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 ^_^