Here is a mind map showing my strengths and skills going into project4. As you can see i have a long list of skills that i can apply to this project to make it the best project yet. I have a feeling i will enjoy this project the most which will help with my creativity and workflow. i will expand on some of my strengths but also some of my weaknesses.calling out and labelling my weakness will help improve and increase the overall quality of this project.
Strengths: I know myself that I am rather good at producing ,and over the past few years I have grown to learn quite a bit about the music industry, specifically the house music scene. This will help me huge amounts when working on this project as I plan to produce and release a three track EP as my final project. I am also very good at communicating and working by myself which will help me get to my end goal. I am good at planning releases and creating promotional material for them to make sure they can do the best they can. After all ,I don’t want a good track not getting the recognition it deserves. I also have some important contacts who can get my tracks out there to people with bigger audiences. These will help me massively. If I want to do this project by myself (which is looking highly likely) then I have the tools to do so. However, if i did want to do a collaboration I could also do that too. I am very good at communicating and working as a team. I have proved this with all the work we have done with Smoke Break. I am not restricted at all while working on this project as my skills and communication will allow me to do really whatever I want. If I needed some live recording to put into my project I know I also have friends who would help me do that. I will not struggle to achieve what I want to achieve.
Weaknesses: I know myself that I am not the best at mixing and mastering. It is something I really struggle with. Mixing and mastering is less creative and more theory. While it still has the creative element, there is something in me that struggles to put out a good mix and master. However, with the work that i have done over project 3, I am feeling much more confident about mixing and mastering. I have also learnt some new techniques that I can bring into this project. I also struggle with the promotion of my own music. There is something about it that i cant quite get my head around. It is ok for some because they have the money to pay big promotional campaigns, but for someone like myself who has to do it all by themselves, it can be very hard. Luckily, I have nearly finished the track that I am working on for project 5, so i can put a lot more time into promotion and distribution. This may include artwork, promotional videos and even maybe a record label. There is lots to think about when entering into this project. I will focus on fixing my weaknesses and let my strengths take over the rest.
I will refer to this mind map when working through project 5. It will give me an idea on what to focus on and what I can put less time into. This was project 5 should run smoothly.