Another week of progress as I reap the benefits of feeling like myself again and continue with the recent advances I have been making within each project. Although I have set up a schedule to manage my time I am still guilty of shifting deadlines to suit myself and need to find more discipline in this area. I am finding that this weakness is my main obstacle as I try to finish of certain stages of each project in time to meet the different deadlines I have been given. Identifying a weakness is often the first stage in managing or eradicating it and I feel that a strength I have is to realise weakness early but I feel I need to improve drastically in dealing with the weakness itself.
With the aim of honest reporting I must admit that I have done very little work towards my dissertation lately and have been finding it difficult to maintain the referencing I need in my work. In the past I have relied on my excellent memory storage and tend to free flow information when I am writing or typing which has been stalled due to the referencing that is required for different opinions and statements. I am confident that I will overcome this soon and apply any conditioning to other projects that have suffered a similar fate.
A busy time with my digital multimedia project as I received feedback on the newest draft of my project proposal and also benefited from a tutorial session on using video editing software Final Cut HD. This tutorial has completed the initial knowledge I need to produce all the content for my personal website and I am now very confident that I have all I need to go forward and deliver a professional and creative product to enhance my career opportunities.
The Blues Brothers ensemble project has improved vastly in a week with regards to both the performance and research aspects of the project. We have managed to draft a structure of how our research will be delivered and after a successful practice we have managed to learn and perform 7 of the 10 songs we intend to play on our set list. This practice alone has given me great confidence in our performance and I believe that if we continue this weekly progress then our final performance will be well researched, memorable and professional.
I did not meet with my designated designer this week but have made contact regarding upcoming deadlines for certain stages of the project. I need to arrange another photo shoot to allow my designer to take a facial portrait of myself and use across different aspects of my portfolio. There is no class for the next 3 weeks as we organise ourselves to present a logo, printed t-shirt and portraits which should be problem to deliver as I already have this material ready to review and deliver.
I am entering the final weeks of my specialist production project and with all recordings complete I am now concentrating on the mastering and overall production of each track. I intend to use 5 tracks to compile an EP that is at least 20 minutes in duration and can be presented as a professional product ready for public release. Due to third party participation failure I have resorted to completing this project at home and have found this to be a positive as I am now more efficient with my home project studio.
Winter draws near so more motivation will be needed to keep consistency with the recent progress I have made and I know that adherence to my schedule a drop more of discipline will help me through the darker days that feel so long.
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