Reflective Journal 15

Production lab is back in session and I'm rather excited because of all the new techniques and sage-like advices that our lecturers are going to give us. And sure enough Leon walked into the room to give us our very first production lab session of the new semester. Leon spoke of an analogy which is related to that of 'Woodcarving' . Such as how a woodcarver would have the need to use certain tools and take steps to make the wood into a beautiful sculpture. Of course this proved relevant to me because it made sense that well for a start, they're tools for woodcarving, not metal omy glass carving or whatever else, so it further emphasises that a good song will still be a good song even without the tools. Anyways to further talk about the tools, it is said that it is necessary to use whatever tools that is appropriate for the situation, like if its minute details, I have to of course use a more precise tool and not something like a saw. If its large details I want to omit or use, use something like a chainsaw instead of wasting my time using the smaller tools. How it relates to my songwriting/production is that I have to keep in the the scenario before using whatever tools thats in front of me in Logic Pro. But for now, what I have to keep in mind is the base: Songwriting. So that includes the melody, lyrics and arrangement. I'll be sure to put my best into these 3 and build a strong base.

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