Reflection Journal 6
Well week 5 of production lab is here! Though before the lesson could begin, Leon gave us a talk about our progress in the production lab and lets just say its not one of his usual talks. The talk he gave to us really hit us hard, at least it hit ME hard. The realisation from what he said was actually pretty true. Although the pieces that we made did matter, what matters most was our growth and what we learnt throughout the 5 weeks of production lab. Most of the pieces we made were within my comfort zone, and for the pieces that weren't, it wasn't to the point where I was feeling too uncomfortable. I thought to myself my weaknesses and what I wasn't comfortable with, and things like instrumentals, cultural music etc etc came to my mind. And I started having regrets because I had the chance to work on music like that but I missed it.
So after that talk it really gave me something similar to that of a wake up call and it got me thinking. It got me determined to step out of my comfort zone and to start with this production lab session. But before I get into that, this week's session was a throwback to our very first session. So this was a chance to make use of everything we've learnt in the past production lab sessions and bring it into fruit. Though for this session, I decided to make use of what we learn to do something that I wasn't used to. We got into our groups and we decided to make a song about depression and sorrow and how the person experiences a turnover and starts to become hopeful. I decided not to contribute to the writing of the lyrics anymore and leave it to team members to allow them to feel the thought process of writing and instead decided to try rap. Writing the rap lyrics was really hard because there were so many things to come in mind like the rhyming and the flow of the lyrics, most especially the flow of the lyrics. During this period I was still reflecting on myself and feeling down and regretful when suddenly i felt i had the inspiration to use what I was feeling to write the rap. Surprisingly the lyrics related well to the mood of the song and lyrics. Heres the next complicated part though, recording the rap. The amount of times we had to re-record the song because of how many times I screwed up were just a lot and I really felt bad for the team. But thankfully they were kind enough to let me retry since they knew I wasn't used to it. So after the whole trial and error, we managed to get a decent recording and one we were all happy with.
I would say my experience working outside of my comfort zone was something that wasn't all entirely bad and pretty enlightening. Actually it made me look forward to experiencing and being open to new things in music and to literally try out everything there is to try because its such a satisfying feeling to be able to do something thats somewhat close to whatever it is I'm aiming to do. I'm looking forward to learning even more.
So after that talk it really gave me something similar to that of a wake up call and it got me thinking. It got me determined to step out of my comfort zone and to start with this production lab session. But before I get into that, this week's session was a throwback to our very first session. So this was a chance to make use of everything we've learnt in the past production lab sessions and bring it into fruit. Though for this session, I decided to make use of what we learn to do something that I wasn't used to. We got into our groups and we decided to make a song about depression and sorrow and how the person experiences a turnover and starts to become hopeful. I decided not to contribute to the writing of the lyrics anymore and leave it to team members to allow them to feel the thought process of writing and instead decided to try rap. Writing the rap lyrics was really hard because there were so many things to come in mind like the rhyming and the flow of the lyrics, most especially the flow of the lyrics. During this period I was still reflecting on myself and feeling down and regretful when suddenly i felt i had the inspiration to use what I was feeling to write the rap. Surprisingly the lyrics related well to the mood of the song and lyrics. Heres the next complicated part though, recording the rap. The amount of times we had to re-record the song because of how many times I screwed up were just a lot and I really felt bad for the team. But thankfully they were kind enough to let me retry since they knew I wasn't used to it. So after the whole trial and error, we managed to get a decent recording and one we were all happy with.
I would say my experience working outside of my comfort zone was something that wasn't all entirely bad and pretty enlightening. Actually it made me look forward to experiencing and being open to new things in music and to literally try out everything there is to try because its such a satisfying feeling to be able to do something thats somewhat close to whatever it is I'm aiming to do. I'm looking forward to learning even more.
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