Developing Quality Workflow

What is Workflow? Image Creative Workflow from Behance.com, https://www.behance.net/gallery/27919515/Creative-workflow-GIF Work•flow /ˈwərkflō/ “The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” – lexico.com What is a quality workflow?  How do we develop it?  Below are elements of the production cycle that most creative people move through as they create something.  First, […]

Recipe for Success 2020: James Hetfield

Image of James Hetfield from Ultimate Classic Rock, https://ultimateclassicrock.com/james-hetfield-rehab-support/ Born: August 3, 1963, in Downey, California Personal Success Definition When I think of success, I think of someone who started from nothing, rose to greatness, and always stays humble and gives back. James Hetfield has embodied that since day one. He helped found Metallica, which […]

Leadership 2020: Guitar Tech

Hello! So for my leadership requirement, I did something a little unorthodox. Over the course of the winter (prior to the global pandemic) I served as Mr. LeDuc’s guitar tech, which meant that I would arrive early every morning and change strings and inspect the guitars to see if they were in a good enough […]

Stretch Goal 3: May 2020

Hell0! This is my third Stretch Goal post. This is also a continuation of last month’s Stretch Goal to write MIDI files for songs for my album, The Torch. Role: My role this month is to be a mixer/masterer. I say this because those skills will be needed to write what I have written in […]

Stretch Goal 2: April 2020

The Stretch Goal By April 30, in collaboration with my soon-to-be freshman brother, I will have completed the Holistic Songwriting series to give me the ability to write MIDI files for 6 out of the 12 songs on my upcoming album, The Torch. Why? I want to achieve this Stretch Goal for 2 interconnected reasons: […]

Session 6 Production Project

SUMMARY Role: This time around, I’m taking on the role of mixer to get a second draft on the “final mix” the song I presented last time, a song I have chosen to give the working title of “Daydream”. Intention (SMART Goal) By March 18 as a part of a solo project, I will have […]

Session 5 Production Project

Summary Hello again. For the past month Keith and I decided to take a break from our work on NYOH (check previous blog posts if you don’t know what that means) and work on individual projects. Fortunately for me, I have a plan in the works: MIDI files for a song I hope to put […]

Session 4 Production Project

Summary Hello! For the past month, I have been working with my buddy Keith Porteous to record and release the songs from Keith’s Dramafest musical, New York Or Here. The song listed below is the first mix of the second song in the musical, Squint.  21st Century Skills Evidence Ways of Thinking  Having never navigated […]

Rock Production Post #2

Summary Hello again. This time is going to be different from every other post that I’ve done thus far. Why? Because I didn’t create a song this cycle. Shocking, right? So what did I do? Well, my focus was not on myself, but on other people. I played the role of mentor, mainly helping the […]

Production Cycle #1

I’m back (again). Shall we jump in? Summary So, what happened while I was gone? Well, for the past month I have worked with vocalist Tiana and guitarist/bassist Dillon to create, record, and upload a “song”, no matter how crappy or long it was. 21st Century Skills The skills used for this were aplenty, probably […]

Linkedin Recommendation Semester 2 2019

It’s that time of year again. Every end of semester, the School of Rock class, led by Mr. LeDuc, has to write recommendations for one another. This year, my choice is Silas Parker. The following is my recommendation: If you are inspired by people who overcome challenges on a daily basis, look no further than […]

Recommendation(because Linkedin wasn’t working)

Recommendation for Joseph Parks When people say “talented singer” I think of Joseph. I had the great pleasure of having Joseph as a fellow student at Capital High School. Right off the bat, Joseph was a kind friend, and I knew if I asked him something, he wouldn’t let me down. Not to mention his […]

Semester 1 Final

3 sentences of a mission statement: What do you want to do? How are you going to do it? Why are you doing it?   Rise above the cycle of punishment and reward. Intrensic motivation undermined by the extrensic factors. Schools don’t prioritize what kids want to learn.   4 P’s of creativity: Passion, Projects, […]

Leadership

January Hours worked: Evidence: February Hours worked: Evidence: March Hours worked: Evidence: April Hours worked: Evidence: May Hours worked: Evidence: Resources CHS SkillsUSA Page

Producers!

This post is going to be a bit different from normal. Today I’m going to share some fun facts from different producers that I like. What Is a Producer? The definition of a producer, thanks to Google, is a person who “oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performer’s music, which may […]

Unit 8 Part 2: ADR

Summary Let’s keep things movin’, shall we? This time I did some, as the title suggests, ADR with a clip of my own this time. Video What I Did I recorded the video with my phone at my house at my desk. I recorded the sound with an Epiphone SG going through an iRig into […]