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DEVELOPING A  PLAN 

Main Goal -  Create a song 

Promotion : Youtube , Website , Soundcloud 

Youtube Plan = Three videos 

1. Writing 

Lyric tips , process , Other musicians , inspirations .

2. Recording 

How to record , equipment knowledge - microphones , what went wrong , home recording tips and tricks. 

3. Mixing and mastering - learn how to with me video ? 

October   

Learning premier pro skills 

September 

Planning youtube videos 

November 

wting lyrics and and recording process 

December  

collaborating with other musicians and looking at teamwork skills 

January 

recordning song and mixing 

WEEK 1 

February 

evaluation, releasing etc 

Personal project Plan: 

aims 

.Make a new piece of music to release as a single

my aim for the end of the six weeks is to have written a single and to have created a video for it . 

The target market will be for people with a liking for more easy listening music that you can relax too. As I am inspired by more poetry I like to focus on my songs lyrics this may attract then a more attentive audience of people . 

Target Market : . 

My song should appeal to people of any age and with an appreciation for thought provoking lyrics . My song won't be very heavy so may appeal more to people that like more relaxing music for a car ride or a coffee shop .  My songs will be based around the indie folk and pop genres . 

objectives

• record it in the studios 
• mix it 
• release it digitally 
• make a video 

resources needed 

Physical recourses 

• studios
•  cameras 
• editing software
• guitar 
• Mac 
• notebook 

Human recourses 

• session musicians ( in case I want to add more instruments ) 
• 
  

constraints 

time, availability of rooms ( studios ) , creative blocks 

• finances - the problem is paying for abobe premier pro and getting the finances to pay for it over the time i need it 
• availability to others - im going to need help from other musicians with 
• working with social media algorithms 
• Recording room availability 
• time 
• personal creativity issues 

week 1 

• writing
• watching YouTube videos on tips for song writing some videos iv planned to watch during this week are : 

1. https://youtu.be/zuP1YVs6m7M?si=i1xAR6zyffADn8IP 
2. https://youtu.be/QKW4E1lT-ro?si=Fl2ZVcctkU8l-usI 

week 2 

This week I will continue writing my song . 

What evidence do I need : 

Audio recordings  (DolbyOn) , pictures of chords or anything else necessary 

week 3 

. rehearsing and recording 

Videos I will watch for this week : 

1. https://youtu.be/lOAETrx2pXk?si=XigExIsCvra29Ar8
2. https://youtu.be/Ja_emre9Wwc?si=P08DNJBsb48JQwPP

I will need Leanna for this week to get some tips on recording;  i will also need session musicians if I add more then just my guitar and vocal recordings . 

week4 

recording 

This week I will continue the recording . 

I will need to book the recording rooms and will need session musicians . 

week 5

This week will be focussed on mixing . 

I will need to buy a hard drive so I can work on the mixing of my song outside of college . As I don't yet have Logic I will to find another way ; potentially plan days to go to Leanna's house and mix it on her Mac. 

If  don't get this done during this week my plan is to leave week 6 as run over space for what im running behind on. 

week 6 

During the last week I will finish mixing the song and master it . I will need help with mastering as I am new to it and will educate myself on it via YouTube and peers . 

Promotional plan : 

There are a lot of different ways I could promote my single such as releasing it onto YouTube/ Soundcloud .  I plan to make a music video for it as I develop my skills on premier pro . 

Stage 1 : create an idea/ story for the music video 

stage 2 : shoot b roll 

stage 3: edit the length of the clips to get the best parts 

stage 4: order them and add any necessary effects / colour correction 

stage 5 : add audio add audio correct 

stage 6 : release onto YouTube 

 

A constraint for this is the cost of premier pro , I  plan to put some money to the side from my next pay check  to be able to afford it . 

I also hopefully plan to perform my single at a gig to promote it that way as well. 

 WEEK 1 : 

This week will be based around writing my song. I have booked c20 and c21 out for the week so as I have space to to write . I have been watching videos and gaining inspiration from YouTubers such as Annie Dang who makes content on how to write songs under time limits which is going to be a major constraint in my process . 

 Constraints I will face will be making sure have a room where I can practise  . My plan for this is to make sure I prebook c20 for the week so I have a space write. 

As I am not a great skilled guitar player  I need my song to be easy for me to play on guitar if I wanted to perform it alone. However this will have me face the issue of my song potentially being very generic if im using easier chords . My inspiration is Mazzy star , although she uses simple and few chords she still manages to create unique sounding songs . 

I have some videos I plan to watch for the week to help me with the lyric writing process and I can write up about what I've learned and if they help me . Videos I plan to watch include : 

• Annie dang - writing a song in an hour - this video might give me some inspiration and show me show me how to write under a time limit which is a major constraint within this week especially , as its this song will be the base for my next 5 weeks . 
• Lyric techniques and tricks - as I have been a=having a writers block just lately having techniques to springboard ideas might help. 

During this week I plan to write about progress from day to day adding clips from dolby on maybe taking bits of video about the creation process to upload a YouTube video later about writing the song ( this could also act as a marketing backup plan if I don't get my music video done in time or have issues with it .) 

WEEK 2 

This week I will be focussing on rehearsing and recording . I want my song to sound good  therefore this will week will be mainly focussed on practising my song maybe adding some better vocal technique to it and getting the guitar part right . This will also be the week where if I want to add any piano etc I will ask classmates to play some bits that we can rehearse . 

Constraints I may face here would be people being over scheduled and not being able to rehearse , if this happens I could work around it by asking other people or make the song work withought that part . If I do get a lot of people to help out on the song this will require me to book at a bigger room , an issue that may arise is the fact that  the larger rooms are usually first to be booked up , this might mean having to negotiate with people about rooms and communicating with people if they can  work outside of lesson time . 

Week 3 

This week will be focussed on recording . 

I will record guitar , vocals and potentially piano and watch some videos on techniques for vocal recording . Furthermore, I plan to take videos and photos for my blog and potentially for a YouTube video.This will help me with my marketing for my song and allow me to develop my skills in YouTube which is a valuable recourse for building up a fanbase and advertising . 

Constraints will continue to est me will be time and being able to get a room . Furthermore as I haven't experienced using the recording studios as much , I will be learning some parts as I go which might be a constraint to the flow of the recording process. To combat this I will watch videos (I have been finding the Charlie puth tutorials on vocal recording quite interesting) and get advice from classmates. 

WEEK4 

the week will be focussed on MIXING. 

Once I get it recorded I will have to Start mixing my track . To do this I will have to buy a hard drive and and use my friends Mac out of college time to mix it . Also I would have to use the recording studios in college . 

constraints I may face will be cost of the hard drive and managing transport to leannas house . 

WEEK 5 - MIXING AND MASTERING  

This week I will look at mastering the song this will make it sound quality enough to be released wich I aim to do. I will need to learn about mastering watching YouTube videos and getting tutorials from classmates etc 

SONG WRITING JOURNAL : 

WEEK 1 

9. 01.24 

Today i started writing my song . Ive been having a writers block for a good long while and decided giving myslef a strict time limit might help me just create  As sometimes its better to just write then have nothing . Today I started listening to a podcast on Alanis Morisette and found myself inspired by on of her  aongs ' You oughtta know' I started playing it on guitar and liked the simplicity of it using mainly the chords gm and c . 

Day2 

Today I wrote

10.0.24 

WEEK 2 

DAY 1 

Today I booked out c17 to record guitar . I played the chords however decided to loop them, as I used the same chords for the entire song up until the bridge . Im not the strongest guitar player so I wanted to split up the change into the bar chords just to make it slightly easier for me to play and also as it would've made sense as I was using the same chords. 

To Keep myself in time I played to a drum track I find this better then playing to a click as it feels more natural. Futermore as it is all played in time it will make editing easier and adding other instruments as I can play them to a click to and trust its in time with previously recorded instruments. 

I wasn't fully happy with the recording as it didn't have that delicate vibe I was going for and my strumming was quite fumbly due to my nails not being cut and me having trouble with the bar chords  ; I tried to overcome this by using the faith guitar wich had  a narrower neck and thinner strings , furthermore,  this is one of my first experiences recording a solo song and I was quite anxious as there were also quite a few people in the mixing room whilst I was playing , in the future I will ask if only 1 or two people can go in there whilst im playing to make me feel better .  Overall , im happy I had something  recorded so I can reflect on it . 

Day 2 

This morning , I was strumming the chords on my guitar and decided to try finger picking instead for a more delicate sound I preferred this and decided I wanted to use it instead, whilst this meant I would have to redo what I did yesterday I wouldn't have came to this decision withought recording it how I did yesterday . The only issue Is I didn't get to book a recording room as I wasn't  in on Tuesday due to flooding. However towards the end of the day managed to grab c18 for an hour . My teacher helped me record and I managed to record a few bars and then loop them . This took me a few takes but I was trying to play softly . I used the ribbon mics to record the guitar which gave it a warmer sound and I used the faith guitar . 

As I was playing I realised that I hadn't tried using a capo for the Sogn and ended up using it on the second fret , this will allow my vocal to be Able to reach the higher end 

Today I watched a Phoebe Bridgers YouTube video on pridcution . what I learned : 

• record double vocals 
• a hack for a make-shift rubber bridge 
• take high ed of of for that 

Day 3 

Today I watched a video on production of the surjan stevens album Carrie and Lowell one of my favourite albums and I really want to capture that minamilst sound he captures whilst it still feeling abstract . 

Today 

WEEK 3 

WEEK 4 

WEEK 5 

WEEK 6 

Constraints : 

• finances - the problem is paying for abobe premier pro and getting the finances to pay for it over the time i need it 
• availability to others - im going to need help from other musicians with 
• working with social media algorithms 
• Recording room availability 
• time 
• personal creativity issues