| Session Number: | 5 |
| Week Number: | 3 |
| Week Goal: (a clear, specific, MEASURABLE, realistic goal related to a BEST PRACTICE and to your main PRODUCTION ROLE) | Establish Session Documentation materials (practice log, song writing resource, blogpost, ect) as Solo Producer and establish Project Genre via genre research as a Guitarist.Best practices: Session Documentation and Genre Awareness. |
Weekly Work Summary
Tasks Completed This Week:
| Monday | Task: Developing blogpost and weekly goal. |
| Tuesday | Task: Tunning guitar, experimenting with notes/chord structures, research into genre, artistic direction. |
| Wednesday | Task: Improvise and recording. |
| Thursday | Task: reviewing documentation, conducting research, improvise and recording. |
| Friday | Task: Finishing up blog post. |
Best Practice(s) Demonstrated:
“Name the best practice(s) from the BEST PRACTICES list. Describe specifically how you demonstrated each one.“
I practiced genre awareness by studying songs in my genre to take inspiration from, and recorded practice inspired by song analysis.
I practiced Daw Proficiency by recording improvisation/experimentation in my DAW of choice (GarageBand).
I practiced studio etiquette by properly resetting stations after finishing work and treating work space environmental elements properly (I didn’t break anything or whatever basically).
Personal Reflection on the Week
“Did you achieve your weekly goal?“
Kinda but not really, I got a document I asked Le Duc to make a physical copy for me so I could look it over but i’m still debating how useful it is, and i’ve done some research on my genre but still figuring out how stuff works musically (why do these notes, in this order, using those chords, make this genre a genre and convey a certain effect or feeling?).
“What was the biggest issue or problem you faced this week?“
I didn’t have any major issues this week. I was just a bit disorganized and still trying to figure out what I’m doing and what direction I’m trying to take with my project.
“How did you overcome this issue or problem?“
I’m still trying to figure out how the whole songwriting process, for the most part i’ve been going back to my basic approach of looking at musicians working in a style I like and using that as inspiration to put together some musical riffs, but I think I still need to take some time to set up a clearer plan on what i’m doing.
Basically: not really, but i’m planning on getting myself organized more on the weekend and next week, my plan is that on the weekend for game design i’m gonna finish my game’s GDD and for Rockband (short for School of Rock) i’m gonna work on a plan for my song structure, what tutorials I wanna use for support/inspiration, and my work process, among other things.
Evidence of Weekly Goal
This is my DAW track in GarageBand, showing how I’ve been recording my improvisation to help generate ideas for a hook, chorus, and other song sections.
Most Proud of:
Finding a tutorial for a song I was taking inspiration from that I can use as a support resource, and recording some (I’m gonna be honest, I have no idea what to call what I’m doing) riffs to generate ideas for song arrangement.