It is week 3 of my BA course and at last I am feeling like I am gaining some control over the various projects I must submit in order to successfully achieve my degree. This blog itself shall primarily serve the requirements of a logbook for my dissertation which has various deadlines across each semester. I also intend to note other points of interest regarding other modules on the course along with details of any relevant projects I undertake out with my academic studies.
The dissertation itself has got off to a slow start for myself as I took a few weeks debating my choices of topic, which I have finally managed to narrow down to 3 Beatles related subjects from which I can find a satisfactory research topic to set a question too. The title is to be the foundation of my research so I must choose a title carefully in order to set myself an attainable task from which I can deliver a presentation and research paper. Of these 3 ideas I am more swayed towards a topic on how The Beatles sound changed from the time they stopped performing live in the mid sixties. I see opportunities in doing this as I can research opinion from audio engineer student’s as well as other music students and hopefully add it to the research and argument I propose. I am now working on a proposal for this idea and if I manage to persuade my tutor that I can deliver then I think that this topic will be my final choice enabling me to get to work before time takes its toll.
I had picked up what seemed to be a flu bug and was unwell towards the end of the weekend which forced me to miss Monday in college. Despite this absence I did manage to e-mail my tutor the requested work for my dissertation and also accessed Blackboard to download the PowerPoint presentation given in the class I missed. As I am only in college 2 days per week it is important for me to get use to these electronic facilities for communicating with my tutors and peers as I attempt to complete my projects across the year. Although I missed 3 classes in all I did manage to catch up with other students and found that I wasn't far behind and should easily catch up next week.
For 3 of my other projects I have managed to link all of them so that I can enhance the content of each one and also manage my time and resources better. The digital audio multimedia, presenting a portfolio and specialist production projects all have a common theme in that I am required to create and oversee the production of various media that I would need to use in the music industry as a professional. Across these 3 modules I aim to create an E.P. of my original material which I can feature in my solo project along with other material I have written myself and regularly perform as solo act "Daniel Dundee". I will also be creating a small documentary on how I write, record and produce a song as well as various promotional and marketing materials for the different products which are also to be featured within my own website.
Next week I should have more details regarding the progress of my dissertation, so until then, I am Daniel.
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