Funky Junk Evaluation

I feel like i have improved in many ways since term 1. From my confidenece playing instruments to my concepts within my music. I was able to learn from my mistakes by repetition like trial and error which has helped me because i have been able to start to develop my sound. Im happy with the work i have created in this contemporary project because i feel like it has pushed me to become more creative and explore my music so it isn't basic and boring.

A technical skill that i have developed over the course of term 2 is learning how to properly and effectively use compression, which we learn about in our sound engineering class, I also managed to incorporate what I learnt and implicate that in my music. Im proud of my timing i feel like it has significantly improved since last term, this is due to the extra rehearsals in the band workshop class and also instrument lessons. my timing has not only helped me develop for playing instruments but in my production as well. For example if i played something out of time and i quantised it also, but there are still some notes that are out of time, I would be able to manually place the notes back in the right place more effectively than beforehand. My compositional skills have also improved I've noticed it in my production because i am now able to create more complex melody's and baselines and harmony in my music.

one of the problems I experienced in Term1 was finding the right sounds to use, for example the type of kick to use in a certain song. something I did differently this term was researching into modern production techniques from various producers that I like I just try to incorporate some of the things I like into my music. I didn't complete all my work on time, learning from this experience in my final major project i will make a plan so i can use all of my time effectively. in the Funky Junk project i spent a lot of time on one of my compositional pieces. this is because i found the track extremely difficult to mix however now that its finished i am happy with the piece.

Im not really sure if i improved my research methods or not, this is because i felt like my research ability was already quite competent, so I'm not entirely sure wether it increased or not. i had to research various different things such as how different modern production techniques influenced myself as an artist, also how to build exposure through social media and even how to plan a Tour.

I think the social media research that i conducted will prove the most useful because it will help me become established and currently social media is heavily used by my target audience so it will be the most effective form of exposure.

I don't really feel like the group project was presented successful because it didn't get a lot of exposure. i feel like this was due to the lack of organisation from the whole class including myself. in the future if we were to do this again we would need to create a plan with specific deadlines for specific things to be done. i will be presenting my music for term 3 through soundcloud/youtube and i will give it the exposure through social media