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

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“‘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
Screenshot from Mary Spender’s YouTube Channel

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

Screenshot from JustinGuitar.com
Screenshot from JustinGuitar.com
  • Screenshot from JustinGuitar.comBe 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

Screenshot from Holistic Songwriting’s Channel at YouTube

An Example: The Swift Formula – One Note Melodies

From Holistic Songwriting’s How Taylor Swift Writes Melodies at YouTube
From Holistic Songwriting’s How Taylor Swift Writes Melodies at YouTube
From Holistic Songwriting’s How Taylor Swift Writes Melodies at YouTube

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
Screenshot of Lyrics Melody and Chord Progressions from HookTab at YouTube

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

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’

  • 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
Screenshot from Holistic Songwriting at YouTube
Screenshot from Holistic Songwriting at YouTube

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
Soundtrap mixing and publishing at Clark Eagling’s YouTube Channel

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
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Game Design – Week 11 – Updating Workflow – Mind Like Water

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“‘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 (TUTORIALS)

  • Set a timer for 30 minutes in this ‘room’
    • Continue with either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript (Construct 3 / PlayCanvas) or C# (Unity)  (NOT BOTH)

Construct 3 / PlayCanvas – Javascript

Unity – C#

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Screenshot from Construct.net
  • Set a timer
  • Spend 15 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Read Why Use Construct?
  • Explore some games made with Construct 3 at The Showcase Page
  • Read this page: Contruct.net
    • Learn about the basics of Construct 3
  • Write a couple sentence description of what you learned
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Screenshot from editor.construct.net
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 15 minutes
  • Take the guided tour
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Set a timer
  • Spend 30 minutes in this ‘room’

  • Go for a 15-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

STUDIO (CREATIVITY)

Screenshot from Construct Begginer’s Guide
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 45 minutes
  • Make something to share on Thursday (3rd Period) or Friday (4th Period)
  • Write a couple sentence description of what you made
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

CONTROL ROOM (PRODUCTION)

  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Publish your work from Construct.net to our Schoology Construct 3 Discussion Board
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

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
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Film – Week 11 – Updating Workflow – Mind Like Water

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“‘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 (TUTORIALS)

Screenshot from sneakonthelot.com
Screenshot from sneakonthelot.com
  • Set a timer for 60 minutes in this ‘room’

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Screenshot from The Story of Film Trailer on NetworkReleasing YouTube channel
  • Set a timer
  • Spend 75 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Watch the first episode of The Story of Film and take notes in a separate blog post

Steps

  1. Create a blog post titled, Story of Film – Episode 1 – Birth of the Cinema
  2. Embed an interesting Creative Commons image from Flickr.com at the top of your post
  3. Create a heading 2 titled Notes 
  4. Watch Mr. Le Duc’s Story of Film Notetaking Video Tutorial (2:00)
  5. Copy and paste the episode’s referenced films as text with links from The Story of Film: An Odyssey at Wikipedia
  6. Cite your source as Wikipedia and link back to The Story of Film: An Odyssey page
    • Example: “The following material is from Wikipedia.”
  7. Take notes as you watch the episode
    • Indent under the film Mark Cousins is referencing
      • Place your notes there
      • These notes will help you on future research projects in high school and possibly in college
  8. Access Episode 1 and begin watching

Examples

  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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

  • 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

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
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Game Design – Week 10 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 2

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Image from BiggerPlate.com

Teens are overwhelmed, partly because they don’t yet have the skills to manage the unprecedented amount of stuff that enters their brains each day.  – from LifeHacker.com

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.”

“You can do anything, but not everything.”

― David Allen, (GTD) Getting Things Done for Teens: Take Control of Your Life in a Distracting World

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 (TUTORIALS)

  • Set a timer
    • Spend up to 15 minutes in this ‘room’ on either ONE of the scripting languages below, Javascript (PlayCanvas) or C# (Unity)  (NOT BOTH)

PlayCanvas – Javascript

Unity – C#

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Screenshot from Animated Book Summary And Review at YouTube

You are going to learn to develop your own version of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) process in this ‘room.’

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot from Animated Book Summary And Review at YouTube

Examine Two GTD Maps: Basic and Detailed

  1. Detailed map by guccio@文房具社 icensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
  2. Basic map from BiggerPlate.com embedded below

GTD-based Trusted System

Image from Trello.com
  • Examine and pick a trusted system from the 4 options listed below to ‘capture’ your work
    • trusted system is your method for managing your tasks in a way that you consistently get things done
    1. Trello.com with a – GTD Template
      • We use Trello in this class to manage group projects
        • You will create a Trello account a few weeks from now regardless
        • You might want to start now
      • We start using Trello in the second semester
      • Watch Mr. Le Duc Creating a Trello Account and Add GTD Template Tutorial (3:45)
      • You can get the free Trello app at the Apple Store or Google Play
    2. Your phone
    3. Paper and pen or pencil
    4. Examine LifeHacker.com’s GTD Resources

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so  and follow the advice from David Allen
    • Bring a notepad
    • Walk and relax and allow your mind to wander
    • If you land on something that needs your attention, write it down
    • Continue throughout your walk
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OPTIONAL EXERCISE

Image from GoodReads.com
Image from GoodReads.com

STUDIO (CREATING MAPS)

Image from zenkit.com
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 15 minutes
  • Then watch David Allen summarize the steps
    • “Very simple folks! …
      1. Just WRITE STUFF DOWN
      2. Decide the ACTIONS and OUTCOMES embedded in them
      3. Get yourself a MAP OF ALL THAT so you can step back and take a look at it.
      4. And then, basically, you USE THE MAP TO DECIDE, “OK, here’s the course that we’re going to go on.”
      5. You then LAUNCH the ‘ship’ on a trusted course in the short term, as well as on the long horizon that you’re moving on.
      6. And then, on a regular basis, you need to REASSESS, “OK, we need to take in NEW DATA, CLEANUP, RECALIBRATE, and REFOCUS for the next leg of the journey.”
    • It’s that simple…”
  • ‘Capture’ all the ACTION ITEMS you can in your GTD Trusted System

CONTROL ROOM (PRODUCTION)

  • Set a timer
  • Spend 10 minutes in this ‘room’
  • Share your system with the class in the Schoology Week 10 Discussion Board
    • Take a picture or screenshot and post on our Schoology page
  • Prepare to briefly share how your system helps you…
    1. Capture Action Items
    2. Process them
    3. and Organize them
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

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
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

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“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Your toughest work is defining what your work is! –  Peter Drucker

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

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image of David Allen at TED Talk
Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Rewatch from 17:21-18:08 of the video
  • Write a list, here in this section of your blog,
    • All the things you need to complete for school
    • All classes, all assignments
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
  • Set a timer
  • Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Rewatch from 18:08-19:55 of the video
  • Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
    • Most important at the top
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

https://giphy.com/gifs/time-clock-konczakowski-d3yxg15kJppJilnW
  1. Set a timer for your first task
    1. Decide how long you think it will take before you start
  2. Start working
  3. Repeat this process for 45 minutes for as many tasks as you can complete, then take a 15-minute break
    • Get up and get a drink of water
    • Get up and go for a walk
    • Every 20 minute blink your eyes 20 times while looking at least 20 feet away
      • This is good for your eyes

Start steps 1 through 3 again, repeat for your school day

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

David Allen image
Oct. 2020 Lucidchart interview with David Allen
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
  • Reflect on GTD and getting to the top of the colorful list above for a minute
    • How can the GTD process help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life?

  • Then, go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
  • Write a few sentences as a reflection
  • DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Read the article and go for another walk 🙂

 Katia Verresen homepage
Katia Verresen, kvaleadership.com

“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.”  – Read more about Katia…

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
  • DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

School of Rock – Day 14 – Voice, Presentation, and Preparation

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM\

FINAL PROJECT ACTIVITY / LEADERSHIP

Team Padlet Final Project link: bit.ly/2ZxekGt

Embed your final project audio mp3 file HERE…

Embed your screenshot of the tracks WITH THE TRACK NAMES HERE…

Write one or two descriptive paragraphs detailing the final composition. It should be clear in your written description AND screenshot what you contributed to the composition. You have spent a couple days on this project. Be very detailed in your description. Tell the creation story and include problems solved and things you learned.

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Soundtrap Exporting and Mixing Resources

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS) 8-9AM

Practice your instrument or work on your final composition.

Write a few key things you did.

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS) 9-9:45AM

Work on your final composition.

Write a few key things you did.

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OUTSIDE – PART 1 (PRESENTATION & VOICE) 10-10:15AM

Watch How to Speak so that people want to listen

Bonus videos to watch on your own…

Watch how to present with power and poise

Watch Want to sound like a leader? Start by saying your name right

Great presentations have many ingredients. What makes it all work is voice, eye contact, word choice, body language, visuals, etc? Take a look at successfully presenting or pitching an idea to reveal these ingredients.

Go for a walk and think about what these videos mean to you.

Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM

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

Write a reflection on what you learned or did.

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING) 12:00-1PM

Work on your composition…

Write a reflection on what you did for this time frame.

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OUTSIDE – PART 2 (INSPIRATION / IDEAS) 1:15-1:30PM

Watch The Unfair Advantage That Introverts Have by HealthyGamerGG on YouTube

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING) 1:30-2PM

Finish your composition…

Write a reflection on what you did for this time frame.

DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED ABOVE AFTER COMPLETING THEM\

STAGE (SHARE) 2-2:45PM

Finish your composition…

Write a reflection on what you did for this time frame.

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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

School of Rock – Day 12 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 2

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

      • 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

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

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.

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OUTSIDE – PART 2 (INSPIRATION) 1:15-1:30PM

Watch Shawn Anchor’s TED talk about happiness

    • “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…

    • “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

School of Rock – Day 11 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 1

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

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

Write a couple of sentences as an update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ song project in this blog post section.

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS) 8-9AM

Creative Habits and Routines

Review the creative routines of some of the people below… 

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Prince and Practice Habits

Watch Prince’s guitar solo at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS) 9-9:45AM

Watch The Mistake All Beginner Songwriters Make (and how to avoid it!) by How To Write Songs on YouTube

Take notes to help you with your song creation

Listen to Radiohead’s Weird Fishes

Take notes to help you with your song creation

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OUTSIDE – PART 1 (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN) 10-10:15AM

The Marshmallow Experiment and Delayed Gratification

“…a seemingly simple experiment devised by Walter Mischel to test will power: put a kid in a room with a marshmallow, and tell her if she can resist eating it for 15 minutes, she can have 2 marshmallows. It turns out the kids who could wait were much more likely to be successful as adults. “- RadioLab.org – Your Future in a Marshmallow

  • Two sources for more information on your success and delayed gratification
  • Radio Lab
  • This American Life
    • This American Life podcast Back to School
    • Listen to Act 1 from minute 3:45 to 37:00.  Then skip to Act 2 from 43:00 until the end.
    • Take notes
  • The Best Marshmallow Test on YouTube –Theo – Ten Minutes! Ten Minutes! Ten Minutes!!!!
  • Take notes on important steps to help you succeed
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED) 10:15-10:45AM

Explore the tutorials for your final composition and work on your final composition.

Explore SpeedSongWriting.com resources

Explore the HookTheory tutorials

Write a reflection on what you learned.

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING) 10:45-11:30AM

Finish the Microphone Audition Project and blog post.

In case you didn’t copy and paste it the project post template last week, https://mrleduc.edublogs.org/2022/01/15/microphone-auditions-project/

Be sure to copy your favorite microphone information from below into your blog post UNDER THE ‘My Favorite Microphone’ HEADING

Shure SM7B

  • The Shure SM7B is an industry-standard cardioid dynamic microphone.
  • It has a reputation for being a go-to studio mic for numerous sources, including vocals.
  • It is also a popular livestream, podcast, and radio microphone
  • Read more: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Shure/SM7B

 

Blue Baby Bottle

 

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING) 12:00-1:15PM

Finish the Microphone Audition Project and blog post.

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OUTSIDE – PART 2 (INSPIRATION / IDEAS) 1:15-1:30AM

The Secret of Musical Imposters by Cameron at Venus Theory on YouTube

Take notes on important steps to help you succeed

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STAGE 1:30 – 2:15PM

We will listen to some microphone recordings.

Reflect on what you heard from other students today.

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THEATER (DOCUMENTARY & HISTORY) 2:15-3:00PM

Watch 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