Though I was not in attendance for the third prototype sprint, I decided to show my final prototypes to my Father for his feedback. I have a high respect for my fathers opinion on music so I expected his feedback to be constructional. For my final prototypes I had a finished version of the cover… Continue reading Rashid’s Prototype Sprint #3
For the second week of our prototype sprints, I brought in a very very very unfinished version of a song that I planned on bringing to the Fall Show. The song hasn’t been titled yet. It featured an instrumental with vocals. I received mixed feedback on this one. Some people criticized it because of its… Continue reading Rashid’s Prototype Sprint #2
For the first prototype sprint I brought in a prototype of the cover art for my visual album, titled “Scars”. The image contains a highly saturated picture of my arm from a couple of years ago. I received a lot of constructive feedback from my peers. A lot of people liked severity of the scars… Continue reading Rashid’s Prototype Sprint #1
The first prototype that I am going to bring in is the cover art for my project also displaying the name of the project. I am creating it in Adobe Photoshop. I am going for a dark feel for the cover art so hopefully that is the kind of feedback that I receive for it.… Continue reading Rashid’s Prototype Plan
I decided to research multiple sad albums and songs in hopes of figuring out the kind of vibe that I want to go for. I stumbled across a lot of great work from the likes of artists such as Lil Peep, xxxtentacion, Mac Miller, Ariana Grande, Drake, Lewis Capaldi, Tyler, The Creator, and more. I… Continue reading Rashid’s Research Update #3
While writing my songs I have ran into some difficulties figuring out how I want to write them. So I did some research on songwriting and I found an AMAZING tip. The tip was to write from a unique perspective. Initially I was going to try and write the whole thing from my perspective, but… Continue reading Rashid’s Research Update #2
I dedicated my first research to finding different film techniques in visual albums. I found a few examples that peaked my interest. The first of which is from Frank Ocean’s video album, Endless. This video used a very different technique that I hadn’t seen before. There were 4 cameras used for the video. One camera… Continue reading Rashid’s Research Update #1
My Senior Thesis idea is to create a Visual Album which is based on mental health and Suicide. What inspired this idea is my interest in the topic. Suicide is a very serious and sensitive topic. I believe that it is something that should be talked about. So why not talk about it in song… Continue reading Rashid’s Revised Concept
For my research plan I am going to be looking deeply into various things in a certain order to make sure that I am fully prepared to create my idea and push it to its full potential. My first focus will be learning and getting used to Logic Pro X, the digital audio workstation. After… Continue reading Rashid’s Research Plan
The idea that I am most likely going to go with is creating a visual album based on suicide and mental health. I want to create an impactful musical/visual story that is filled with emotion. I am going to make the beats with Logic. Then I will write the songs and record them via the… Continue reading Rashid’s Initial Concepts