SUMMARY
Focus / Instrument
Bass
Intention (SMART Goal)
By March 1, as part of TEAM 6 as Bassist, I will have evidence of writing a bassline and melodies for our new song by following this tutorial for Session 4.
PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY
Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)
John Myung is the bassist for Dream Theater and I am using them as a big inspiration for the current song we are working on because John Myung uses a lot of different techniques to achieve a really cool sound. It’s very complex but still sounding melodic which is what I’m going for.
Secondary Source
This video is really cool because the guy gives his professional analysis of Dream Theater’s song: Metropolis Part 1. He talks about all of the different techniques that the bassist, John Myung, uses in the song, and even shows how to play the song.
Training Source(s)
0:00 harmonics in a groove
0:58 referencing Dream Theater
1:14 demonstrating harmonics part 2
SMART Goal Milestone Schedule
By next week, we will have a rough recording of some of the ideas and riffs, possibly a finished structure. By the end of the session, we will have a hopefully better recording of a finished song with a good structure.
PRODUCTION
SMART Goal Starting Point Evidence
SMART Goal Ending Point Evidence
POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION
21st Century Skills
Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
We had to figure out structure problems to make the song flow a bit better. Some of the work we did on that was not in the recording but we did put in a lot of work on the structure after recording that.
Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)
Me and Liam did a lot of work after school but we collaborated a lot as a whole on structure and flow.
Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)
We used Garageband
Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)
This helped improve my collaboration skills and my songwriting skills
Reactions to the Final Version
Keith said that we need to work on some of the transitions to smooth it out but he liked the overall structure of it.
Self-Evaluation of Final Version
I am pretty happy with the final product. There is still work to be done but I really enjoyed writing and playing it.
Grammar and Spelling
Grammarly
Editor
Liam