March 31

April 2022 SMART Goal Project

“Guitar” by windy_sydney is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0.

Role

Guitar and Singing

Intention (SMART Goal)

By April 15, 2022 as a part of School of Rock, I will learn the chorus of “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY

Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)

Training Source(s)

 

SMART Goal Schedule

My goal schedule was 15 mins to an hour of practice every day for a week and a half.

PRODUCTION

SMART Goal Starting Point Evidence

SMART Goal Ending Point Evidence

 

 

POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION

21st Century Skills

Tools for Working

I used Ultimate Guitar for the chords and watched a Marty Music tutorial.

Ways of Living in the World

Practicing and honing in on a skill is a really good thing to have in your life and career.

Self-Evaluation of Final Version

Theres a part where I hit a really high note and have to bring it back down really low and you can hear how much better I got at doing that.

Grammar and Spelling

I used the google grammar and spell checker.

Editor

Tommy Gee

March 7

March 2022 Composition Project

Summary

For this project I took the song Riptide by Vance Joy and added my own original verse.

Song Used As Template

Exemplary Work

Going Spaceward was a big inspiration for this project of mine. This video in particular is one of my favorite videos and I love his style of taking a song and using the lyrics in different and interesting ways. It was a fantastic way to practice my writing skills!

Production

What I Learned & Problems I Solved

I used new lyric-writing software where I could add chords to my lyrics as I write it. I had to get used to all of the little nuances that come with learning something new. I also spent a long time listening to songs in similar styles and seeing different alternative versions of songs.