Major Project – Initial Thoughts

I’m drawn to the idea of creating YouTube videos centred around exploring my thought process and the way I digest musical information such as genre, harmony and the relationship between visuals and music. I think it will be a valuable way to flesh out my portfolio while also demonstrating my ability to create music and developing…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST9

Project Evaluation To begin with, I think it is important to state that I feel my personal role in this assessment could have been delivered with much more confidence and enthusiasm. We had decided that my role would include introducing the audience to our performance concept and explaining the way in which the workshop would…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST8

Process Statement Our idea for the final assessment is to structure our groups' performance using the audience as a means of dictating what is played and what is seen on screen, essentially putting them in control of the entire performance. To give our audience and our performers a stimulus, we will have a selection of…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST7

Project Proposal Our proposal for the final assessment is to construct a workshop in which we will perform, but also place a strong emphasis on audience participation and improvisational performance.   We feel that collaborative play is an essential aspect in the creation of an engaging workshop/performance and because of this, we want our audience…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST4

Alternative Stimulus for Music This task asked us to create a sound map of an area as we walked through it. I choose to use Park Campus for its mixture of natural and urban installations. I took a walk around the complex and made notes in my journal about the sorts of things I could…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST3

Social Media Strategies We felt that using a social media platform that conveyed interactions as short bursts of information would be the most effective way of structuring this task. Luckily for us, just such a platform exists: Snapchat. In essence, we wanted to take the idea of quickfire human interaction, as conveyed by social media,…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST2

Audience Participation Our idea for ST1 was based on the development or rhythmic motifs, and the encouragement of an improvisational approach to collaboration with one another. We felt that in developing this idea we would achieve a higher level of engagement from the audience if we kept it simple and enjoyable. As such, the way…

Creative Strategies 3: Music for Networks and Communities, Semester 2 – ST1

Collaborative Play https://youtu.be/G9xFwjceugg Our first exercise was to create a simple performance based on rhythmic layering. Our approach was based on Terry Riley's 'In C,' and Steve Reich's 'Clapping Music.' We began with a basic rhythmic motif which we then developed by stacking variations of this motif over it. The effect is almost contrapuntal in…

The Production Project: Final Production Pieces

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The Production Project: Contextual Research and Market Analysis Task: Platforms and Audiences

Tastemakers Magazines that are considered to be tastemakers in the country music scene are Country Music Magazine (published once in every two months) who feature reviews, interviews and shine some light on new artists. Another example is Country Music People (published once a month) who are the biggest country music magazine in Europe and are…