• Reflection on last term's work

  - What went well?

Previous term positivity on the progress of my work

• The classes are quite hands on and that works best as I am a kinaesthetic learner

• Structure in my life is the best it has ever been by far

• Opportunities

  - Drum Den

  - Small Pond Rehearsal Rooms

  - Waterbear HQ Studio

• Learning Support

  - Learning support 1-1s has been extremely beneficial for me, it helps me better structure myself and gives me valuable feedback.

• Development week spaces

  - Being able to come into WaterBear to work on my project and have assistance and feedback to ensure I am in the best state with my project.

• Clubs/Societies

  • WaterBear Zine

    - The Zine is like a magazine but usually directed on a specific theme consisting of a limited amount of pages more like a leaflet. My addition is an interview article which I am currently in the process of creating, I am also doing the photography which I am capturing on film and developing myself too.

• Waterbear Drama Society/Club

  - I joined the Drama club as I have always wanted to join a club however never had the confidence in myself to feel I would be able to express characters with people as even in the past people I know very well that has been extremely tough although I broke down that barrier and was pleasantly surprised when I was improvising with the rest of the group like it was no issue.

Negatives

• My own limits, anxiety, Social Anxiety, stress, burning out

  - I would like to participate in much more - socially I have been fairly limited for being quite burned out and most likely due to the social anxiety too i find it isn't so necessary as I fill my week with so much that also involves people.

  
  

• As for the uni negatives my only negative would be feedback however for the formative case study submission I submitted to the summative submission point and I didn't receive feedback - my music submission formative was extremely beneficial feedback.

Goals for this term:

Participating in an open mic night, in some way being apart of a performance.

Finding even better structure for myself to ensure I don't burn out and eliminate a large amount of my anxiety and boost my self esteem and morale.

Achieving a better standard of work and feeling I definitively involved every aspect of the term.

Learning Techniques

Metacognition - Learning how we learn.

Ebbinghaus forgetting curve

Retrieval Practice + Spaced Repetition

learning techniques

spaced retrieval practice

learningscientists.org

The act of learning over time to a consistent manner to better retain information.

Critical Analysis - Why things happened

All aspects of the modules are explicitly necessary.

Term 2 Deliverables:

• Two separate tracks

  - 1 Studio track

  - 1 Remix of a song

Side note: If samples are used the song cannot be distributed - otherwise face legal issues.

• Your Model Career outlining potential future plan with economic statistics.

  - Income primary research for specific career paths

• Development Diary

Class Activity -

How the track was made/recorded

What compositional elements do you recognise?

What production and programming techniques can you highlight?

What specific playing and/or vocal techniques can you hear?

Themes for term:

Contrast and Range

Vision, Viability

Creative Application of Ideas

Things to include:

Quality + Quantity

Proof of Concept

Analysis understanding

Valid and Reliable Research

Safe Working Practice

Useful info:

absensesbrighton@waterbear.org.uk

- absences are allowed for professional work placement

• Academic 1-1s bookable

• Friday Drop-in study sessions

  
  

Kieron Pepper - Artist Development

Career Advise Marlon Perrin

mentoring@waterbear.org.uk

events@waterbear.org.uk

Track Analysis

PJ Harvey - The Nether-edge

Foley Instruments for beat

Feedback

Distortion

we did an inclass activity on synth sound manipulation

Your Strategy

Your Portfolio Job Roles

Manager

Performer

Gigging Musician

Teacher/Tutor

Sync

Musician

• Member of original band

• Function Band

• Session Musician

Stagger off job roles and key skills

Socials/multimedia

current job opportunities

required skills (specialist vs transferrable)

immediate income promotion

being consistent in posting and promoting rather than paying for an advert/s being confident

outreach

fan engagement

leads instagram - on tag button

infleuncer promotion outreach

via ai may be a good resource chat gpt.

what resources do you need to build your career. e.g. videos cv showreel playlist repertoire equipment.

who could you potentially interview.

Key Aspects of assignment

Original Track

Remix Track

Pie Chart

• Management 

• Content creation 

• Teaching 

• Live performance (artist/session work) 

• Production and mixing etc. 

Outlining income over a year

Outlining working relationships

Case study on an industry professional

Your process and reflection

Class practical activity

Three areas you think you could work in:

Producer

(primary)

• Producing artists of genres I specialise in

Manager

• Managing myself and actively understanding how the industry functions from my own independent experience.

Performer

• Light performing on the side and potentially pushing further.

  • Performing locally

save these in a document titled

'your strategy'

Learning Outcomes

Innovation to thin of a a different way around it rather than the normal way

sustainability

Collbaeration the realtionships and how it works and evidencing collaberative skills

innovation

sustainability

finding environmentally friendly and sustainable factors through the types of career avenues gone down.

Class activity:

Two areas of the music industry you feel you don't understand well.

Front of House

(Sound/Light engineer)

Key Skills

• deep technical ability

• always switched on

(Lucrative) Performer

aspects of a reliable income in a over saturated competitive industry.

Key Skills

• adaptable to many environments

• potentially a good improvisor

Carry out timed research to improve your understanding of those particular areas (i.e. job roles specification, key skills, qualifications, entry requirements (if applicable)) and present findings to peers.

Remix

45rpm 12" records for singles

dub

lee perry

king tubby

the scientist

60's

top down - working in the faders and grouping rather than stem view to influence the sound more.

in class we took the is this love stems and adjusted them in the dub style mostly by utilising buses and automating the intensity of reverb, phaser and various other effects.

INSERT LINK HERE

Production Techniques - George

Understanding programming midi

0-127

Quantisation

Useful to play unknown/difficult instruments

I use midi for keys/piano

thinking outside the box with midi

approaching the midi differently

e.g. different mics of drums as different stems.

Remix - Creating a new version of a pre-existing track. (Stems)

Remix implications

Bootleg

• Unofficial

- Stereo Track

- Acapella

Edits

-Rearranging

-Stereo Track

Reggae influenced dub

Dub Echoes

VIP

Beneficial for income / business

Rent-A-Crowd

Relevance new generation

mash ups

Flips

• sampling, changing rhythm, edit version

La Roux remix in for the kill skream remix -

takes elements from the original, spaces out the lyrics and changes pace.

Janet Jackson if Kaytranda remix

We listened to many different examples of remixes and analysed what makes a remix.

Utilising some Regge stems

adding in amen break and chopping it up

utilising buses and using reverb and tape delay in a live automation process to combine elements

layering a sub bass over the top

note

make space for kick in low end when utilising separate samples

Production Techniques - George

Detailing the process through a recording session - like time plans/session plans.

Expressing how the process happened

channel list etc.

schedule/time sheet

LO2 - Techniques: Demonstrate knowledge and use of systems, skills, technology and methods with support and guidance.

LO3 - Performance: Identify relevenat performance skills, processes and methods

LO7 - Communication:

Sampling

two stems of the same

eg. you want the drums

you adjust the frequencies and take two of the same and flip the phase which cancels out the unwanted frequencies.

Taking sounds from everyday objects and isolating them for use within a track.

moises

Smart Targets for each area in this table for this study block

Academic

Specific

Measurable

Achieveable

Relative

Timebound

Technical

Performance

Professional

Ask about what the content of previous session was

Navigating The Music Industry - Stu

1. How do i intend to log my progress during this module - padlet

Following feedback

create a post that details 3 areas to improve on

Performance production academic

3. what will success look like for me in this module

create an initial post to explore ideas to set your direction for this module in terms of musical and creative output

Your Strategy

create pie chart and a supporting description or outline for next session

jobs pie chart

skills in the jobs

and the potential earnings and outgoings

based on the estimated figures

value per stream £0.007 * 1000 = £7 per month

estimated digital revenue - £1 per song - 50 songs a month

Technology in Music - Timo

Synths and Sound Creation

Synthesis

Sine Wave - Smooth and clean - sound at is most basic - made up as one thing known as fundamental no partials.

Triangle Wave - Same odd harmonics as Square between sine wave and square.

Square Wave - richer and buzzier posessing harmonics in whole odd-number frequencies.

Saw Wave - buzziest wave richest in harmonics, similar to a violin being played saw ramp and saw flyback.

Additive Synthesis - Additive synthesis combines multiple waveforms creating unique sound frequencies.

Subtractive Synthesis -

Frequency Modulation (FM) -

Granular Synthesis -

Wavetable -

Filters and LFOs -

High and Low pass filters -

Bandpass filter -

Notch Filter -

Envelopes -

-Attack

-Decay

-Sustain

-Release

In class task

Two alternate sounds in synthesis:

Retrosynth and ESP2

Should we use presets or create our own sounds?

The arguement is relative to what you're creating - similar to a cooking recipe.

it may help to inspire the route of the track.

see logic file and export

Track analysis

My Bloody Valentine - Soon

Keep in mind the following:

EQ & Compression

Saturation and Distortion

Warm

Reverb and Delay

Vocals have a delay and reverb

Modulation Effects

Instrumentation

Sub bass prominence

Sampled Drums - possibly due to limited channels

Performance

Female and Male Vocal

Anything Else?

We listened to eachother's tracks

Navigating The Music Industry

Job Titles Relating to the

-Journalist

-Content Creator

-Booking Agent

-Manager

-Music Video Editor

-Session Musician

-Tour Driver

-Performer

-Artist

-Passive Revenue (Online Content)

Eduction roles can be more flexible and can work around other prior engagements

Social media content for WaterBear was £2000 and the speaker says they made £3000 apart from that and all together £5000.

Musician's Union can support mentally and physically.

Sustainability

Resilience

Earning Enough

Avoiding Burnout

Keep it Interesting

Love

Traditional vs Portfolio Career

traditional job

• typically one job - reliable income one employer

portfolio

multiple avenues of income and multiple jobs and small gigs.

Pros and Cons of Traditional and Portfolio Careers

Traditional

Pro

-One focus

-Reliable secure income

-Holiday pay/Sick pay

-Employee benefits

Con

-can get boring easily - same people

Portfolio

Pro

-Work anywhere

-More experiences

-More Opportunities

-Fun

-If not your own manager you are typically commissioned with a supervisory respect.

-Building a network and reputation

Con

-Work can be inconsistent - have to be self-reliant

-Financial instability

-Self motivated

-No job security

Portfolio Career Model

Showing income vs time splits across different music industry roles

analyse portfolio model vs traditional models (250w)

personal mission statement and values (50w)

Research on all portfolio areas (1,000w)

Working Relationships

(Include Spider Diagrams)

Transferrable and specialist skills

finacial aspects

case study on a professional ahead of you in at least one of your areas of interest.

financial planning: hypothetical but realistic 1-year break-even budget for first year:

realistic cost of living and minimum income, requirements based on portfolio model.

Practical Development

Choose one area from your portfolio pie chart to devlop and explain why (50 words)

evidence practical development

padlet multpmedia

a seperate padlet

evaluation and reflection

incorporating sustainability

interview eachother

networking activity

skills values, interests and goals to develop a realistic portfolio career for them on a whiteboard

every 5 mins

One aspect of your work last term you can improve on last term and develop this term?

live track drums - just single mic rather than midi

prestine non comped recordings.

Technical application of instrumental or vocal parts

production, mix and mastering songwriting

live performance & presentation

something else entirely (please specify)

lufs perceived volume

SWOT Analysis

Three for each one

Strengths - Streamlined plan for tracking within limited studio time

layout and highlighting which elements are necessary in a time plan.

Technical troubleshooting

Weaknesses - lack of proficiency in instruments drums guitar

Vocal Proficency

Compression Confidence

Lack of a network

Opportunities - Musician/Recording Tech

Free Studio/Rehersal room time

fellow musicians at uni

Mentoring for vocals at uni

Threats - Wellbeing/Health

Confidence

Financial limits

Distracted easily

Turning a weakness into an opportunity

learning instruments with uni

Discuss ideas & suggestions for effective and purposeful practice in at least one of the chosen areas below.

Technique - specific ideas for a weekly practice routine that will help you focus on techniqcal instrumental/vocal skills development

practice pad, new songs on drums

vocal warmups

learning new songs guitar, scales, modes etc.

mentoring

Production - specific ideas for a weekly practice routine that will help you focus on production development

different elements e.g. compression in different ways

utilising different plugins.

mastering

Songwriting - specific ideas for a weekly practice routine that will help you focus on songwriting development

creating basic songs, acoustic style not challenging myself to go too far to train myself to create structure and learn songwriting better

Live performance -

specific ideas for a weekly practice routine that will help you focus on live performance & presentation development:

practice and utilising different tools mainstage to enhance performance.

Designing your practice routine around your week

insert link for time sheet

reasearch into at least 2 of your identified chosen work areas from your portfolio pie chart, including (400words)

releated working releationships

photography/multimedia

bands/artists, weddings

performer

bands/artists,

related transferrable and specialist skills

multimedia, technical ability

related financial aspects

a case study on a professional who is a couple of steps ahead of you in your chosen area.

find out how they make a living in this area. reflect on what you would do similarly and differently and differently, and what you can learn from your research.

include at least 4 citations

identify one area from your portfolio pie chart to explore further within this assignment and explain why you have selected this (50 words)

Technology in music - Timo

Synths -

focusing on the moog adaptation to more affordable clones by behringer and the subsequent reach to more creators

hardware requires more treatment rather than a plugin. the synth may have to warmup to a certain level.

monophonic single notes

polyphonic multiple notes at one time

we used a poly d behringer synth in class and also tinkered with plugins.

Disco

-70s

-usa - new york

-tom moulton

-john mcrales

-david mancuso

-shep pettibone

pop music

2.5/3 mins

longer records needed

worked on a project in class using joe's stems

Production something

a production value in genre or song currently

Production standards in tracking

double tracking - to make the sound richer and fuller adding some variety to the transients

LCR - Main and left and right

to visualise the layout of the stereo layering

10 and 2 harmonies

left and right tracks 8 and 4

main at 12

considering multitracking double to a quadruple track.

• breaking out the tone of a part to multiple parts and multiple stereo image panning.

finding the core values of why and where they were influenced to create their tone and why they used the techniques they did.

volume automation to push an instrument/vocal

do you think it is recorded to click?

recorded live?

multiple tracks double tracked?

flex pitch correction

groups - editing (selection)

use timing correction to tighten a drum beat

use timing correction to tune a vocal

use tuning and timing correction to tighten and tune a double track

relative minor

diminished is a chord with a flattened 5th note

to create a basic chord from a note follow with this

+4 notes +3 notes is how you make a triad is a major chord.

inverted is minor chord

+3 notes +4 notes

6th note from c is the note of the minor scale is 'a' minor relative minor is 'a minor'

in class I worked on the bamboo on the sly song creating a remix.

using the minor scale and chords.

production techniques - george

room reverb - man made

hall - designed to project sound

parallel processing

split signal and process the signal sperately rather than stacking effects all together.

more control over the specfic sound

utilising sends.

demonstste approach to certain aspects, e.g. how do i approach midi, what approach,

double track, triple tracking.

gain staging

-12dbfs to -18 dbfs for headroom

in logic region: selected box

gain -20

allowing the track to breath

like pushing 7 lanes of traffic into two lanes. things need to slow down and be adjusted.

86.3

backing off everything rather than increasing elements to bring all other elements up instead.

Fm synth

known for

mentallic, punchy, bright, strings

harmonics fm

sideband

carrier oscillation we hear

modulation - oscillation that modulates the one we hear

operator both of those are operators

wavetable splits a single note into a sequence of waveforms.

in class we did a task using samples in the wavetable synth in ableton.

Navigating the music industry

One Sheet

*professionalism

everything accessible on the one sheet, links etc.

list most important info

artist persona

• listen to the music you create or the music best represents what you want to create and mood board etc.

• create your image

• through the process it is worth cutting corners and pushing to the goal.

A cappella

• Target genre

• genre 4

• key 1

• bpm 2

• time signature 3

stretch to the calculated bpm eg double bpm would be double bars 88 to 176

INSERT INCLASS TASK HERE

Production Techniques - George

Parallel processing

process two signals seperately and blend them back together

creative automation

low cut sweep

almost any parameter can be adjusted via automation.

drawing out how the song is layed out.

e.g. making the drums more exciting in the chorus, bring up the overheads.

reduce guitar eq range pre chrous

improving the basics what you have pre plugins.

breaking the habit - linkin park

the snare is lessened much drier and loses the wetter sound.

utilising creative techniques

volume automation on double vocal for example dipping it and un dipping it for the chorus.

apply volume automation

apply plugin bypass automation

draw and arrangement dynamic out, pick automations to elevate your performance (eg filter sweep)

bring elements down rather than bringing the reverse elements up.

build this into process of own track

techniques and performance

one thing you would want to do differently in terms of planning and organisation.

structuring the work throughout the weeks evenly rather than the last few weeks.

instead of overthinking just complete drafts of each element for the submission.

video presentation dragons den style talking about

INSERT BOTH DOCUMENTS ACTION PLAN AND PROJECT PROPOSAL

research into two of your identified work areas from your portfolio pie chart in class

Technology in Music - Timo

Sound Creation

we worked on using the wavetable synth in ableton

attempting to replicate sounds, e.g. bass guitar

then we worked on bass layer mid layer and top layer

filter cut off automation of similar knobs

did a class task

production techniques - george

clip gain to reduce clipping

20-20,000hz human hearing range

types of eq

graphic

parametric

fixed band eq

sweepable band eq

parametric eq good for adjustments cutting out certain frequencies.

some eqs are more for creative use.

utilising different techniques for audio

George talked about his process

kids cassette player track recorded through cassette player and played back and recorded back in to daw.

impulse response of small speakers

free plugin: soundly - creative eq effects

chipcrusher

to build dynamics

automated eq sweep pre chorus/bridge

reamped through quadcortex ribbon mic positioned in center

mid side eq

eq as if there is a left and right and a middle

side mic, mid, side mic

recording

levels plugin

creative eq utilising guitar amps to re-amp drums add some low and high pass so that I got a radio/small speaker effect.

Adding in eq sweep for my own track.

INSERT SCREENSHOT

How you aim to make your tracks contrasting and how you intend to show your musical range?

Punk track -

Playing all instruments rather than using midi elements. to sound like a band live track recorded in a garage

Movie trailer audio/movie trailer track -

More dynamic range and depth. Involving dialogue elements and brahms.

utilising automation and creative eq techniques.

Identify at least 2 research areas you will explore to better inform and support your

Technical

dynamics and stereo image techniques

Performance

better performing mindset to streamline the final recording process

development in this module

Navigating The Music Industry - Stu

Have a look in your creative music production project management at these past papers

What would you score them?

What key things are included that you may have missed in your own work?

Mission Statement

To be prolific and amiable within the fields I occupy and fulfil my responsibility with purpose. quality foremost.

research into at least 2 of your chosen work areas.

Technology in Music - Timo

audio process within the early industry

dbx 160 and chaining multiple compressors

parallell processing double track,

adat tapes

loudness war

when does technology take over the songwriting job?

how do you remain in control with all the technological aides at your disposal?

roland jupiter 8 axel f

Track analysis

blue monday new order

waveform types

other waveforms and noise sources

pulse

white noise

pink noise

ring modulation

Common type of filter in synthesis.

low pass

hugh pass

band pass

notch/band reject

voltage controlled oscillator

voltage controlled filter

voltage controlled amplifier

low frequency occilator

attack decay sustain release

envelopes

adsr

v/oct volt per octave

Your Strategy

Cross pollination - you get something and return the favour

subtle growing fanbase by liking.

imbalance in following over followers looks not so professional

Advertising services

Email communication

Outreach/Sourcing

• Reaching out to associated clients and companies related to who you intend on finding to work with.

One Sheet - epk

outreach management spreadsheet

Spreadsheets

building a network, community. execersing yourself to work and associate yourself with that.

outline where and when you met or associated yourself with a lead. name, location, links, notes and notes on when you contacted them or communicated, what you said and and what you know about the person/company - to better communicate and gain a respect.

releasing schedule, building hype and interest etc.

music union provides support related to health and living.

prs festivals

daily playlist - free tool for streams

build streaming numbers

Submission

Time & Income pie charts

Portfolio model vs traditional career

Mission Statement

keeping the hypothetical job roles low for the assignment for potential future.

research and interview a person who is a few steps ahead of you in at least one of your portfolio fields.

open ended questions e.g. how did you do this what was your process

additional careers, for support within a portfolio career.

choose one area from your portfolio pie chart to develop and explain why.

another padlet artist development.

showing progress in each of your job roles.

e.g. artist, showing performances, videos and pictures.

management managing a band.

define transferable skills or specialist skills

transferable skills

• communication

• leadership qualities

specalist skills

• specific skills on the intricacies, knowing how to use a daw

• 
  

Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love

Roomy Drums - gated reverb

room reverb vocals

samples - fairlight cmi

we worked within vcv lab

Your Strategy - Roxy and Lucy

all connections may be beneficial for leads to crucial leads

reach out to lucy for content calendar out reach spreadsheet, lucy@waterbear.org.uk

and document in lesson

why is networking and emailing important?

in some careers without networking you will simply not sustain yourself.

it helps to meet people and grow your image.

identify 5 industry contacts 5 people vaulable for your career

someone you know.

when contacting reach out and express positively what you are and what you can do.

Subject line - Clear and systinct e.g. interview request

Greeting - address by name

personalisation and compliment -

friendly greeting and specifics on what you admire about their work. specific technical details etc.

• demonstate you have done your research

introduction - who you are and why you're reaching out

why them? - show you've researched your work and why you value their insight.

your request - be direct but polite e.g. would you be open to a short 30 minute chat next week?

closing - thank them and include your info

subject: Interview Request - For Degree Work

Dear John Smith,

I have always admired your line of work.

Life is really present within your photos, I always strive to do the same.

My name is Tor Baker, I am a year 1 student Water Bear. I would be honoured to interview you for my work. it will be 30 minutes.

If you are available next week I would like to conduct the interview via zoom, if you are too busy. I could send you a few questions that you could answer in your own time that would be really appreciated.

best regards,

-Tor Baker

[contact info]

source info from in instagram

Organisation

What is quality

quality vs perfection

in depth explain decisions and reference to why e.g. a mic placement is intended. e.g. foo fighters always used this because they wanted this specific tone.

showcase further understanding

How do you define good quality?

how do you identify 'quality' within a product.

Quality should be defined on the intended use of the product. Making sure it fulfils it purpose and it has limited - if any issues. The less issues arising prove a product's quality.

Quality can also be subjective, depending on the product and who or what it is created/intended for.

how can you get valuable feedback on the product and that you are on the right track:

Focus group of the intended audience/consumer.

product quality.

attribute or charactaristic

limiting the scope for growth through perfection limits. to open the mind to be willing to create or perform at a lower level which is achievable allows healthy room to grow into a stable perfection.

side note:

toilet roll around snare mic to minimise bleed and capture the attack.

has thinking about the finer details ever distracted or prevented you from delivering creative work?

when and how?

i typically like to expand on the detail of specific elements prior to a draft being completed and suffer with incomplete projects due to discouragement from my perfection.

in relation to music, how do/can you combat this?

change my process and adapt

what advise would you give to others?

don't be distracted by the small details and focus on those after.

is there value in outputting QUANTITY in relation to your

discipline/work/project/practice in order to achieve QUALITY?

to allow closure and reward of completion which will in turn allow revisiting to then embellish and improve with quality.

Is it better to commit to ideas and move on or refine until it's the best it can possible can be?

it depends but for the most part commit to ideas and move on but through the process you will learn that you naturally find a work flow that will involve healthy perfection almost like muscle memory.

music that isn't necessarily well produced/mixed but works.

engage in critical analysis despite the product not being quite good.

quality is these examples?

ok go (tredmills music video)

the video production is extemely limited and visually it is uninterested apart from the choreography being unique and engaging.

create a post discussing your views, relationship and approach to quality vs quantity

How are you going to take these into consideration when going through the process of creating your music for this module?

Although I have an attachment to creating quality over quantity i am attempting

finish project proposal and action plan / project timeline.

think about how you are COMMUNICATING (LO7) and articulating these ideas in a variety of forms.

clearest way to organise a project timeline and to visualise what the progress is and needs to be done is a gantt chart.

notes for the development diary:

contrast breakdown of tracks

expalining the production style you are going with e.g. johnfeldmann

also including notes within the development diary which may need omitting.

academic technical performance professional.

your strategy

income vs time splits/divisions

include realistic job roles - e.g. shelf stacker. all of what comprises into revenue streams.

at least 4 harvard references.

google scholar

for formative all areas of piechart and mission statement.

Technology in Music - Timo

Arrangements

DS edit

radio edit 3.30

spotify edit 2.30

sync

covers

tarus foot pedal synthesiser.

can cover a song and release it for money just have to note the original writer as the original as long as the arrangement isn't changed.

deemonstration of the alternate arrangement tab in logic

groups

listen with fresh ears.

have an idea of the final version in your head the intended completion of a project.

some sync tracks may be 15 seconds

30 seconds a minute and they intend you to involve all main arrangement elements of the piece into the given times

class task

1 minute movie trailer soundtrack

utlising brahms for a movie trailer

what intellectual property rights are involved.

export a track as well as labelled stems

also wet and dry (with and without effects)

i was working on the previous class content as i didn't have a track to share due to issues with system overload on logic.

production techniques

explain in detail and evidence processes, intracies of the bpm etc.

additive synthesis.

(add in the other one i didn't get)

fm

subtractive

granular synthesis

lfo

envelope

Primary and Secondary Research

Primary research is conducted by yourself

Secondary is research conducted by someone else

Qualitative - info that isn't a number - interviews etc.

Quantitative - statistics

Primary Resource

Tor B. (2025). Interview on a performer Available: [insert link]

Secondary Resource

linked in (n.d.) How To Manage a Music Artist (Common Duties and Best Practices) available at: https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/how-to-manage-music-artist

1 Year Break Even Budget Breakdown

Templates available in canvas

Technology in Music - Timo

Collaboration

in various ways

Timo talked collaborating with a southafrican artist and recording an album for them.

also collaberating with idris elba

prince - kiss

male vocal

guitar very high end

drums only really low end

gated kick

guitar sidechained to the hi hats sounding like a synth

FM Sythesis

Your Strategy - Roxy and Lucy

table of contents in padlet makes it much easier for the marker.

Insert pie chart, mind map

explain interview status

who you plan to interview how and why

area 1

working relationships

skills

table -

transferrable skill, specalist skills

portfolio career, traditional career

financial aspects

income and expenditure and contextual understanding/insight

reference list

appendices

appendix a: interview transcript

emergency funds 1 - 6 months of your income for any emergencies

gross income - total income

net income - is income minus business expenses

12570 tax free income personal allowance

over 12570 threshhold you pay the taxrate.

pros and cons of

sole traders

running a business entirely by yourself

• solo artists

• artists

• composers

pro

easy registration

con

full responsibility

financial burden

partnership

formal partnerships by two or more parties to manage and operate a business

two owners share profits, responsibilty and ownership

types of partnerships

general partnership (GP), limited partnership (LP) and limited liability partnership (LLP)

less paperwork

less financial burden

fewer tax forms

lack of bounderies - emotions can get in the way

this can also be a pro as you can support eachother

shared liability - pro

shared network of contacts

bands

function bands

ltd company

a distinct entity from its owners

pros

limited liability

tex efficency

investment opportunities

con

admin

need specific

have to submit

beurocracy

less autonomy

production companies agencies

shops/stores

allowable expenses

utilise a spreadsheet

tax write offs

any expenses to do directly with your career can be written off.

Keep track of expenses

1tap receipts

quickbooks

pie

starling and monzo can track income

videoshoot - promoreel - content

tax year april 6th - april 5th

an employee earning more than 242 a week

break even budget

projected income in the next 12 months.

Mission statement

[values],

how they inform your job roles and professional mission

i value independence

in class task

production tools - george

Clip gain -

techniques - structural details

performance - all metronome stuff and performing etc.

communication - how you communicate

panning reverb

george showed us a wrex song.

the vocals do a call and response and each the male and female vocal move back and forth like a audio ducking.

we worked on a class task utilising panning and reverb to create a wider creative approach to mixing.

Sustainability

USP - authentically you

IMAGE/BRAND

Growth

Team

Collaboration

Diversify income & adapt

community

consistency

mental wellbeing support

Economic - effective

capital investment

environmental

• made to order merch

• work with eco institutions/festivals

• ethical organisations

  
  

cultural

• prioritise grass-root venues

• local artists

• charity gigs

social

• charity gigs

personal

• prioritising physical health

Stress-Recovery Adaptation Cycle

Work Timeline

need to rerecord full drums and

the string parts need to be recorded to click

commit to working on remix but i know the plan for it

your strategy need to do most of that

i have the interview

next week need a song for the class

driving force behind motivation

satisfaction of completion and closure.

feeling good or the result of what you're doing being feeling good.

Maslow's Hierarchy

3-5 techniques to combat the feeling of stagnation:

Detailing all the important and interesting dates on a calendar and even physical calendar so that an interesting activity isn't too far away.

Treating achievements with rewards and appreciating yourself for those.

Regular exercise or activity that is consistent.

Changing your environment.

Why?, How?, What?

Your Career

Why - What is motivating/driving you?

why is this important/relevant?

To be able to work within a career that is actually interesting.

How are you doing it?

Working towards forming an appropriate portfolio.

How are you spending your time priorities etc.

how do you access your course and when?

not well

What are you doing - what does it involve?

sorting all info and evidenced work into an organised file system prepping for my website.

Creative Music Performance Module

Why - What is motivating/driving you?

why is this important/relevant?

to be able to make a good effort at creating a track fully independently playing all instruments and influencing the production myself.

How are you doing it?

just am

How are you spending your time priorities etc.

how do you access your course and when?

typically get a rehearsal room every week and so it give me time to practice my drum parts and even bring a mic along.

What are you doing - what does it involve?

3x Guitar parts

1x Bass

1x Drum part

1x Vocals

Carry out evidence and evaluate activities to demonstrate your practical development within your chosen area over this study block. You should use a suitable multi-media platform to document and evidence this.

Technology in music - Timo

Expanding Collaberation

Pi box

good music creation planning platform

jack trip, audiomovers, sessionwire, and soundwhale are similar platforms for long distance colaberation

Playing with utilising hardware and

re-amaping

Your Strategy

What helps build your brand/professional identity?

Persona

Image

Simplicity

Merch

Networking

Reworking into the modern platform.

Muted tones, simplified logos.

Large conglomerates leading the way.

We looked at different webpages and the pros and cons of imagery and typography, colours etc.

all needs to align with the feelings you want to evoke to your intended audience.

in class remix work

production something - george

Types of Reverb

Tube - Warm - Smooth - Slower

FET - Less top end roll off warm - Dynamic - fast

opto - character - slow -

vca - clinical - fast

sidechain compression

e.g. kick

bass

dipping the bass so that the kick can show through.

parallel compression

new york compression kick + snare

multiband compression - seperate compression on different frequencies

master bus compression

20 - 20k human ear frequencies

parallel compression to tie compression together.

side chain - audio ducking

super charger gt - tube compressor plugin.

-can give a bit extra additional creative sound.

ghost compression - ghost compression is when you ghost a version of the kick drum to trigger side chain on another sound - eg. so that the kick powers through and doesn't get lost.

fab filter eq being used over multiband compressor due to miltiband being a little finiikey

if you pitched your songs to a publisher and label, who and why.

Punk - cover : epitaph - kobalt publishing because they are decent with small artists and not super dodgy

Movie trailer : Movie trailer label - evolving sound publisher - kobalt publishing

ideally i would prefer not to pursue music with a label unless i wanted a to pursue a wider audience spread, something I would consider at a wider following.

make sure learning objectives are being met, maybe even detailing them

• gibbs reflective cycle - sufficient crtical analysis is taking place

put across all posts:

are you seeing/hearing process?

think smart targets

does anything need to change in order to target new areas that have come to light?

adjusting spare time due to the increase in activity

do you feel the content and structure is still relevant or do you need to revise/add/take away excersises and activities?

most content will need to be removed due to it being irrelevent to my progress and i also require conclusions etc.

is it still motivating you or does it need a new fresh approach at this stage?

PERSONAL PRACTICE ROUTINE

REFER TO PICTURES ON PHONE IF NECESSARY

New Perspectives

critique two areas to celebrate and two to work on, identify areas of contrast.

tone and sound decent sounds like an american movie early 2000s

timing, cleaning it up a bit

areas of contrast: dynamic range, open reverb, airy, different vocal elements

mine is quite compressed and will have punky messy vocals.

migrate to seperate performance padlet.

Practical development in your chosen area.

drumming every week [insert pictures]

currently learning all the parts of my cover and performing myself.

last monday 10th march, had a rehearsal with two others, i was on guitar. Alex on drums and joe on bass.

with my limited confidence in my skill it helps to boost my motivation especially discussing how when you begin working with talent you want to push yourself futher also, joe discussed being in a jazz band of 60 year olds as a bassist but expressing how he got experience from it.

i aim to push my development in all performance areas.

multimedia - zine interview

include different revisions of the work and also include an image of the physical edition and a link to the digital.

Timo

taking technology live

utilising automation and midi assistance in live performances. ableton can enhance the performance.

Passive is music being played around you

active

key signature

time signature

tempo

key

instrumentation

the prodjedy - writings on the wall - omen

passive listening exercise:

while drawing

tempo relatively fast

key dunno

instrumentation: synthy, male vocal,

active listening

not sure if its the speakers

low end is very distorted, bit crushed sorta compression

sub bass is very pronounced.

drums are very highly compressed and punchy.

vocals

very roomy vocals

compressed

apart from that the vocals are relatively clean and unprocessed

Arrangement & Structure

Instrumentation & timbre

tempo

production techniques

use of harmony

use of melody

use of rhythm

lyrics

performance techniques

dynamics and texture

reflect on our own songs utilising all of this

bpm challenge: 140.5

guess was: 140

key takeaways from this excercise, yes

Study Group - Your Strategy

Replicating voices - voice over stuff, take pics of you tracking, use of voice change effects etc LO3

Replicating Foley - take pics of recording and explain process LO2,LO3

Use of effects - use of reverb and distortion effects to add tension LO2

Choice of sounds - why you picked those sounds LO2, LO3

Comparison to the original - what has changed and why LO7

Scoring to picture - editing to hit the right beats, problems with that process, critical relfection LO3

Reasoning - why you picked this to do LO7

Mixing - use of automation, mix choice, is it different to doing a normal non score mix LO2, LO3

Editing audio - chopping audio files to fit the picture, use of volume automation, editing tools (scissors, fades) to have clean edits LO2,LO3

Analysis - choice of notes, key, timing, harmony in the strings

Justify everything.

fireflies - owl city - it has so many layers and depth that are justified completely, made in formerlly propeller (reason) and goldwave (similar to audacity) on a shitty laptop in his parents basement along with a $20 mic

and cheap hardware

sparked emotion - also a relatable emotion.

explain why people should listen to this song

it doesn't wear out - it has the best replay ability factor.

is there one song that doesn't get enough love that you want to share with the group

what went well?

pushing myself to more opportunity

what didn't go as well as you thought?

collaberation, more slots and availability for small pond or drum den

what changes and what you need to implement for positive change and what personal goals you set and how do they feed into wider goals

performing goals

and anxiety and stress improving goals.

level 5 preliminary

who are you 3 biggest influences on your music?

choose one of each for:

performance/aesthetic

smashmouth

songwriting/lyric/melodic ideas

wheatus

owl city

production/sound/tones

counting crows - voice

jimmy eat world

why did you choose these and how they have influenced you?

y2k vibe

make two tracks that celebrate your emerging usp and musical influences

research two artists argue why and how they have impact on their chosen genre