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“Have a mind like water.”

― David Allen,  GTD

SUMMARY

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

I am almost done with the first lesson of Justins Guitar Lessons. I am just perfecting my chord switched and the Star Wars theme song.

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

 

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How interested in learning more about playing the guitar

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score:  4

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

I found this activity very interesting. The song analysis I watched was How The Weekend Writes A Melody. What interested me the most was how he uses the minor pentatonic scale to give a cool feel. Additionally how he uses low and calm instrumentals and contrasts that with very rhythmic vocals to create a false sense of a groove that’s not there.

Holistic Songwriting by Friedemann Findeisen

An Example: The Swift Formula – One Note Melodies

How interested in learning more about music theory and song analysis?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: 5

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

What I really liked about the video is how he explained not only what you do to the song to make the chorus sound bigger but what to do to the instrumentals. This is going to help a lot.

Do THIS with every song you write | Hit Song Architect S1E3

How interested in songwriting, song structure, and music production?

• • 1 (YUCK!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES!)

Your score: 5

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

The first thing I learned in the classroom was that adding a rhythmic vocal to calm and cool notes make the listener think there is a groove that’s not really there. I also learned in the studio that to make a chorus sound bigger, you make what comes before it sound smaller. Additionally adding the instrumentals slowly, and adding instrumentals to the chorus makes the chorus sound bigger. As far as problems, I didn’t come across any.