Free Download – Teaching Music With Reason
This past Fall I learned that Propellerhead Software had made their “Teaching Music with Reason” package available as a free downloadable package. Ostensibly, they made this decision because Teaching Music with Reason was not updated for their most recent software version. Rather than totally scrap the package, they took a philanthropic step to give it to the education community. However, the company has wavered in their noble intentions, as the software download link on their website no longer works.
Since Teaching Music with Reason can no longer be found for download anywhere on the internet, I’ve decided to make it available through the Arts Greenhouse page. Click the following link to download: http://www.divshare.com/download/10326250-9a2
Reason is the primary program that the Arts Greenhouse uses to teach hip-hop music composition. We are working on adapting portions of Teaching Music with Reason for our workshops. If you have made your own adaptations, are interested in comparing notes, or have any related questions, feel free to contact us.
The following notes are from Propellerhead’s website:
Teaching Music with Reason is a stand-alone, entry-level classroom package that focuses on learning about and making music using technology. Principally designed for use in secondary and high school music classes, the package includes material for 21 complete lessons and turns each individual classroom computer into a self-contained, easy-to-use music studio, with a realistic rack of equipment that you could expect to see in any professional studio set-up.
Please note: The Teaching Music with Reason material has not been updated to reflect the changes made in Reason version 4. You can of course continue to use the Teaching Music in your education but you need to be aware that since the text is based on an older version of Reason, some parts may need to be “massaged” by you to fit with Reason 4.
We hope this becomes a living curricula, edited and updated by educators such as you. Please feel free to download it and use all or parts of it, in original or modified form. The downloadable file contains all printed Teaching Music with Reason matter as pdf files as well as Reason song files in contemporary styles for demonstration and student use.
All text and images in the curriculum Teaching Music with Reason (TMwR) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Sweden License. Propellerhead Software’s entry-level classroom package that focuses on learning about and making music using technology – Teaching Music with Reason – now available as a free downloadable package.
