SUMMARY
Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.
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FINAL PROJECT ACTIVITY UPDATE
Team Padlet Final Project link: bit.ly/2ZxekGt
Write a couple of sentences as an update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ song project in this blog post section.
Make sure to share with BOTH Mr. Le Duc and Mr. Disston.
Mr. Disston’s email address, gdisston@osd.wednet.edu
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Final Project Requirements
- Embedded screenshot of all tracks with track titles showing who did what at the top of Day 14 Blog Post
- Embedded mp3 file at the top of Day 14 Blog Post
- 90 seconds up to 4 minutes in length
- Have an identifiable song structure; verse, chorus, bridge, etc.
- Foundation – The instruments that provide the groove or pulse of the song – usually drums and bass
- Pad – Long sustaining notes that glue the mix elements together – usually organ, electric piano, strings, guitar power chords
- Rhythm – The instruments that provide motion to the song – usually percussion, rhythm guitar
- Lead – The focal point of the song – usually lead vocal, lead, or solo instrument
- Fill – The instruments that fill in the spaces between the lead phrases – usually solo instruments, background vocals
- Mixed with an attempt to have a balance of sound level volume consistent throughout the recording, not one sound excessively louder or quieter than another
PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS) 8-9AM
Atomic Habits Resources continued
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- Read How to Create a Good Habit and fill in the Implementation Intention Template with your own habit intention from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
- Read Habit Stacking and fill in the Template with your own habit stack from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
- Read Chapter 3: How to Build Better Habit in 4 Simple Steps from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
- Read Chapter 2: How Habit Shapes Your Identity from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
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Write a few key things you learned and which videos you learned from today.
Check out Paul David’s 5 great exercises for your practice routine!
Write a few key things you learned and which videos you learned from today.
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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS) 9-9:45AM
Listen to the arrangement, mixing, and production of U2’s Demo of the song Twilight and the album version of Twilight.
Write a reflection on the key differences that grabbed your attention.
Watch Max Martin’s Behind the data: the secret to songwriting
Watch What Makes This Song Great? Ep.18 MAX MARTIN
Write a reflection on the key topics that got your attention about Max Martin and his process.
Watch This Video is So Boring, You Probably Won’t Even Make it Through
Write a reflection on the key topics.
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OUTSIDE – PART 1 (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN) 10-10:15AM
Watch Sleep is your superpower
Journal here. The more detail the better.
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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED) 10:15-11:30AM
Explore the tutorials for your final composition and work on your final composition.
Explore SpeedSongWriting.com resources
Explore the HookTheory tutorials
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- Hooktheory.com/videos
- Songwriting Series. (4 videos)
- Lyrics to music videos (2 videos)
Write a reflection on what you learned.
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STUDIO (SONGWRITING) 12:00-1PM
Prepare a mix in Soundtrap, someone from your team shares it with Mr. Le Duc and Mr. Disston in Soundtrap, AND export an mp3 and place it in the STAGE section below.
- Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects
- Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.
- Use Soundtrap Support (Effects and Mixing)
- Search for other creative people online using Soundtrap and see how they are using it, like Swick’s Classroom Recreating Chainsmokers on Soundtrap.
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OUTSIDE – PART 2 (INSPIRATION) 1:15-1:30PM
Watch Shawn Anchor’s TED talk about happiness
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- “We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backward? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.” – TED.com
Listen to Freakonomics – Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? (Ep. 355)
Read what WYNTON MARSALIS tells his music students when they join his class…
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- “The first thing I have my students do is write a mission statement. And that mission statement has three sentences. What do I want to do, how do I achieve it, and why am I doing it? And based on that mission statement, I teach them. And I have, my fundamental teaching to them is, I want you to rise above the cycle of punishment and reward. I’m not going to reward you or punish you. This is information, and you can do what you want with this information. So, you’re always actualizing. And I always tell them, if you want to learn something I can’t stop you. If you don’t want to learn it, I cannot teach you.”
Go for a walk and think about what this podcast meant to you.
Journal here about that. The more detail the better.
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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING) 1:30-2PM
Prepare a mix in Soundtrap, someone from your team shares it with Mr. Le Duc and Mr. Disston in Soundtrap, AND export an mp3 and place it in the STAGE section below.
Write a reflection on what you did during this time.
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STAGE (SHARE) 2-2:15PM
Listen to a few mixes from class projects, so far…
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THEATER (DOCUMENTARY & HISTORY) 2:15-3PM
Finish RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD
Take notes on topics of your interest.
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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
Tell your daily story here! Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.
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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION
- Give feedback on the class Content and Process
- Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
- Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation
