Weekly Update #4

Since my last update, I have been very busy with my project. I finished recording my second song and filmed my music video. For the second song, I did not record the bridge part because I could not find time to meet with the cello player for long enough to record it since she has her own project to finish as well, which is why there is a long break between the third and fourth choruses.

Over the course of this semester, I have learned a lot about Logic Pro X and Final Cut Pro X. They are both quite similar in how to work them even though Logic is only for sounds and Final Cut Pro is for videos. I learned how to quickly navigate around both programs and have learned the basics with both now. I mostly learned how to use the programs on my own through guessing, but I also watched a few YouTube videos, one of which I posted to a previous blog post, and I sometimes asked other people if they knew how to do certain things if I could not find what I was looking for. If I do another project like this next semester, I will try to manage my time better and find more time to meet with the other people who I need to help with my project.

For this class, the main issue, even though I know that it could not be helped, was that there were more people than we had computers, so I often did not get a computer to use, which made me lose a lot of time to work on my project. Other than that, I think that the class was set up well because it gave me freedom to do what I wanted for my project and did not force me on a specific guideline or schedule. I feel that if I had my own computer everyday, I would be able to succeed fully in my project and not have any other problems.

I think that for the amount of time I had for the project and how much work I put into it, my project came out pretty well and as good as I was expecting it to be. Hopefully next semester, I can create a project plan that I know I can fulfill by the end of the year and actually fully complete it successfully and thoroughly!