Not Doing Homework Gets You No Credit

Well, the title explains a lot. Better late then never, I guess.

• Sound is way harder than I thought it would be. I have always operated visually, and I am finding sound particularly hard. I can hear how I want it to be, but I only have basic skills when it comes to making what I want.
• I don't like working in groups as much as I thought I did.
• Ideas come to me mostly formed... it might take me a while to get one, but once I do, I know it inside out.

Six questions:

• How will you make the dialogue into your own style?
• Does it matter if you offend anyone?
• How do you want people to react?
• How do you plan to collect information?
• Would you choose one main focus, or many?
• By satirizing, does the message diminish?
  

Lauren's Got Rhythm

Overall, Lauren's rhythm piece is a good foundation for a successful piece, however, it is generally un-cohesive. One of the biggest contributing factors to this lack of cohesion lies in the unequal volume of the different tracks. In order to successfully hear some tracks, the volume needs to be turned up to the point where other sounds will be painfully loud. Also, many individual sections are interesting, but unassociated with the sections that come before and after it.

Lauren's piece as it stands now is analogous to a sketchbook of ideas - they either need to be united or one needs to be singled out and expanded upon.

Vermont's Finest Wants Me Dead

Dear self,

No matter how stressed you are about homework, eating a whole pint of Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream in less than half an hour is not a good idea. In fact, it is a bad idea.

Sincerely,

Your Slightly Nauseated Self

Travel

Today is busy and full of travel, so if I don't get the opportunity to use a computer later, this will have to do.

Things I learned:

• The critiques in the class are some of the most productive and constructive critiques I have ever experienced. I felt that the information I was given concerning my piece was extremely beneficial to my development, and it immediately impacted my ideas and ways of thinking about my upcoming projects. The critique also encouraged me to contribute more to others.
• After just a few minutes of working on my abstract sound project, Audacity crashed and I lost some work that I really felt good about. While the work was a loss, it is nothing I can't recreate better now that I have gone through my first critique. The benefit of this experience is learning to save often.
• Something I am excited to do more of is the group activities that I have heard much about. Creating sounds in our jam session was interesting and engaging. I can tell that the class as a whole has an opportunity to learn a lot about art's relationship to time through similar activities.