School of Rock – Day 15 – Celebration and Reflection

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SUMMARY

  • Write your class summary last, at the end of the course here… Only one to two sentences. How would you explain this class to a friend in one to two sentences?

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

I felt my project went well. The cover came out decent though it could have been better. Doing this project I learned that guitar isn’t my thing and that is okay.

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 3

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • I was most interested in learning music theory and analysis joining this class. All the videos I watched in this class really interested me and help get me through the class.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

  • Looking through hooktheory and playing around in hook lab was alright but I wasn’t too engaged for too long.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 2

PRACTICE ROOM (LESSONS)

  • Learning Bass and Guitar were the main reasons I signed up for this class. I did enjoy it though the music analysis took up most my interest I did enjoy playing a lot.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 4

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

  • I didn’t do much studio work through the course of the class because I was never really interested in doing so.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 1

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

  • Same problem with studio work I was never really interested and didn’t explore it too much.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 1

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • I thought all the ted talks we watched were really interesting and I still often think about some stuff that was said especially how identity shapes habits.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 4

STAGE

  • I loved the Motown documentary and playing Kahoots.
  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 4

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Learning music analysis and the fun little song I learned on the guitar was really fun.
  • Actually playing guitar was a little difficult but watching videos and practicing helped me a lot.

THE COURSE’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION (OVERALL)

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

Learning how music is made and why good music is good and how to make such good music.

Learning about habits and how important they were and also the creative process.

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 3

I liked the freedom and choice to do what interested us most

I didn’t feel there was much wrong with the structure but some days just felt slow.

I don’t think I would change anything I think it would pretty good as it.

BONUS MATERIAL

Dr. Gebrian’s Brain-Friendly Practice Ideas

Dr. Gebrian’s YouTube Playlists on Practice Techniques and Brain Research

Annie Dang’s Songwriting YouTube Channel

Annie Dang’s YouTube Resources for Songwriting and Publishing

How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xaICKlp9kQc%3Fstart%3D634%26feature%3Doembed

Link to How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain by HealthyGamerGG on YouTube

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

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SUMMARY

Today I didn’t do too much that I don’t normally do. I recorded my final recording for the final and I watched music theory and music analysis youtube videos.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Link to your final project HERE!
First take (really bad) (Don’t play)
Finished recording (less bad) (ignore the wrong note I played at :48)

Feedback: Sounded good slowed.

Leadership Project (SMART Goal Evidence)

  1. Welcome to show and tell!
  2. Embed media as evidence of your completed work (SHOW)
  3. Write what you completed. Write it as if the person reading has no idea what you were working on for the past week. (TELL)

What I did for my leadership project is I covered the intro section of Creep by Radiohead. The intro is 8 bars and did it over 5 days adding 2 more bars each day. Once I got the new set of bars down I played it with the last set of bars until I could play the whole thing.

Soundtrap Exporting and Mixing Resources

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yq-BnrEB8Ag%3Fstart%3D1%26feature%3Doembed

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I went over Creep again. I also went over some of the other little songs I learned throughout the weeks so I made sure I still knew them. Played them all pretty well so I stopped practicing early because I don’t have much else I want to practiced till class ended tomorrow.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uDDeves6Crs%3Ffeature%3Doembed

First I watched an Adam Neely video about Benedetti’s music puzzle and how due to just intonation it is mathematically impossible to play correctly repeatedly. I also watched some Adam Neely QnA videos seeing him explore various music ideas and topics. Then I watched a video of Adam Neely and Jeff Schneider looking at viewer sent musical pieces and talking about how they could improve them. Mr Le Duc took the headphones so I can’t watch anymore videos.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Watch how to present with power and poise

https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen.html
https://www.youtube.com/embed/02EJ1IdC6tE

Great presentations have many ingredients from the structure of the visuals to the delivery. But what makes it all work from voice, eye contact, word choice, body language, the visuals used, etc. Let’s take a look at the act of successfully presenting or pitching an idea to reveal these ingredients.

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/McHPIxErbeyuAz
Brain Rules for Presenters from Garr

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • A problem I had was Mr. Le Duc almost playing the wrong audio file and ultimately embarrassing me in front of my peers and I solved the problem by telling Mr. Le Duc which file to play.

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 13 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 3

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SUMMARY

I recorded my final project and then I watched music analysis videos.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • I hope to get a decent recording of my cover. One thats acceptable and not horrible to listen to.

Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta, one more time!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I went over all 8 bars again and I recorded them in soundtrap and exported them to mp3.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=31k6O2nQgHg%3Ffeature%3Doembed
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rrkrvAUbU9Y%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Song Analysis Tools

I finished watching a video responding to a take that Rick Beato had that older music is better than newer music because it’s more complex and the person that made the video talked about why he disagreed. Next I watched Rick Beato talked about a coldplay song highlighting its melodic structure and just showing the song off in general. Then I watched a Rick Beato video talking about an improv piece that Oscar Peterson did live where he went there all the different kinds of Jazz and Rick says it to be the greatest solo of all time. Then I watched a Rick Beato video about guitar in the 90s mainly highlighting rock and metal and their respective sub-genres. Then Rick Beato went over his list of top 20 keyboard intros. Then I watched a video Adam Neely and some other youtubers did where they remade classic kids song using more advanced music techniques as a way to introduce the topics to kids. After that I watched Adam Neely talk in depth about music copyright and music as property. Then I watched an Adam Neely talk about the white supremacy in the history of music theory and highlights eastern parts of music.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CHxhjDPKfbY%3Ffeature%3Doembed

The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen at TEDxClaremontColleges

I got kinda lost during the video due to the mid day flop but from what I gathered about control and productivity I might rewatched the video at a later date and try to really understand what he was saying.

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

A problem I had was I couldn’t play my cover right. I solved this problem by taking a moment to breathe and I played it a little slower so I could do it right.

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

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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\

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you hope to complete on your ‘afternoon’ today.

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

 Goal Page: Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
  3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=b2XXzcQhPvc%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Practiced creep more. Got all the bars I was practicing down in memory and I just need to play it correctly and get it recorded.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Chapter 3: How to Build Better Habit in 4 Simple Steps from James Clear’s Atomic Habits

I watched a video analyzing the tritone and the myth of it being banned by the Catholic Church in the middle ages. Next I watched an Adam Neely video of him talking about the amazing harmony of Infant Eyes by Wayne Shorter. Next I watched a Rick Beato video looking at the 2022 Dua Lipa copyright lawsuit and looking at both songs to see how similar they are. After that I watch another Rick Beato video analysis Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears. Next Rick video I watched went over Don’t Stop Believing by Journey. Then I watched a video Rick Beato did looking at the Ed Sheeran lawsuit between his song Thinking out loud vs Lets get it on by Marvin Gaye.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M%3Ffeature%3Doembed
  • WatchShawn 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)
  • WYNTON MARSALIS
    • “My 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.

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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

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SUMMARY

Practiced more on Creep and watched more music analysis videos.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

Got through bars 5 and 6 in Creep and got to the point that I can play every bar from memory through bar 6. Touched up on bars 1-4 as well.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Chapter 2: How Habit Shape your Identity from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_ryupLmKCU%3Ffeature%3Doembed

I though what James Clear said about shaping your identity around habits was really insightful and interesting. After that I watched a video about the brief history of ABBA and how they because as big as they are specifically highlighting their song dancing queen.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

The Marshmallow Experiment and Delayed Gratification

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TZYIJDtt3mU%3Fstart%3D1%26feature%3Doembed

“…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
  • This American Life
    • This American Life podcast Back to School
    • Listen to act 1 from minute 3:45 to 37:00.  Then skipped to Act 2 from 43:00 until the end.
    • Take notes
  • 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.

STAGE

  • Finish watching from 1:20:00 minutes of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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 10 – Community

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SUMMARY

I spent most of the day watching Rick Beato and Adam Neely music analysis videos. I also practiced playing Creep some more.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfhTruV_7aM%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Practiced Creep more. Started with the first 2 bars yesterday and then practiced that more today and added in the next 2 bars in addition with the first 2.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Habit Stacking and fill in the Template with your own habit stack from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cBDJDZAo41c%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

I watch a video about Celine Dion hitting the High E flat in All By Myself and the key change that follows. I also watch a video about the weirdness in the composure of The Girl From Ipanema and learning a little about the history of Samba and Bossa Nova and its relation to American Jazz. Then I watched an Andrew Huang video about how the supertonic relates well with any chord and that being why its so prominent in pop music. I watched another video of Rick Beato when he analyzed Bohemian Rhapsody and also interviews Brian May. Next video I watched was about how people feel rhythm and how we feel really fast and really slow rhythms and how it all leads back to the indifferent rhythm of about 100 bpm. Next I watched a video of Adam Neely who is a jazz musician trying to play more metal style music and highlighting the differences in style. They had another video of Rob Scallon who does metal music and he does jazz music. Then I found a ted talk that Adam Neely did about personal language in music.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3wSbCdQMC6I%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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

STAGE

  • Watch the from 46:00 to 1:15:00 minutes of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.

Watch documentary on Motown.

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 9 – Workflow

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SUMMARY

I spent a lot of time watching Rick Beato music analysis videos and practicing the song I’m going to cover for the final project.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

Today I practiced the first 3 lines of the intro to Creep by Radiohead. I tried playing at the normal bpm of the song at 93 but it was too fast with all the eight notes in the beginning so I slowed it does to 35 playing the eights like quarter notes. I also just noodled around on guitar and bass just playing stuff I thought sounded cool.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

I found how simple musically Adele’s Rumor has it is. Adele’s blues style singing with Motown inspired instrumental was really good. I also watched a video about Minerva by Deftones. Chino Moreno’s vocal capability is really impressive and the guitar lines on that song are really good too. I also watched another Rick Beato video about the complexity of Never Gonna Let You Go by Sergio Mendes for it being a #1 hit pop song. Rick talks about the songs many key changes and its weird chord progression.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

I love hearing people give their own takes on human society and purpose and I found his very interesting. What he said about stimuli and shower thoughts coming from the lack of this stimuli really intrigued me because I am very often listening to some form of podcast or video essay and I do find I think more in depth thoughts when I remove those factors.

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.

Watched a documentary on Motown.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

A problem I had today was I couldn’t listen to audio through my red box. I fixed this problem by looking up my issue in google and watching a video of someone with the same issue solve it.

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 8 – Leadership Planning and Preparation

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RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

I watched 3 Rick Beato videos and practiced Creep by Radiohead a bit.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

Play a cover of Creep by Radiohead on guitar.

  1. Pick one of the following: Leading by being part of a team or Leading by example
  2. Place your project idea, the description, and the outcome here: bit.ly/2ZxekGt
  3. Write the same thing above these instructions under the LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY heading

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I learned just how skilled Rivers Cuomo is vocally. Also how cool Thom Yorke is of guitar.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

I learned just how skilled Rivers Cuomo is vocally. Also how cool Thom Yorke is of guitar. And that seven nation army is way simpler than I expected. These videos also reminded me how much I like Hash pipe, Paranoid Android, Seven Nation Army respectively.

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Masterclass Article

Holistic Songwriter

How expensive the black cards were for what they offered shocked me.

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

Seeing the vast difference between pre and post production.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Watch and Listen to Adriel Wallick’s creative process (even though it’s about game design, it’s still a great process for any creative person)
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better

I thought the rubber duck thing was interesting because when I’m stuck creatively I talk to myself out loud but it would be easier talking to an inanimate object.

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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

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.

A problem a was faced with today was I couldn’t get pedals to work in soundtrap and I did not solve the problem and gave up.

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 7 – Planning and Pathways

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RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

I recreated Cardiff Castle parts for Clarinet and Trumpet and started working on the flute part. I also played around on bass trying to make a funky and silly bassline.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

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

Start his 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist

Start the series of videos, follow his directions, and check out his web site, justinguitar.com.

Set a timer.  Maybe an hour a day?  The first 10 videos take less than an hour.

I got caught up trying to play a cool bass line and I did not watch the videos.

  • 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.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

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

Learning how Taylor makes her melodies and how the one note melodies are seen so often in hit songs.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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:

I learned more about hook theory and songwriting specifically.

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

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

Explore Song Writing “Systems”

Learning the need for songs to play around the campfire.

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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.

Learned how to add effect with soundtrap which is something I tired to do but couldn’t figure out myself.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Screenshot from Jane McGonigal’s SuperBetter TED Talk on YouTube

Watch Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life.  (20 minutes)

Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.

I found this video very interesting. The concept of turning your life into a videogame was very cool when she talked about it but when she demonstrated it I found it kinda lame.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I enjoyed recreating Cardiff Castle in hook theory most. A problem I faced while doing so is not understanding the flute sheet music and I solved it by looking it up and learning how to do so.

DAILY 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 6 – Bass Basics

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RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

Learned a lot of cool stuff about bass and practiced again on my little toons.

PRACTICE ROOM

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate you can play perfectly.

Bass Practice Extras

Step 1: Watch How To Add Bass Notes Guitar Strumming Lessons by Tomas Michaud

Screenshot from Tomas Michaud video

Step 2: Download the guitar TABS for his exercise (PDF)

Step 3: Practice one of the exercises

Bonus Bass Resource!

CLASSROOM

Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes)

Contrabass serpent. Bass is musics youngest part. Tonality is why western music sounds different than music in other parts of the world. Organs reigned supreme in bass back in the old days.

LAB

Step 1: Watch How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad (some bass lines are based on chromatic scale)

screenshot from HookTab

Step 2: Watch 3 ways to use Hookpad’s MIDI drag-drop feature (you can create basslines and more and export to Soundtrap and other DAW – digital audio workstations)

Step 3: Try making a bassline to a chord progression or melody line.

Screenshot from HookLab

The activity was good and I learn more about extracting midi files and opening them is DAWs.

STUDIO

Play around with playing the low E string (6th string on the top of the neck) on your guitar. Create a simple three-note-ish bassline. Get funky with it.  Try different plucking tempos to great the groove. You can even try playing Smoke on the Water

Screenshot from Kidsguitarzone.com

I composed a little song in Hook Theory and it went really well and I like how it sounds.

CONTROL ROOM

Record the bass line you developed in the studio.

How did the recording go? Write a short reflection.

OUTSIDE / IDEAS

Choice 1: Explore Carol Kaye and James Jamerson’s Profiles in Excellent.  These two bass players are credited with creating some of the best bass lines!  Then go for a walk and think of the funky work they created.

Profile in Excellence

Screenshot from Polyphonic at YouTube

Profile in Excellence

Image from Wikipedia

Choice 2: Flip through the Quizlet on Bass Composition Techniques flashcards a couple times.

After playing with Quizlet, go for a walk and think about bass lines.  Think of songs that have great basslines.  When you are back from your walk, you might want to research more about the notes that make those basslines stand out?

Screenshot from Quizlet Bass Composition Techniques

Choice 3: Watch How to Quickly Improve Focus – Andrew Huberman

I do find it hard to focus sometimes but if I notice that I’m not focusing like I should be I try harder to focus and it does help me focus better.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

A problem I had today was I was very tired and I dealt with it by getting up and walking around and getting some water which helped a lot.

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

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