Mathemusic

It's pretty surprising how much I enjoy math.  I mean, it's surprising because math was always my worst subject in school.  I remember my first day of College Algebra at SMSU; our teacher Ms. Weatherwax gave us a quiz (yes, on the FIRST DAY!).  I failed with flying colors.  Ms. Weatherwax was an elderly lady in her 80's, and she acted like a cranky old school marm.  The following day I went to her office with a drop slip.  In case you don't remember, a drop slip is a piece of paper you bring in for your professor to sign if you want to "drop" the class.  I walked in, and told her I needed to drop her math class.  She replied, "Sit down Jeremy."  I had not introduced myself.  This is something I will never forget.  She was a professor with hundreds of students, and had only had me in class for one day, yet she knew my name.  She continued to tutor me daily throughout the semester (for free) during her office hours.  I'm happy to say I passed with an A.

This post was actually not intended to be about college algebra, but I got sidetracked.  

What I was meaning to say, was that of all the musical classes I took in college, theory was my favorite by far.  Mainly because it was so mathematical- even scientific.  Everything I was so fascinated with in my theory classes came rushing back to me this past weekend as I purchased a book about mastering.  I won't go into the details of what that means, but I will just say that music theory, physics, and basic mathematics all intersect when you are learning about mastering.  I can tell that a new obsession has started.  Up until this point, I always did my own version of mastering, but it was always a guessing game.  I want to learn the math and science behind it now, and completely own the art of mastering.  Pretty ambitious, but that's ok.  I'm a pretty ambitious person.  Thanks for reading.

Jeremy

Ah, shoot, I forgot to tell you about two new amazing albums that just came out!  I'll save it for tomorrow, unless one of you wants to chime in and say which ones I'm thinking of...

Comments

[Andrew R.]

Is August EP by Sleeping at Last one of them? I've only heard Page 28 from it but it's wonderful.

If that's not one of them, than never mind, but it's still amazing.

[trev]

Mastering Audio by Bob Katz?

[Jeremy]

whoa... weird. That's the one!

[trev]

Haha, they made us read/study/revere it in school. I totally understand why it made you think of algebra class. That guy is half mastering engineer half physicist I think! The dude built himself ROBOTIC OUTBOARD GEAR so he can automate outside the box! Doesn't get too much more professorish than that! That book really opened my eye's about digital audio...

Separate note(s), are there any shows on the horizon?!/Is there a date set for the DVD release?!

[Lily]

Not even gonna guess about the albums. I am so impressed that your teacher helped you! When I was at SMSU my math teacher started class the same way, the next class she asked those who were in the arts to raise their hands, out of 60-70 students there were about 20 of us (I was a theatre major). The professor went on to say, "The music majors MIGHT pass this class but the rest of you arts majors, won't pass this class, at all, you just can't get it so hire a tutor." I wish I'd had Ms. Weatherwax.(BTW I didn't hire a tutor, didn't have the money, but I did pass the class by the skin of my teeth but I passed).

[Ankita]

Little life lessons with Mr Larson, and alliteration at its best! No but I really enjoyed this post :)

[MBL]

What a sweet professor. Mastering sounds quite interesting. Nice to know the nuts and bolts of what makes you tick when you write your music...math, science, music theory... Thanks for sharing. :)

[Tgum]

lol, sounds crazy man. double those eq's all day. or chop em in half. even when you know the theory it still seems unfathomable. from someone who's done (attempted) plenty of mastering as well.

[North Face us]

So cute! I already like you on FB and also get your posts on Google Reader. :)