJ will pay off in many that they suggested reliable and trustworthy, ways. and adding the songs and he always knows requested to that same what to do. list, but he is mostly “The majority of the time requested whatever the people are right,” is trending at the time Wirt said.

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How Does Music Benefit Children?

Music helps all areas of child development. It helps with sounds, reading, meaning of words, emotions and over all literacy.

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Children Development

BY KEYERA LANE

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Aubrey Sanders, Youth Librarian at Unversity Hill Branch ,setting up a princess party for the children. Photo by Keyera Lane

a way that eases the makers - they might ages. Her experience stress of life and bring also be able to make with reading dates all out joy,” Nichols said. friends anywhere,” the way back to when However, research she explained. she was a small child, shows a very explaining clear pattern the action or path of w a s Every child has the ability to development powerful. make music, but people are for how “Adding music skills r h y t h m quick to judge making the child are acquired and fun in the very supports believe they can’t sing or aren’t y o u n g . learning musical.

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Amber Nichols b e l i e v e s Sanders -Manager of Tunebugz every child s a i d . has the ability “Studies to make show that to music, but learn better people are the people quick to judge making Aubrey Sanders, have to take care of the child believe they a youth librarian at themselves first and can’t sing or aren’t University Hills Branch music compliments musical.

Austin Public Library, that.”

The library “If they see runs an after school Sanders works at themselves as and summer program doesn’t teach music limitless music for children of all in the formal way.

The library Sanders works at doesn’t teach music in the formal way. Her and the children play instruments, sing and have bands like Sounds of Africa, tap dancing for storytime.

She wants children to know that the library is a place for them to be, they have a lot more to offer than a place for books, wanting them to know it’s a support environment.

“Studies show that to learn better the people have to first take care of themselves first and music compliments that,” said Sanders.

Children can have fun and learn new things through music.

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Design kits for princess crowns. Courtesy of Keyera Lane

Princess Castle for playing. Courtesy of Keyera Lane

Toy’s for the children to play with. Photo courtesy of Keyera Lane

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