CR #6

My senior project experience has come to end. Although, technically I am still working on my project. In my mind, senior project isn’t over until the night of the presentation. […]

Blog post #8

After many hours of trying to figure out how I wanted to form my song, making each section a separate song or have them all be one, and I have[…]

CR #5

My essential question was how can music reflect an emotion and what I’ve discovered is that each piece of music may be centered around one specific emotion but it reflects[…]

Blog post #7

We are coming to the final week of working on our senior projects and now the tech portion has become crucial. Of course, because my project is so complicated and[…]

may 7-8: song 2

Helloo, so Gus and I finally have a new song for you all. This one took us longer than the first song to finish since we were such perfectionists about[…]

CR #4

This week, I made a lot of progress. Yesterday I spent 4 hours working on my project. I met with a friend of mines’ sibling who works with logic constantly.[…]

CR #2

What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? Because of quarantine, I’ve been at home speaking french 24/7with my family and speaking absolutely no english has[…]

CR #1

What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I know that to write something I am proud of would be to write something meaningful to me.[…]

Blog post #6

Finally, my pop filter came for my microphone. It took me forever to set up and get it to work properly but I did it. I messed around with the[…]

CR #1

I had a lot of trouble getting the right melody in the beginning of my project. I went through about 3 different ideas before I finally found the right one[…]

CR #2

Throughout this process, it’s been very difficult to gather up enough motivation to work during the quarantine. I’ve tried my best to put all of my frustration into my music.[…]

CR #3

My guitar chord finally arrived so I began recording the guitar portion. I feel that the guitar will really start to pull the whole song together. I think in the[…]

Blog post #5

Yesterday I decided to practice my singing tones so I would be prepared when my pop filter arrived and record the official vocals for each section.  I adapted the tone[…]

Blog post #4

This original blog post was deleted so I’m rewriting it.   As it turns out, I have been doing lots of research on what instruments help to best represent an[…]

Blog post #3

Yesterday, I spent 3 hours working on the album cover for my song. I designed a sketch, took the pictures, and edited it all together. I spent so much time[…]

APR 17: SONG 2

Hellooooo, so Gus and I thought it would be a good idea to let the first song sit for a couple days so that we don’t get sick of it[…]

APR 16: FIRST SONG PART 2

Hello, so Gus and I have been continuing the song we started last week. We’ve been trying to flesh out complete verse, chorus and bridge sections. It’s probably about time[…]

CR1

There’s plenty I know about my senior project’s area of study. However, like everything I’m passionate about I can’t know everything and I certainly don’t claim to, so it’s a worthwhile exercise[…]

CR #1

Critical Reflection #1: What I Know vs What I Don’t Know (CR1)   My senior project is about making music. My essential question is how can I tell a compelling[…]

Katie’s 1st Post

Last week was the first week of working on our senior projects. It took me a long time but I finally figured out a piano base and vocal melody. I[…]