Producing an EP

I will learn how to produce a song and explore what I can do creatively to express myself.

For as long as I can remember I have always had a knack for singing, I just remember singing my heart out around the house as a little kid and wanting to be a singer when I grow up, to write my own music, and perform In my own concerts. As time goes on singing became a passion of mine, any chance I got to sing I took It. My mother has always been supportive of this passion of mine, giving me the chance to have multiple singing coaches who have helped me better my voice and also being somewhat of a personal coach to me, as well as giving notes whenever I record a cover. I was 11 or 12 when I tried my hand at writing music, messing around with my guitar, and just singing every word that came to my head and recording It on voice notes. But I never seemed to have found my sound. I always felt like every supposed song I made on voice notes didn’t reflect myself. It wasn’t until I was 13 that I started diving Into the rock genre which helped me find my sound and 15 when I wrote a song that began to reflect myself. So that Is why when the chance arose In this personal project, I chose to further my songwriting, to learn how to produce music, and to express some teenage struggles that I have personal experience with.

Product Goal

I will create an EP containing 5 songs surrounding the themes of teenage struggles based on personal experience.

There are multiple struggles that I struggled with that multiple other teenagers face as well In their own way or In ways that may be similar to my own, whether It be expectations, anxiety, fear of the future, etc. I am not typically the type of person to talk about these struggles most of the time, so I keep these burdens to myself, but I believed that music Is a great outlet to express these feelings, be vulnerable, and begin to let go and grow. Therefore I decided to create an EP that Includes 5 songs for me to create multiple different songs about the specific struggles that teenagers can relate to.

Reflection

When I started my personal project I underestimated the technicalities that comes with producing a song, I thought that because I had created a music composition before for music class and that I know some of the basics of creating a music composition and bandlab that I would be fine, It was not until I began to watch video’s of people creating their own compositions, recreating composition, people using or teaching bandlab, and being taught about produced by a producer that this not only takes creativity and basic knowledge but a grasp In the understanding and Inner Workings of a studio app or website and the patience and detail It takes to realizing what you Imagine the song will sound like. The Impact that this project has had on me is that I now have a deeper appreciation for producer who realizes artists’ vision how they are able to add to It and marinate and nurture It to create a great song. Another way that this has Impacted me Is that I should not have underestimated this project, even though I was warned by Sir Tariq I still took It for granted, I didn’t take the time to enrich myself more on my learning goal and I didn’t capitalize enough time for my product goal. Creating an album let alone a song Is a tedious job but because of this project, I understand now that It Isn’t just about compiling all the vocals, drums, and guitars but also about the meticulous placement of sounds, depth of sound, and more. As stressful as this project was I am glad that I was able to go through this process because I do Intend to continue to write and create music and hope to grow this further developed skill that I obtained during the course of this project.

Product Evaluation

I believed that I created a successful product, although I may not be completely satisfied with It, I believe that It Is still doable and pretty successful considering the current skill set that I have It Is pretty good for someone first real-time creating a song that is just theirs, although I did have some help along the way It was well-Intended as It leads to the needs of the product goal to be met. I believed that my weakness was my time management skills since because of that I didn’t optimize the time that was allotted to me which would have cost me less stress the past months, this time would have been great for me to be able to familiarize myself with what I was working with, especially with bandlab and the tools I had on hand so that there wouldn’t have been problems with recording and putting everything together and realizing what I had Imagined the song would go and maybe I could have made six songs. I was very nervous to do this project since previous recent music compositions I had done the melodies weren’t really In sync and the Instruments at times clashed with each other and sounded messy, I was afraid that I would create the same mistake for this project, but from the beginning, I did have faith In my abilities as a songwriter. All In all, I completed both of my goals, my learning goal since I was able to extend my knowledge In producing music and my product goal since I was able to create an EP that contained 5 songs that conveys the topic of teenage struggles, although I rushed and did not do them as well as prominent could have.