The Knowledge That I've Gain In This Journey
In this short four months alone, I've managed to accumulate a vast array of knowledge in terms of audio recording and production. In this blog post, I'm going to give a summary of what I've learnt in this journey by segregating it into six parts: constructing a song model, arranging, songwriting, audio recording, production and mixing. 1) Constructing a Song Model Before I even get started on writing a song, I need a source of inspiration, it doesn't have to be brilliant, but it will get me started. I've learned to listen more closely and pay better attention to songs. In this semester, the song that I chose to emulate was Helpless by John Mayer. So I formed a template and start noting down every detail of the song, here's my template: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Style: Blues Tempo: 104 Bpm Mood: Energetic Instruments: Electric guitar, ...