This is a page where I will be doing my 2 general evaluations, one after the easter holidays, and one at the start of may to gague how far I have progressed and what would need improving as well as how I personally feel about the quality and quantity of work that I have produced.
Easter Evaluation
It is now the end of easter and it is time to reflect back on what I have done so far. I haven’t completed as much work as I would have liked to but this is due to multiple reasons such as autism making me not function sometimes, being ill for basically an entire month (lots of illness), and looking after my step dad. However this isn’t really an excuse and more is just motivation for me to get this project finished to the best of my ability. Because of the issues I have faced, I have been doing a lot of just production these past few weeks and I have definitely gotten a slight bit better.
Furthermore I have been sending these productions around and I have the support of many people in the scene for instance, Joely, Slimy Ape, Slimzee, DASEPLATE, Antisocial Services (Avaword, Panic Pat, and JJ), Jenny Sparks, Tin Foil Grill, to name a few. I may properly document this further in the future but it is just a nice touch to see that established people rate what I am doing. And as far as the research what I have done, the quality of such research has vastly improved especially from last project. With research I just need to keep researching different processes and writing about them, as well as starting to do practical research sessions where I experiment with sound design, mixing and mastering, and sampling.
So while I have had some setbacks and I have admittedly been lazy at times, I can be happy with where I am currently in the project and I am at this moment in time confident that I will be achieving a high grade as the outcome of this project.
May evaluation
This evaluation is coming much later than I would have liked and it is only going to be brief. My project is coming together fine, I now have 3 songs which I am very proud of and feel comfortable releasing to the world. I have learnt a great deal about synthesising drums, sampling from vinyl (even though I never did this for any of my songs), synth modulation, distortion and reverb and much more in the world of production. While this project is not complete yet I still feel happy with the progress I have made on it and how much it has improved me as a music producer and a musician.
There have still been many setbacks but there have also been a great deal of achievements with my work. My music is getting heaps of positive feedback from people and I am excited for what the future brings. Lets just hope this project is good enough to get me to uni…