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three area i would like to improve on in this term are.

musical. i'e imrpoving my profficiacy on the guitar, learning new instruments and improving my vocals and writing my own music

Academic, for instance gaining a clearer understanding of what is required for my summative assessments, time management and keeping a proper development diary cultivating a growth mindset

Professional : i would like to get more paid gigs and form a band (or two)

What does success look like in this module to me?
I would like to confidently produce tow different tracks one of which at least i would like to be original i would like to be personally satisfied with the quality of my performance

soem intitial ideas i have for my assessment are doing an original acoustic singer songwriter style piece solo, or a fingerstyle instrumental and contrasting that with an electric blues rock piece with a band perhaps contrasting a cover and an original.
What will succ

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things i want to improve on this year.

Vocals
Collaboration
songwriting
technique

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had a rehearsal with charlie, maddie, harry and pedro. worked on charlies reharmonised funky version of the tune, rehearsal went pretty well one or two bits need ironed out in particuler the bridge and the transition from the bridge to the outro

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LPW went quite well Charlies arrangement of hold back the river was excellent and I was told my rhythm guitar playing was good and fit in with the band. I was glad t hear this as it's an area (one of many I think I need to work on i get concerned that the upside down guitar playing doesn't lend itself to rhythm particularly well though that's more likely an excuse on my part (it didn't seem to do bobby Womack any harm and he was a session player before he was known as a singer(Childs, 2020) )

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My 'Mission Statement'
"To further my skills as a musician ( very important to me) and songwriter in order to make a living predominantly from performance and recording"

Here is a pie chart showing how I would like to earn a living from music. ideally I would make as much of my income as possible from live performance and touring with the next biggest percentage coming from recording (my own music preferably but also session work) with teaching and perhaps writing for others helping to supplement my income. How viable this is I do not know but it is what I would like to do.

Ps. It may not be glamorous but one way I have always been able to make money in the past is busking and, while i wouldn't want it to form the bedrock of my career it's certainly something I am happy to fall back on when necessary (especially during warmer months)

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performance from week one LPW. we got tighter after a couple more run throughs but overall not too bad

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here is a SWOT analysis photographed from the website as I realised too late the I couldn't download it without subscribing.

I believe (starting out at least that i would like to operate as a sole trader it seems like less hassle. I am aware however, that I will Probably need to seek the help of others to help me manage my money and the more technical aspects of business.

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practice ideas brainstormed during Project management lesson

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It's silly but i have this fantasy of travelling the world playing music, living hand to mouth like a travelling troubadour. not the most comfortable life but there is a certain romance to it.

I need to have the music to play though, I also need to improve my singing (to that end I am beginning Vocal Mentoring)

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I'm not entirely happy with my performance here. i think i should have worked on nailing down the groove more. also it might be worth either investing in a pedal or using the guitars volume control in order to boost my sound while soloing.

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Jack has me working on Ableton during lessons at the moment. i asked what DAW i should use and that's the one he recommended. though i still haven't settled on one to use at home.

after talking with jack we've decided that for my assessment this time round we will do something a similar to last term. for the studio recorded part of my assessment i am going to do a stripped down acoustic original. just guitar and vocal and jack is going to help me record it. for the live performance aspect i still haven't settled on a song yet. or who I'm going to do it with. but i would like to collaborate and I would like it to be louder more energetic and probably electric.

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An early video of the song i intend to record for my assessment. it's slightly unfinished but i'm proud of aspects of it, the lyrics and the main melody (please excuse the talking in the background)

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What is quality?
the two definitions of quality.
just keep creating don;t get hung up on the ittle things.

sufjan stevens michigan and illinoise

look into charles bokowski (probably spelt wrong)

" a lot of creativity and the will to do it"

spike jones
michelle gondry
michael cunningham

My veiws on quantity and quality.
i definately struggle with starting and finishing projects partly due to fear of them not being good enough. i do'nt believe that quality and perfection are the same thing, in fact i am often drawn to the imperfections in a piece of art as contributing to what makes it great.

i think i need some help in order to get a proper routine going so that i can strat actually producing work. with i veiw to finish it but, i need to get better at actually starting things at the moment.

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spent some time learning about the lydian mode. , pentatonic superimpostions and arpeggios

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I'm thinking of compiling case studies for Jason Ricci and Amanda Palmer.
Jason Ricci is a New Orleans Based Harmonica Player who as well as being a touring musician and doing session work. gives skype lessons, releases educational and entertaining content on YouTube and even teaches skateboarding in his local area.
He has endorsements with

Harpgear Amplification

Suzuki

Eugene Glass Menagare

Blue Moon Harmonicas

Lone Wolf Blues

and Hohner

(Kind and Kind, n.d.)

Amanda Palmer is interesting because, as well as starting out busking (as i did), she was one of the first artists to take advantage of crowdfunding, this has allowed her, since leaving her record label, to completely cut out the middleman and forge a direct relationship with her fans that many artists lack, as well as giving her more or less complete creative freedom.

as per this weeks tasks here are three sources on amanda palmer. a website a book and a video

Amanda Palmers own website  https://amandapalmer.net/

This Podcast with Tim Ferris https://youtu.be/0GIdpgCL5_k

and her book, The Art Of Asking. (Palmer and Brown, 2014)

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In all honesty, not many of these jobs appeal to me. but that's just me

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Had A really cool lesson with a substitute guitar teacher. largely revisiting some things that we'd gone over before but i still found it very engaging

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Recording set up

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Unfortunately all lessons were cancelled today due to the Storm

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Here is the song recorded for my Formative assessment

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Recorded My song for my formative assessment.

My tutor jack recorded me at HQ in the recording suite. overall while I wasn't entirely happy with my performance the actual recording quality was good. We recorded with a Behringer C2 microphone, guitar and vocals were recorded simultaneously. Afterwards, jack EQ'd the vocals and added a De esser to help remove some of the sibilance (partly caused by my braces) as well as a touch of reverb to add a sense of space the whole thing.

one takeaway for next time is to not mic me up so close, as it tended to catch all the subtle noises of clothing and chairs as well as some less than pleasant mouth noises.

I will include some photos of the recording set up that jack was kind enough to take.

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Form My formative assessment so far i have recorded a song consisting of fingerpicked acoustic guitar and vocals. this should contrast with my live performance piece which am intending to permorm on electric guitar and with a band.

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it was originally stacked into neat little piles.. honest..

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Went Busking today in East Grinstead.
played between 12:00 and 16:30 with a couple of breaks. made £90:80 plus coppers (1 and 2 pence pieces)

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Attended the first Waterbear open mic. had a very nice time and it was great to get to know some of the other students i hadn't had the opportunity to talk to

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I have spent today catching up on canvas vids and hurriedly trying to complete some unfinished work for my formative assessment. I had to reschedule my mentoring today as it clashed with another appointment. this was poor planning and time management on my part but, on the positive side I was able to act quickly and calmly in the moment to rectify the situation.

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A rough budget showing both the present and a possible near future (not the end goal which would e touring and such)

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I still need to develop a proper practice routine and need to know when and where I'm doing it. in order to help with this I asked Jade Williams advice during project management. we spoke about some of the things I would like to cover, I also mentioned Pat Heath's advice of learning the caged system, as well as some of the vocal routines I'm covering with Megan Sayer. Jade then sketched out a rough template based on her experience as both a singer and concert pianist (concert pianists, she told me often practice 8 hours a day. and while that doesn't seem to be encouraged at Waterbear I would very much like to do this one day when I have time). I have included images of the template we sketched out but I have yet to delve into it or actually start putting it into practice

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Here is the link to my wbo3 project proposal. as you can see I have yet to complete the action plan or set any deadlines dates or goals. I may need to seek a little help in working out a proper plan, I am particularly bad at panning for even the near future, it's almost like a mental block, additionally, I think I need to work on my self discipline a little more

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Research
identify a new area of research
i think i would like to take a deeper dive into improving my voice (technique range, vocal health) and also the ability to learn new songs quickly. time management as well though that's not exactly new.

learning new things to practice and new ways of practicing would be great

learning how to research properly could be very usefull.

i need to include research activity that underpins my choice of tracks

text and sources should be apropriately referenced (harvard style)

good research  uses both primary and secondary sources.

primary sources are the keyto original research

secondary sources are great for getting a full overveiw of the topic

it's important to provide balance and contrast.

have a wide variety of different sources

remember to consider and acknowledge potential for bias

primary or secondary source?
1 primary
2secondary
3primary
4primary
5secondary
6primary
7secondary
8primary
9secondary
10primary
11secondary
12secondary

if the source is direct it's primary from someone else is secondary
if you're reserch something your sources can iether be in the form of
qualatitive data or quantatitive data

qualative can't be expressed as a number opinions feelings etc...

quantative is anything that can be expressed as a number facts figures etc...

always harvard reference your sources

to do start to carry out research that includes bo primary and secondary sources.

the alternative guide to referencing

harverd referencing is included in academic conventions
by referencing you are avoiding plagerism, giving credit to others and showing that you have researched

no date = n.d
no author = first words of the piece or the title of the page

must have an accurate reference list ordered alphabetically

when listing a song have the medium in square brackes i.e [cd]

usuefull sites.

Google Scholar
real life books
Falmouth Online Library
google books
Ted Talks
z library
article from industry heavyweights like music business online, business insider etc...

no Wikipedia but you can use it as a jumping off point

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Talking to George about my strategy assessment. we hit upon the idea of splitting my career down the middle between The Artist (writing, gigging bands other creative pursuits, my identity) and busking (bassline income, putting a shift in, not necessarily what i want to do, not necessarily sustainable for ever but, it provides an income) the idea is to gradually increase the artist percentage of the of the pie chart one we can do this it to use the busking to funnel fans and audience towards other areas of my career. and can use social media for this for example advertising my Instagram etc... while busking and slowly, with a very soft sell introducing a Patreon as my audience grows.

personally i am not a huge fan of social media and i certainly have no desire to be an 'Influencer' but i can see how this could be a viable strategy and i can see the positive aspects of social media and crowdfunding, the potential for direct connection with my audience and the way it obviates the need for a middleman or gatekeeper is particularly appealing.

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Today we looked into planning out the week ahead. figuring out what needs to be done and setting goals for the week.

My goals for this week are

Play my gig on st Patricks Day
Make a decent start on my summative assessment

Plan out my week

Do my vocal exercises every Day

Write something every day

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Always on the run run
went fairly well need to work om the ending and perhaps learn the brass section part

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My USP
i don't want to fill a particular exclusive niche. rather i would like to play and do what interests me and i would like the music i create to be as diverse and inclusice as the people who listen to it. no cliques. just music

notes
picks and lighter make useful business cards

identity
i don't know i don't want really want to be put into a neat box though i realise that's very effective and works for a lit of people

message be honest be who you are. change when you want to be yourself take all the time you need

your, niche diversity, doing my own thing not trying to appeal to one small group

image, not sure

actions, try and be honest and a good person
universe gigs, busking, maybe online.

how am i unique?

elevator pitch .

i make music and art that appeals to me i try my best to follow my heart and express myself honestly and make art that reflects that. i would hope that people wouldn't feel they needed to fit a certain demographic to like at least some of what i do. i don't really fit into a box

notes.
"if you can read a recipe you can cook if you can read a brief you can do an assignment"

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performed always on the run. i didn't think i did very well but was given some good advice about not getting so stuck in my head and also some advice about my lack of motivation with practicing lately. I'm going to start slowly and look for the thing that excites me and build up from there

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today we looked at an alternate picking workout that i will be incorporating into my practice routine for the time being

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Today we looked at my summative assessment and in particular coming up with a budget in excel

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Q what are our core values

Managing space and time

a space for  every task
exist in a clean environment
sit in different places for different tasks
time management

areas i need to work on. Time management. vocals, technical ability

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my reflection notes
slides are avaliable on canvas (remember)

produce a reflective statement of 1000 words or equivalent
dont be scared to say you did well or you could have done more

diary entry nine.
my personal progress
this term my personal progress has not been very good. due to sever extenuating circumstances i have largely failed to impliment a structured practice routine and in all honesty have been playing less than i have for a very long time. i am slowly but surely feeling able to build myself back up however and i hope to get back on top of things in the near future.  i
we are all really different. don't press the fuck it button (jade williams

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this week we looked at an approximate 30 minute legato workout

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went to a cafe to work on my assessment. overheard the girl sitting next to me talking about having studied music business and asked her if she had any advice for my assessment. she was very helpful. turns out she's studying music business at bimm and has a youtube channel uner the name Kitty Got Claws. she proceeded to give me lot's of advice about showig innovation and places to raise money like grants (help musicians fundraising wizard) artist developement funds and crowdfunding. she had the idea of setting up a patreon and having a QR code with i link to my page on display while busking. i had initially thought that i'd wait till i had more of an audience before i introduced a patreon but it may be worth a shot.