Today I learn song structure, and it was pretty interesting.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Holistic Songwriting by Friedemann Findeisen

The video I watched was How Drake Writes A Melody. I really liked the video. I found interesting all the techniques that drake does with his melodies to sound more chill and unpredictable.

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Your score: 5

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• • Lyrics to music videos (2 videos)

What I learned was how to use hook pad when organizing my lyrics into a melody.

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Your score: 2

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

Powerful advice from 10 Professional Musicians you need to hear (14:15)

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I learned how to tune my guitar in one part of his first lesson.

• justinguitar.com.

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Your score: 3

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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

I was thinking about what this video and the truth of its context. I was talking about how if you build more resilience you will live longer. This makes a lot of sense because if you build up more physical resilience you will be physically healthier and if you build up mental resilience you can deal with stress in your life a lot easier. I feel like this ties into music really well to because if you are more musically resilient then you can play better and become a better musician.

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Your score: 4

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects

What I found most interesting was the comparison to a story, and how he set everything up like a story with rising action, climax, and falling action.

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Your score: 2

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

What I learned was the basic parts and pieces of putting together a song. I found the melody structure part of the project really interesting.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Content (The WHAT)

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

Rating: 4

What interested me was melody structure.

Process (The HOW)

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

Rating: 4

The holistic videos interested me the most because you can actually see how the melody is broken down.