During this project, I worked on many small details. The base of this song was from Blind Man Driving, made by Joey Stuckey. The first thing I did with this track was mix the instruments from right to left using the volume sliders. I applied a compressor to most of my instruments, but mainly my bass and drums. Throughout the middle I added an extra track, to make it more unique. I also cut the song a bit short, leaving it to five minutes instead of seven. And when I was done, I made this final music piece.

From this project I learned about Joey Stuckey, I learned how he overcame his disability, and used it for his passion for music. Joey Stuckey has been blind most of his life, and learning how he lives on a daily basis even though a main source of his human needs is gone, meaning his eyesight is interesting and cool. 

Before this project, I watched a small documentary for a producer called Dilla. He was obsessed with making music and loved doing it. He used to sample small parts of different songs and put them in his songs. This project is called Dilla Style because I did the same as he did. I sampled parts from Stars Wars and WALL-E. A produced my final project above.

I learned a new style of music during this project. And how I can create music using this style. It was helpful with the sources I used, which I learned about recently. The sources are where I got to sample parts from movies to put in my song. The sources were called fesliyanstudios.com, movie-sounds.org, and moivesoundclips.net.

Before I started this project, I watch a 2-minute video. It was relaxing and calming. So I thought while watching to add a calming or smooth soundtrack in the back. In the first clip, I made medium, because the speed felt medium to me. The same with the second clip, it was slow but fast. And the third clip was fast. I went on WeVideo and added my soundtrack to the video. I edited it to make it more professional. And my final project is now on the left.

I learned to work on WeVideo. I've had some experience from last year, but I forgot it all during that time. Trying it again was nice, and figuring out certain things. Adding text, and controlling the volume, were the most interesting parts for me. I really enjoyed working on WeVideo and would like to work on it more.

With this project, I tried to make lofi music. I placed drums and customized them to my liking. When I finished placing my drums, I added rain sounds in the back, using fesliyan studios. While I was making my lofi recording I slowed down the drums, to make them seem more low and deep. I also panned the rain sounds so they wouldn't be loud and distracting to the drum parts.

Before this project, I knew lofi, but I wouldn't listen to it. I thought of it as a way to help people study. While making this, I understood more about lofi, I now know how and why people listen to this while studying. Lofi is music you don't really listen to, it's music you let overflow you. Lofi music keeps you motivated, and more aware of your understanding of your lesson/topic.

This was my first project from Ableton Live in music tech 2. I enjoyed the tracks I was given. The steps I took while making this project were first listening to each track I was given. I made sure to pick the one I found the most. When I did I played around with the individual beats. And before I pressed record, I made sure to see what beat I was trying to make. I made my sound 2 minutes long because I got carried away while recording.

The thing I learned from this project is how to use Ableton Live again. While getting used to Ableton Live I saw many more features that were new or so I thought. For example, I found out I could pan my tracks, last year I didn't realize it and my tracks weren't as good, and it shocks me that I am now just realizing Ableton Live has pan.

When I started this project, I listened to the mix first. I listened and heard what things needed to be fixed. By listening to this mix I was also thinking of ideas on what this mix should be played in. Meaning what type of game would this mixed track fit best with. Then I changed some parts and changed most of the instruments. The rhythm in the mix was the same, but I gave it a bit creepier vibe.

The things I learned from this project was how I could add my own sound effects, to Band Lab. The website I used was fesliyanstudios.com. By using this website I got to add my own sound effects and make my mix more original. It also helped set the theme for my mix. One more thing I learned from this project, was how to imagine certain beats with a sound. For example, now I can hear a beat, and picture another beat with it to see if it fits with it. 

With this remix, I was given a soundtrack. I was allowed to keep the theme of it but changed the volume with the pan, and the instrument itself. I added panning to control the volume in certain parts. I changed every beat to my liking. I didn't keep any of the old sounds so mine would be my unique piece.

I learned how to change the instruments. For example, I could have a drum beat, but if I wanted that theme of beat to be a piano I could change that.

For this remix, I used the platform BandLab. I'm a little experienced with BandLab from last year. But over summer break I forgot some things we could use. While getting to figure out BandLab again, I used the pan to control the volume. And I made my project, using beats from different categories.

I didn't learn much because I knew BandLab before, but it did feel like I was learning again after a while of using it. The more I explored the more memories I got to help me make my beat.