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Studio Time

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  Types of mic: condensor dynamic ribbon 48v is used for condenser microphones as they aren't sensitive enough to pick up certain frequencies without that extra surge of electricity.

Collaborative project

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Collaborative Project Plans for my collaborative project: Create an EP collaboratively with Kam and Aiden 3-4 alternative funk songs Design an album cover Gig with some of our music? We are trying to achieve a heavier funk sound, throwing in different aspects of different genres to create something new and original. We hope to record our songs in the studios for release on Spotify and potentially gig, whether thats inside or outside of college. In order to accomplish this, we need the following resources: a studio (preferably C17), a wah wah pedal for the bass??, a social media to promote our upcoming release, a hard drive, a camera and photoshop to create the album cover. Meeting 1 Our roles in the project: Aiden - Sound engineering and studio work Kam - Scouting for gigs and potential venues Me - Social media and Marketing  6 Week creative plan Week 1 - finish first song Week 2/3 - create and finish second song  Week 4/5 - create and finish third song Week 6 - Clean up anyth...

D8.1 - Careers

 D8.1 - Careers Assignment brief: Scenario - you may wish to progress to vocational music HE courses or to join a professional band, to start a business, begin an apprenticeship or undertake further study training in a field that may not be obviously related to your current course (but builds upon skills developed on it). To develop a career, you need to define goals and develop flexible plans. Task 1 - Explore at least three different progression opportunities suitable for your interests and specialisms, such as: • higher and further education • freelance opportunities • entry positions in the music industry • internships • apprenticeships • work experience • funding opportunities. Task 2 - explore and develop the skills related to progression, including: • identifying career aspirations • creating material, such as personal statements and CVs • collating references and contacts • establishing short-, medium- and long-term goals • relating musical skills to progression • professio...

Personal Project

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 Personal Project For my personal project i have a rough idea about the fact i want to compose some songs as a part of it, however choosing the genre may be one of the harder parts for me. For example, i could compose great lyrics for a heavier, more emotional song and lack creativity in the other aspects or even compose a swanky bass line for a funk song and struggle to make a melody line to accompany.  Potential ideas for personal project: compose and produce original song with music video EP with album cover creating merchandise? Personal project plan: For my personal project, i have decided to compose an song (heavily inspired by a My Chem and La Dispute hybrid type thing) with a music video accompany. If i've finished that and still have time i will expand to an EP with multiple songs. The reason why i have chosen to do this is to mainly focus on the improvement and display of my songwriting skills, but also to show my progress using a software like premier to edit footag...

D10 - Marketing

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 Video techniques  Ok Go -  single shot in camera - real time makes it more appealing Depth of field explained - Experimenting with premier myself -  Experimenting with logos on AI- This is the logo i created on Adobe Illustrator. Experimenting with photoshop- Before: After: Using Adobe InDesign to create a CD cover: OBS OBS is a multi camera live streaming software thats free to download. You can stream on YouTube or Twitch. Artists can create a patreon and broadcast lessons.