Category: Free Inquiry

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Final Free Inquiry

At the end of the journey I can confidently say, I bit off more than I can chew with this project. Countless headaches navigating tricky software, creative slumps and motivation issues plagued me throughout this process. As you can see after all of the softwares I experimented with, it was good ole Bandlab that gave me the most success. I plan on continuing this project but I definitely know what I will be doing differently. I would give myself more time to learn the software before jumping into a project. I would also give myself more time to be creative. I was finding that to get the most out of it, I was needing 2-3 hours to get somewhere creatively and it was difficult for me to put in the necessary amount of time. I like what I have made so far and plan on continuing.

Free inquiry 11

I wrote and recorded the guitar part. I wrote the part just noodling around on my acoustic and then once i found a progression and rhythm I liked, I used my capo to experiment with the key. I once again had an incredible amount of difficulty recording on the softwares I have experimented with. It seems like no matter what I used it doesn’t seem to work. I recorded the part on Bandlab so we will see how the rest of this project goes.

Free Inquiry 6

I am really struggling to use Logic Pro with this project. I was messing a round and experimenting with the software, and it is incredibly challenging as a beginner, to create and record. I was recording a guitar part for my Inquiry project for EDCI 306 (Music) and learning how to make a recording live and then edit the file gave me a massive headache.

I think, moving forward I am going to experiment with Ableton Live. I have a MiniLab Mk II which is a mini synthesizer made by Arturia. The synth gives me access to Ableton Live Lite for free and I am hoping that Ableton Live will give me more success.

Free Inquiry 5

I started looking through some music stuff that I have already dabbled with, and put a few ideas into Bandlab. When I’m writing lyrics or coming up with song ideas for my band, Im usually pretty good at it when there is an instrumental already written. When I don’t have an instrumental, it is a lot more difficult for me to generate ideas. So, I went through my Voice memo’s app on my phone, and pulled up a few clips onto Bandlab to look at what I have thought up in the past. The reason I’m using Bandlab for this and not logic pro (the software I will be using), is becasue I have found it a lot easier to important audio files onto Bandlab.

Screenshot of Bandlab taken from my computer

Turns out, I did not like any of the ideas that I had a while ago. So its back to square one, but I now know that Bandlab is still going to be very uselful for when I start writing.

Free Inquiry 4

This week, I chose what I will do for my free inquiry project. I will be writing, recording, and hopefully releasing my first song. But, before I started the fun stuff, I needed to make some important decisions. Firstly, I need to pick which recording software I will be using. I need software with good recording capabilities, as well as good mixing tools, to make my vocals and anything else I will be recording sound as high quality and professional as possible. I don’t want to spend a bunch of money and go to a recording studio, as I work best at home when it comes to music. Secondly, I need something with a solid MIDI library. This means that I have a vast selection of instrument sounds built into the software that I can use to thicken up my song, without having to record each part by hand. This will also be useful, as I don’t know how to play the drums, so having a vast selection of drum sounds is essential. Lastly, I need the software to be affordable and user-friendly. I have narrowed it down, to either Bandlab, which is a free website that I have used to record demo’s in the past. FL Studio, which I have no experience with but isn’t too expensive, and Logic Pro by Apple. I have decided to go with Logic Pro, just because I have previous experience with it, and it has a 90-day free trial, which is more than enough time to see if it works for me.

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Free inquiry blog post 1

I have struggled to pick an inquiry topic for this course. On the one hand, I am really into making and performing music. I have released two EPs, lots of singles, and a full-length album under the name Playgrounds. I have performed multiple shows throughout Victoria such as Little Fernwood, VEC, and Sticky Wicket. The one challenge I have found is in all of these verses, I have been very dependent on my bandmates both in recording and performing. Something that has interested me would be to potentially produce, record, and publish my very own solo song. This would be a lot of work but it’s something that would help me further pursue music in the future.

My other idea would be to target something that would help me further myself in my professional field. Teaching is such a broad subject with so many resources to help me and I would love to try and find something and use it to help me in my future teachings. I am an incredibly disorganized person so being able to utilize technology in a free inquiry sense to organize myself now and in the future would be incredibly useful and helpful.

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