Looping and Vocals: April 28th, 2014

Today, was by far the most fun meeting with my mentor thus far. First he took a listen to my finished beat and gave me feedback on it. After making some minor adjustments, he taught me how to loop the beat. This was the hardest part as you have to line up two different tracks at exactly the same spot. After looping, we began humming melodies to my beat. After choosing a desired melody, we ended the session with him giving me the take-home task of writing a 16 line verse and have it finished by our next meeting on Wednesday, April 30th, 2014.

Time logged in this session: 3hrs
Total time logged: 13hrs

Take Home Job: April 27th, 2014

Today i did not physically meet with my mentor. Instead, i continued to finish my beat at home, as he had asked of me. I added some piano notes and a few guitar chords to what was already a baseline and some percussion. Honestly, im enjoying making my own beat. I get to create a sound that i thought of, and i put together, all my ideas influenced by no one else. This is only the start to what seems to be a very intriguing senior capstone topic. Our next session is tomorrow, April 28th, 2014.

Time logged in this session: 3hrs
Total time logged: 10hrs

2nd Meeting : April 26th, 2014

Today, my mentor and i finished the introduction to both programs (Logic Studio Pro and Reason 4.0). After, the good part came, and now i have begun working on my first beat. He taught me how to begin with a baseline, then add more individual sounds by stacking the different tracks on top of each other. This has really sparked my interest in my topic now that i am actually working hands on, on my own piece of material. When our session was over, he told me to finish the beat and home and have it ready for him by our next meeting on Monday.

Time logged for this session : 4hrs

Total time logged : 7hrs

Downloading Software and Terminology; April 25, 2014

On Friday, April 25,2014 i met with my mentor and we started with downloading two softwares onto my computer. The 1st program was Reason 4.0 recording software and the other was a program called Logic Studio Pro. We opened both programs and he familiarized me with some basic terminology with a small introduction to each program. This 1st session was a little tedious as i am extremely impatient and wanted to start working with the software already, but overall I'm glad the process has started and am looking forward to actually putting the programs into use.  In our next meeting he will finish the introductory material and we will begin the initial steps into making a beat. We have planned to meet tomorrow at 3:30 pm to continue our sessions.

Time logged for this session: 3hrs

Total time logged: 3hrs