For my industry event, I dropped by one of the studios I intern at for a small networking event. I was initially planning on attending a large producer meet up in New York that was being organized by Cymatics. However, I was unable to make it to the gathering due to work and school. Instead,… Continue reading Alex’s Industry Event
For the final prototype, I posted the most recent version of the project’s cover art. Designed by both Chance Gayles and myself, we wanted to take a minimal approach that imbodied my research and recent inspirations. To accomplish this we used a very limited color scheme and kept the visual limited to just a foreground… Continue reading Alex’s Prototype Sprint #3
For prototype 3 I am showing off the first draft of the cover art for sincerely. It was inspired by a few of Kanye West’s and Post Malone’s album covers. I wanted to take the same minimal approach to this as the previously mentioned artists. However, instead of using a CD/Vinyl for the cover, I… Continue reading Alex’s Prototype #3
This past week for prototype two, instead of showing off the promo video, I instead played the track I will use for it and asked the listeners to tell me what they saw when they listened. I did this because in the first draft of the project I was telling the audience what they should… Continue reading Alex’s Prototype Sprint #2
During the presentation of my first prototype, I showed between three to five instrumentals to each classmate that stopped by to take a listen to what I have been working on. While some of the tracks lack a main melodic riff and all of them are missing a vocal overlay, almost all the feedback that… Continue reading Alex’s Prototype Sprint #1
Prototype One (11/7/2019) – Presenting a handful of instrumentals that I may use as the building blocks for the tracks on my upcoming mixtape. They will be roughly around 30 seconds in order to give the feeling for the track. There will not be any vocals and the mix will be rough, but this will… Continue reading Alex’s Prototype Plan
This week I did not do as much work as I initially planned for. I ended up picking up several shifts at my job and because of that, the research I had done was much less than the previous two weeks. However, I still managed to do some digging on the album/LP format and the… Continue reading Alex’s Research Update 3
The Extended Play This week I dug into the history of the Extend Play, better known as the EP. Instead of going bigger and jumping straight into the album/LP format, I decided to take a step back and look into the EP. I did this because even though I am hoping to release my first… Continue reading Alex’s Research Update 2
10/3/19: Create Draft Update Concept 10/10/19: Updated Tracklist Shortened Idea (if necessary) Begin Research on the Mixtape Format (Honestly might not do that much because of Fall Break) 10/17/19: Finish Research on Mixtape Format Begin (and maybe finish) Extended Playlist Format Shoot and begin to edit Promo Video Hopefully begin Project Artwork 10/24/19: Continue working… Continue reading Research Plan (Rough Draft)
The Mixtape This week I researched the origin, lifespan, and the modern approach to the mixtape format. I started my dive into music history with this topic because I have coined my upcoming project as a mixtape instead of a proper album or LP. But what is the significance of my project being viewed as… Continue reading Alex’s Research Update 1