Week 28

Goal at start 7/7:
Focus on hook development within shorter segments. I seem to have a tendency to stretch my attention across 8 bars, so I'm going to try making things sound more full within 4 bars.
I also want to remind myself to stop at various points in the process to do a general assessment of how things are going, and do a genre assessment. I often lose track of my original intentions for genre once I start putting notes down.Even if I’m missing my genre targets I can start building an awareness of when I start drifting.

End notes 7/9:
I noticed I have an expectation of starting with one layer, then choosing more sounds and adding more layers, but not revisiting the layers I already made much. I make adjustments but don’t rewrite the whole part from scratch. I’m starting to think it will be better to have an expectation of rewriting everything once the whole ensemble of sounds are in place, and think of everything up to that point as just place holder melodies.

Plan for next week:
Maintain focus on 4 bar segments. Try making more dramatic revisions once all the sound layers have been chosen.
Remember to stop at various points in the process and do a full assessment, specifically a genre assessment.

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