Final Product

So, it's been a while. Sorry that I never actually ended up posting my composition, but here it is! :)

Process Journal #15

Technically this is my last official process journal that I need for my class, but I think that I am going to write a few more (hopefully) over break because that's when I am going to finalize my product.

I realized that I need a midi recording cable. I know I said a few months ago that I had been planning to mess around with the midi option on my piano, but I just never got around to it because I didn't have the cable. I am going to order it soon in the upcoming week. I don't think it will be very hard to record the audio, I am going to try transferring it into Garageband. Hopefully that is going to work. I've already seen some video tutorials on midi recording, so I think it'll be fine. After that I hope to use the midi recording to create the digital sheet music by transferring it into MuseScore.

Process Journal #14

I have been thinking about my final product, and instead of creating a video that summarizes my composing process, I think I'm just going to film myself (mostly my hands) when I play the song from different angles and then edit all the clips together. I've seen some really cool videos on YouTube with piano performances, and I also hope to do the same. Since I am using iMovie for my video editing, I have been watching editing videos on YouTube to help me gain a better understanding of how I am going to put my video together. I'm actually really excited to see how it will turn out! :)

Process Journal #13

My product team class is almost over, which means that I'm soon going to be done with this project. To be completely honest, it hasn't been the most fun ever, but I definitely have learned a lot about myself and music composition.

I'm still working on transitioning all the parts of my song together, I have the beginning down and now I just need to finalize the middle and end. I'm not as stressed as before about this since I now know what I need to do. I've just been having trouble with a bit of the transitioning. There is this one section that I created which I really like, but I just need to figure out how to incorporate it into my composition. I will definitely figure out a way, because I am not going to leave it out.

Process Journal #12

Hello there everyone! I am totally excited right now because I feel like I might actually be able to finish this project on time! Excitement :D

Okay, so over the weekend I really tried to focus and compose my song, but alas my brain felt like it needed to continue torturing me (aka, I didn't get any further). I was really starting to stress out because I need to have this done by next week, but yesterday and today have been glorious. I was browsing around YouTube listening to OSTs (Original Soundtracks) from various animes, video games, etc. and I came across a song called "Passion of Victory" by Future World Music.

The piano intro immediately caught my attention, and I quickly rushed over to my piano to play it by ear. I figured it out pretty quickly, and it led me to create lots of interesting rhythms and melodies. I now have all the different parts of my song, and now I just need to blend everything together. I think the hard part now is going to be create the digital score, but for now I'm focusing on finalizing my song. I'm still not 100% sure how I'm going to record it, but I'll worry about that later. So overall I am really happy about this right now, and I can't wait to find some more time to work on it now that I have my set melodies. :)

Thank you Future World Music for inspiring me, I am very thankful ^_^

Process Journal #11

   Alright, so last week was Thanksgiving break, and on top of that I had no homework. I finally got to enjoy a stress-free week. However, this kind of also means that I didn't work as much as I planned to on my Personal Project...

   I'm having a big dilemma right now with myself on this project. I've been working on my composition, but I am starting to not like how it sounds anymore. This is pretty bad because I'm starting to run out of time before this project is due. I also need to start drafting my report soon, so I really need to step it up. Honestly, I really tried to work on it over break, but I just didn't have any inspiration! I tried to come up with melodies and rhythms that I liked, but my mind just wouldn't cooperate. I'm starting to really stress out about this. 

   I really hope to have a good piano song by the end of this, and if I actually get around to it, I also want to add strings in the background to make it more interesting to listen to. Of course, this would only work if I really started working on my project. It doesn't help that I'm starting to dislike what I have so far. 

   I really hope that I can find inspiration somewhere, and soon, to help me get my song done. I really just want to get this over with, but I'm totally stuck right now. Hopefully I'll think of an idea  this week, and then be able to finally accomplish something.

Process Journal #10

I have come to another realization; I have terrible time management skills. Usually the only time I can really work on my project is on the weekends, but these past two weekends haven't been as productive as I hoped they would be. I definitely need to step it up, so I am going to physically write it in my calendar that I have to work on composing.

On a different note, I think I'm starting to change what kind of a song I want. I think that I'm just going to play improvisations and record them. Then afterwards I can go back and listen to what I played and choose what I like and what I don't like. It'll hopefully give me even more inspiration and ideas. Usually my problem is that I play something, but then I next day I forget what it was. This way I'll be able to stay more organized with my composing. :)