This week was the first week of my BA Popular Music Performance course and after 8 weeks break from academic studies I have quickly been reminded of the commitment and discipline that is required to fulfil assessment criteria. This final year of the degree is quite different from the previous 2 years study in that responsibility for the deliverance of projects lies in my own hands with less week to week guidance from tutors. I feel that the last few months of my HND year I took my foot off the gas a little and didn't remain fully committed to the end which resulted in a lower grade than I had shown potential for. This year however I intend to get off to the same start and maintain constant progress until all tasks required of me are complete and hopefully I will finish the year off with the prize of a degree in popular music performance.
The first day of college brought a quick introduction to the course that lay ahead and it was immediately down to business as we discussed different possibilities for the dissertation and ensemble/solo projects. The dissertation is a research project on a specific music related topic and will be assessed over a 5000 word research paper supported by an oral presentation. Despite drawing mind maps and discussing previous topics I am still undecided on what topic I will choose for my own research and have settled on trying to find a suitable angle to research a particular aspect of the career or effect of The Beatles, my favourite band. I understand the large scale of this project and must decide soon which area I will research so that I can begin soon. The ensemble project will be assessed in December this year so it takes slight priority in class over the solo project which has to be delivered in May 2011. I have already decided to team up with some familiar faces and present a Blues Brothers project and although we have selected some big hits to practice for next week’s session we are still undecided as to how to approach the research for this.
The other class of the day was digital audio production multi-media that requires the student to research the current digital multimedia used within the music industry and use this research to create our own multimedia product. I shall propose to design a website that promotes myself as solo artist "Daniel Dundee" and can feature the E.P. I intend to produce and release before performing as part of my solo project.
Tuesday was a shorter day which helped absorb the abundance of information available in the first week of term. After a short student advisor meeting I was off to my first class, presenting a personal portfolio, which gives me the opportunity to have artwork produced to promote myself as a musical performer and already I have started working on the ideas for this project. I hope to have a logo designed and also produce the artwork for the E.P. I intend to release along with any other relevant promotional material. The other class of the day was an option class where I have selected specialist production to assist me with the recoding and production of the E.P. I plan on releasing.
Already I can foresee a busy year ahead however I know that if I do a little every week then I will keep on top of it all and also be ready for an unplanned obstacles along the way. I have toiled with the idea of bringing some of my projects together and can see an opportunity to get the best out of my college experience to promote myself as a singer, songwriter and producer. Next week I will have more details of what lies ahead for me on my new year of education and development.
The first day of college brought a quick introduction to the course that lay ahead and it was immediately down to business as we discussed different possibilities for the dissertation and ensemble/solo projects. The dissertation is a research project on a specific music related topic and will be assessed over a 5000 word research paper supported by an oral presentation. Despite drawing mind maps and discussing previous topics I am still undecided on what topic I will choose for my own research and have settled on trying to find a suitable angle to research a particular aspect of the career or effect of The Beatles, my favourite band. I understand the large scale of this project and must decide soon which area I will research so that I can begin soon. The ensemble project will be assessed in December this year so it takes slight priority in class over the solo project which has to be delivered in May 2011. I have already decided to team up with some familiar faces and present a Blues Brothers project and although we have selected some big hits to practice for next week’s session we are still undecided as to how to approach the research for this.
The other class of the day was digital audio production multi-media that requires the student to research the current digital multimedia used within the music industry and use this research to create our own multimedia product. I shall propose to design a website that promotes myself as solo artist "Daniel Dundee" and can feature the E.P. I intend to produce and release before performing as part of my solo project.
Tuesday was a shorter day which helped absorb the abundance of information available in the first week of term. After a short student advisor meeting I was off to my first class, presenting a personal portfolio, which gives me the opportunity to have artwork produced to promote myself as a musical performer and already I have started working on the ideas for this project. I hope to have a logo designed and also produce the artwork for the E.P. I intend to release along with any other relevant promotional material. The other class of the day was an option class where I have selected specialist production to assist me with the recoding and production of the E.P. I plan on releasing.
Already I can foresee a busy year ahead however I know that if I do a little every week then I will keep on top of it all and also be ready for an unplanned obstacles along the way. I have toiled with the idea of bringing some of my projects together and can see an opportunity to get the best out of my college experience to promote myself as a singer, songwriter and producer. Next week I will have more details of what lies ahead for me on my new year of education and development.
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