School of Rock – Week 11 – Updating Workflow – Mind Like Water

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• TITLE THIS BLOG POST: School of Rock – Week 11 – Updating Workflow – Mind Like Water
• IF YOU WANT, PLACE A CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE  FROM SEARCH.CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG AT THE TOP OF THE POST
  • WATCH MR. LE DUC IMAGE PLACEMENT TUTORIAL
• REVIEW THESE BLOG POST EXAMPLES:
  • Tristan’s Post
  • Jaden’s Post
  • PJ’s Post
  • Liam’s Post
  • Addy’s Post
  • Alexander’s Post
  • Connor’s Post
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s ALL UPPERCASE INSTRUCTIONS

“‘Be shapeless and formless.. like water’ (Bruce Lee)” by Akinini.com is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Have a mind like water.”

― David Allen,  GTD

SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 30 minutes in the ‘room’
• Write a reflection of the key topics that got your attention.
• Write how far did you got in lessons this week
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Watch Mary Spender: Powerful advice from 10 Professional Musicians you need to hear (14:15)

• Continue his 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist
• Check out his web site, justinguitar.com.
• The first 10 videos take less than an hour.

• Be curious about Justin.
• Mr. Le Duc considers him the best beginning guitar teacher online. He’s not the only one that thinks this.  Check out some of the celebrity endorsements at justinguitar.com.

How interested in learning more about playing the guitar?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: ?

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes in the ‘room’
• Pick a video essay from Holistic Songwriting’s Artist Series and watch it.
• Write a reflection of the key topics that got your attention.
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Holistic Songwriting by Friedemann Findeisen

An Example: The Swift Formula – One Note Melodies

How interested in learning more about music theory and song analysis?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: ?

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• Set a timer
• Spend 15 minutes in this ‘room’
• Write a reflection of the key topics that got your attention.
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Explore the tutorials (but you do not need to watch all of them – just pick what looks interesting to you) from the:

• • Songwriting Series. (4 videos)
  • Lyrics to music videos (2 videos)

How interested in learning more about HookLab and HookTab?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: ?

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Set a timer
• Spend 15 minutes in this ‘room’

• Review this infographic for 5 minutes (Click for larger PDF version)
• If you want, read more at  bananatreelog.com/blog/daily-dose-of-happiness-chemicals

• Go for a 10-minute walk, if it is safe to do so 
  • Reflect on how you structure your day to maximize your production of the  D.O.S.E. happiness brain chemicals
• Writing a small paragraph reflection for 10 minutes
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

How interested in learning more about music theory and song analysis?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: ?

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes
• Write a reflection of the key topics that got your attention.
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Watch Holistic Songwriting: Do THIS with every song you write | Hit Song Architect S1E3

How interested in songwriting, song structure, and music production?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: ?

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

• Set a timer
• Spend 15 minutes in this ‘room’
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects

Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.

How interested in recording, engineering (sound effects, EQ), and mixing?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: ?

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Write only a few sentences of WHAT YOU LEARNED
• In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
  • Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
• DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE