School of Rock – Day 15 – Celebration and Reflection

BONUS MATERIAL

How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xaICKlp9kQc%3Fstart%3D634%26feature%3Doembed

Link to How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain by HealthyGamerGG on YouTube

SUMMARY

  • Write your class summary last, at the end of the course here… Only one to two sentences. – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
  • EXAMPLE: I took a School of Rock class where I… (highlight a few parts of the class that were most significant to you)

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentences reflecting on your ‘Big Project’
  • Include a reflection on what you learned.

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How interested were you in learning the leadership project?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.

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How interested were you in learning about music theory and song analysis?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.

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How interested were you in learning about HookLab and HookTab?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.

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How interested were you in learning to play the guitar?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

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How interested were you in learning about songwriting, song structure, and music production?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.

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How interested were you in learning about recording, engineering (sound effects, EQ), and mixing?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.

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How interested were you in learning about topics related to the brain, creativity, and productivity?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: ?

STAGE

  • Write a reflection on what you learned.
  • I learned how to navigate soundtrap

How interested were you what we watched and playing together with the Music Will instrument books?

  • 1 (NOT MY THING!)
  • 2 (not really)
  • 3 (sorta interested)
  • 4 (interested)
  • 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 5

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your class story here!
  • Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most for the past three weeks
  • Highlight what at least one thing you overcame that was hard for you, at first. An achievement you are proud of. 

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED (REFLECTION)

  • I engaged and learned multiple subjects including, how to play the guitar, bass, navigate soundtrap, and use online resources
  • I also learned about chords, notes, pentatonic scale, music theory, career success and achievement, navigating the electronic drum set, minor and major chords, and more
  • What I enjoyed most was using the electronic drumset
  • The thing I overcame was understanding the rooms in the first couple of days and how to address tech issues

THE COURSE’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION (OVERALL)

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

What interested you most about the material in this class?

  • What interested me the most was using the electronic drum set to record some music in Soundtrap and experiment with different drum kits and effects.

What was the most surprising, satisfying thing you learned that you didn’t know before?

  • I most satisfying thing I learned was learning chords on the electric guitar and creating a guitar riff using the chords I learned with metronome

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

What did you like most about the class structure, ya’know the day-to-day work? Why?

  • I liked how was able to split my time between different subjects around music and navigate my time in class accurately

What didn’t you like most about the class structure?

  • In the beginning I did get confused on how the class structure worked and was sent back a couple of days trying to understand each room

If you took the class again, what would you change?

  • I think more personal engagement with students would benefit the class

School of Rock – Day 14 – Voice, Preparation, and Presentation

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

My Leadership Project

  • Audience liked the shift from one side to another
  • Audience liked the Electric Guitar and Drums
  • Audience liked the Delivery of the Instruments
  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
  • Create a heading titled, ‘July 16th Work’.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today

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Leadership Project (SMART Goal Evidence)

  1. Welcome to show and tell!
  2. Embed media as evidence of your completed work (SHOW)
  3. Write what you completed. Write it as if the person reading has no idea what you were working on for the past week. (TELL)

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Soundtrap Exporting and Mixing Resources

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yq-BnrEB8Ag%3Fstart%3D1%26feature%3Doembed

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=uDDeves6Crs%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Watch how to present with power and poise

https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen.html
https://www.youtube.com/embed/02EJ1IdC6tE

Great presentations have many ingredients from the structure of the visuals to the delivery. But what makes it all work from voice, eye contact, word choice, body language, the visuals used, etc. Let’s take a look at the act of successfully presenting or pitching an idea to reveal these ingredients.

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/McHPIxErbeyuAz
Brain Rules for Presenters from Garr

  • Go for a walk and think about what these videos and the slideshow mean to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 13 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 3

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
  • Create a heading titled, ‘July 19th Work’.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today.

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Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta, one more time!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
  3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=31k6O2nQgHg%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GXy__kBVq1M%3Ffeature%3Doembed
  • WatchShawn Anchor’s TED talk about happiness
    • “We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.”  – TED.com
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 12 – Collaboration and Growth- Part 2

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE:Write a couple sentence update about what you hope to complete on your ‘afternoon’ today.
    • Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
    • Create a heading titled, ‘July 18th Work’.
    • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today

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 Goal Page: Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
  3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=b2XXzcQhPvc%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Chapter 3: How to Build Better Habit in 4 Simple Steps from James Clear’s Atomic Habits

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Listen to Freakonomics – Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? (Ep. 355)
  • WYNTON MARSALIS
    • “My first thing I have my students do is write a mission statement. And that mission statement has three sentences. What do I want to do, how do I achieve it, and why am I doing it? And based on that mission statement, I teach them. And I have, my fundamental teaching to them is, I want you to rise above the cycle of punishment and reward. I’m not going to reward you or punish you. This is information, and you can do what you want with this information. So, you’re always actualizing. And I always tell them, if you want to learn something I can’t stop you. If you don’t want to learn it, I cannot teach you.”
  • Go for a walk and think about what this podcast meant to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 11 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 1

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Remember to also add an entry to your SMART Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
  • Create a heading titled, ‘July 15th Work’.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today

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Goal Page: Progress For Today

  1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta!
  2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
  3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)
  4. Delete Mr. Le Duc’s instructions – yes, these instructions – yes the instructions you are reading right now!

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Chapter 2: How Habit Shape your Identity from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_ryupLmKCU%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

The Marshmallow Experiment and Delayed Gratification

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TZYIJDtt3mU%3Fstart%3D1%26feature%3Doembed

“…a seemingly simple experiment devised by Walter Mischel to test will power: put a kid in a room with a marshmallow, and tell her if she can resist eating it for 15 minutes, she can have 2 marshmallows. It turns out the kids who could wait were much more likely to be successful as adults. “- RadioLab.org – Your Future in a Marshmallow

  • Two sources for more information on your success and delayed gratification
  • Radio Lab
  • This American Life
    • This American Life podcast Back to School
    • Listen to act 1 from minute 3:45 to 37:00.  Then skipped to Act 2 from 43:00 until the end.
    • Take notes
  • Take notes on important steps to help you succeed
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STAGE

  • Finish watching from 1:20:00 minutes of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 10 – Community

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kfhTruV_7aM%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read Habit Stacking and fill in the Template with your own habit stack from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cBDJDZAo41c%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

Write what was most interesting to you.

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Corner
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: 5 Minute Lessons (you do not need the cards)
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Write what was most interesting to you learned – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3wSbCdQMC6I%3Ffeature%3Doembed

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STAGE

  • Watch the from 46:00 to 1:15:00 minutes of Hitsville: The Making Of Motown
  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 9 – Workflow

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

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LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  • EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
  • Remember to also add an entry to your Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
  • Create a heading titled, ‘July 9th Work’.
  • Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today
  • Atomic Habits Resources

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • Read How to Create a Good Habit and fill in the Implementation Intention Template with your own habit intention from James Clear’s Atomic Habits
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mrJ0xnXv_IQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Write what was most interesting to you.

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Holistic Songwriter

  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Corner
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: 5 Minute Lessons (you do not need the cards)
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Write what was most interesting to you learned

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

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STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 8 – Leadership Planning and Preparation

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

  1. Pick one of the following: Leading by being part of a team or Leading by example
  2. Place your project idea, the description, and the outcome here: bit.ly/2ZxekGt
  3. Write the same thing above these instructions under the LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY heading

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY (REFLECTION)

  • I am going to use Soundtrap to show the step by step process of how I created a song using recordings from the electronic drum set, my personal acoustic drumset, and my friend’s recordings of his Electric Guitar
  • I also will explain what effects I used on each track and what instruments or sounds I added to create the song
  • The song is supposed to contain a Metallica inspired Drum Beat and Guitar Riff
  • The song is called “Fight The Power”

PRACTICE ROOM

  • “Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots practiced on Electronic drums
  • I logged the practice log

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

  • I completed the habits score card

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

LAB (REFLECTION)

  • I watched the Hookpad tutorial on Chord Progressions
  • I learned how to make music sound more complex
  • I learned about secondary dominants
  • I learned more about advanced music theory

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Masterclass Article

Oblique Strategies Cards by Brian Eno

Holistic Songwriter

  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Corner
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
  • Watch Holistic Songwriting: 5 Minute Lessons (you do not need the cards)
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Write what was most interesting to you

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

  • Watch and Listen to Adriel Wallick’s creative process (even though it’s about game design, it’s still a great process for any creative person)
  • Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
  • Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
  • Journal here about that. The more detail the better

STAGE

  • We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
  • This is the performance room.
  • Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
  • ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 7 – Planning and Pathways

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

I learned more about how achieving growth involves the daily affirmation of four resiliences, which are physical, mental, emotional, and social resilience.

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

Screenshot from Mary Spender’s YouTube Channel

Watch Mary Spender: Powerful advice from 10 Professional Musicians you need to hear (14:15)

Screenshot from JustinGuitar.com

Start his 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist

Start the series of videos, follow his directions, and check out his web site, justinguitar.com.

Set a timer.  Maybe an hour a day?  The first 10 videos take less than an hour.

Write a few key things you learned and which videos you learned from today.

  • Screenshot from JustinGuitar.comBe curious about Justin.
  • Mr. Le Duc considers him the best beginning guitar teacher online. He’s not the only one that thinks this.  Check out some of the celebrity endorsements at justinguitar.com.

PRACTICE ROOM (REFLECTION)

  • I took notes on advice from professional musicians
  • Stick with it
  • Don’t underestimate pentatonic
  • Be Fearless
  • Take it Seriously
  • Don’t be afraid
  • Calm Down
  • And Play the Long Game

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Holistic Songwriting by Friedemann Findeisen

Screenshot from Holistic Songwriting’s Channel at YouTube

An Example: The Swift Formula – One Note Melodies

From Holistic Songwriting’s How Taylor Swift Writes Melodies at YouTube
From Holistic Songwriting’s How Taylor Swift Writes Melodies at YouTub
From Holistic Songwriting’s How Taylor Swift Writes Melodies at YouTube

Write a reflection on the key topics that got your attention.

CLASSROOM (REFLECTION)

  • I learned about one note melodies (shown by the Taylor Swift Video)
  • I learned more about Holistic Songwriting

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Screenshot of Lyrics Melody and Chord Progressions from HookTab at YouTube

Explore the tutorials (but you do not need to watch all of them – just pick what looks interesting to you) from the:

Write a reflection on what you learned.

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Screenshot from Holistic Songwriting at YouTube
Screenshot from Holistic Songwriting at YouTube

Watch Holistic Songwriting: Do THIS with every song you write | Hit Song Architect S1E3

Explore Song Writing “Systems”

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

LAB (REFLECTION)

  • The most interesting thing I learned was to create the anatomy of song (Verses, Choruses, ETC)
  • I learned more about Melody, Chord Progression, and Lyrics in Hookpad

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

Soundtrap mixing and publishing at Clark Eagling’s YouTube Channel

Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects

Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.

Write a reflection of the key topics that grabbed your attention.

CONTROL ROOM (REFLECTION)

  • I learned more on how to edit, mix, duplicate, and repeat tracks
  • I learned more about how to add effects and adjust them

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Screenshot from Jane McGonigal’s SuperBetter TED Talk on YouTube

Watch Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life.  (20 minutes)

Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.

Journal here about that. The more detail the better!

OUTSIDE (REFLECTION)

  • The idea for SuperBetter came to McGonigal at her lowest point. She suffered a debilitating concussion that left her bedridden for three months and contemplating suicide. To heal, she created a game called Jane the Concussion Slayer. When she played the game, which saw her taking on her symptoms and conquering them as a heroine rather than a victim, she noticed she felt better. Her symptoms remained but she felt happier and her depression lifted
  • McGonigal began to research the phenomenon and discovered that there were scientifically valid reasons for why people were experiencing spiritual and emotional relief from SuperBetter
  • That reason: it encouraged what experts called “post-traumatic growth”. Post-traumatic growth is a positive side effect of suffering. People who report that disease or suffering has made them stronger and wiser, who feel more connected and more focused on their dreams and goals, have experienced this phenomenon
  • And it turns out there is a path to achieving this growth and it involves the daily affirmation of four resiliences, which are physical, mental, emotional, and social resilience. Science indicates that people that regularly boost these four aspects live a full decade longer than those that don’t
  • To experience that boost, McGonigal walks the audience through her resilience boosting game (it starts around minute 12 of the video). Just by playing along you’ll earn 7.5 minutes of your decade (through some intense math McGonigal works out how much time resilience boosters earn in an hour)

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • I learned more about how achieving growth involves the daily affirmation of four resiliences, which are physical, mental, emotional, and social resilience.

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

School of Rock – Day 4 – Harmony Basics

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

I understood and delved into the basics of harmony, the Evolution of music, and the basics of guitar anatomy and chords.

PRACTICE ROOM

  • Continue practicing the notes on the first three frets on your guitar with the Quizlet Guitar Strings / Notes Flashcards
  • Continue practicing your chosen song
  • Write a brief reflection on how both of these exercises are working.

Log your daily practice with your Paper Practice Log

Use the MusicWill.org JamZone, books, or ultimate-guitar.com. Remember to use a metronome to record the BPM rate that you can currently play perfectly.

PRACTICE ROOM (REFLECTION)

  • The Quizlet exercises are helping me understand basic chords on the guitar and incorporate it into a pattern
  • It also becoming easier with perfect practice

CLASSROOM

Watch How Harmony Works (47 minutes)

Write notes of topics you want to remember.

CLASSROOM (REFLECTION)

  • In the late middle ages western harmony started on a journey that would take it in a completely separate direction to that of the music of other parts of the world. It discovered chords, and, over the next seven centuries, began to unlock their harmonic possibilities. Howard looks at how western harmony works, and how, in the present day, it has fused with other forms of music to create new styles. Chords led to chord progressions, and Howard looks at how familiar patterns of chord progressions give all kinds of music from classical to popular their sense of forward movement. The same chord patterns appear again and again, from Renaissance Italy to the latest chart hit. Musicians have always liked to tamper with the basic chords, and experiment with dissonance. We see how these tricks of the trade actually work, and the emotional and musical effect they have. From the folk musicians of the middle ages to Bach, Beethoven, and Wagner, from Chuck Berry to David Bowie, Hendrix to Coldplay, the same harmonic techniques surface again and again.

LAB

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ReY3PiVLXYg%3Ffeature%3Doembed

HookLab Chords YouTube Tutorial

Watch the tutorial and write some chords in HookPad

How was this activity? Write a reflection on what you did and learned.

LAB (REFLECTION)

  • I figured out how to write Chord projections in Hookpad
  • I also learned how to incorporate keys into Chord projections
  • I felt this activity helped me understand how to write a melody in Hookpad using the basic principles I learned in the tutorial video

OUTSIDE / IDEAS

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SseUzcEN9U0%3Ffeature%3Doembed

How to Build Self-Discipline: The Mindset Method

Go for a walk and think about the Tonic (1 chord) and the Dominant (5 chord) and how they create push and pull tension and release in composition. Also, think of songs you like and where is the tension or build-up in the songs?

Write a short reflection here about what you thought. 

  • Tonic (1 and 8 chords)
    • Root note creates a feeling of resolution and stability 
  • Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant (2, 3, 6 chords)
    • Moderate tension, useful for transitions 
  • Dominant, Subdominant, Leading Tone (4, 5, 7 chords)
    • Create lots of tension to get to the tonic 

Mr. Le Duc’s Key of C Major Notes and Chords Chart (PDF)

OUTSIDE (REFLECTION)

  • I thought the video gave insight on how to efficiently build self-discipline using the Mindset Method
  • I found the concept of discipline being represented as self-love interesting
  • I found the concept of incorporating discipline into your identity interesting
  • I related to the concept of internalizing the threat of not doing
  • I found the create a system subject helpful and engaging

STUDIO

https://youtube.com/watch?v=z3Dy6Mnp5Og%3Ffeature%3Doembed

Watch this informative video by Jake Lizzio. Experiment with notes on your guitar and try playing along with him. If you cannot do this play just the C note or chord every time he plays it. ✔️

CONTROL ROOM

Tune your guitar, bass or keyboard. Try recording two tracks of guitar, bass, or keyboard.  One with the single notes like Jake Lizzio showed you above and a second with the lower C bass notes to make a simple progression. Remember two notes playing at the same time is harmony. Keep it simple.  Refer to your Quizlet Guitar Strings / Notes Flashcards if you need help remembering the guitar notes on the first three frets. Set a timer. Stop playing before you feel like Chewbacca below. 

Write a short reflection here about what you thought.

CONTROL ROOM (REFLECTION)

  • I found the video and flashcards helpful when being able to tune and record a couple of strings on the guitar

STAGE

We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.

This is the performance room for sharing and playing together.

Reflect on which instrument you picked and what we played today.

STAGE (REFLECTION)

  • I played the drums and practiced the song “Heathens” by Twenty One Pilots

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • I learned about tuning a guitar, playing single notes, and understanding guitar anatomy
  • I learned more about the basics of harmony
  • I learned more about the History of Music
  • I learned about how multiple cultures influenced the Evolution of Music

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

  • Give feedback on the class Content and Process
    • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
  • Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation