SUMMARY

a class on how to learn with some music added

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

singing was painful.

• 1 (NOT MY THING!)
• 2 (not really)
• 3 (sorta interested)
• 4 (interested)
• 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 3

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

i enjoyed the what makes this song great series

• 1 (NOT MY THING!)
• 2 (not really)
• 3 (sorta interested)
• 4 (interested)
• 5 (YES! – I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Your score: 4

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

i made some little stuff in hooklab

Your score: 3

PRACTICE ROOM (LESSONS)

eh

Your score: 1

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Your score: 3

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

was vary fun

Your score: 4

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Write a reflection on what you learned. How interested were you in learning about topics related to the brain, creativity, emotional health, and productivity?

its a lot of simple stuff

Your score: 5

STAGE

the Motown documentary

Your score: 4

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

THE COURSE’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION (OVERALL)

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 2

content was alright

Process (The HOW)

Rating: OK  – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5  – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 2

an even layout of time was nice but also relentless

i didn’t care for this blog

i would lay out some info with more relevant placement

BONUS MATERIAL

Dr. Gebrian’s Brain-Friendly Practice Ideas

Dr. Gebrian’s YouTube Playlists on Practice Techniques and Brain Research

Annie Dang’s Songwriting YouTube Channel

Annie Dang’s YouTube Resources for Songwriting and Publishing

How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain

Link to How Years Of Gaming Affect Your Brain by HealthyGamerGG on YouTube

SUMMARY

listened to everyones music

rumble documentary

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

drawing

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

• Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects
• Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.
• Use Soundtrap Support (Effects and Mixing)
• Search for other creative people online using Soundtrap and see how they are using it, like Swick’s Classroom Recreating Chainsmokers on Soundtrap.
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write a reflection of the key topics that grabbed your attention.

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Watch how to present with power and poise

https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html
https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen.html
https://www.youtube.com/embed/02EJ1IdC6tE

Great presentations have many ingredients from the structure of the visuals to the delivery. But what makes it all work from voice, eye contact, word choice, body language, the visuals used, etc. Let’s take a look at the act of successfully presenting or pitching an idea to reveal these ingredients.

https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/McHPIxErbeyuAz
Brain Rules for Presenters from Garr

• Go for a walk and think about what these videos and the slideshow mean to you.
• Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STAGE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

• EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you hope to complete on your ‘afternoon’ today.

we did more recording

Progress For Today

1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta, one more time!
2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
   • EXAMPLE: Soundcloud audio of a song idea
     • Watch How to Upload and Embed using Soundcloud with Your Blog
   • EXAMPLE: a screenshot image of Soundtrap or HookLab tracks
     • Watch How to Upload and Embed using Flickr with Your Blog
3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

made some art inspired by Rammstein

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

any kind of work that requires more active thought is less efficient to incentivize

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

• Watch and practice any of the following playlists on YouTube
  • Holistic Songwriting’s Playlists
    • Specifically: Songwriting Corner
    • Specifically: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
    • Specifically: 5 Minute Lessons
  • Jake Lizzio’s Signals Music Studio Playlists
  • Andrew Huang’s Playlists
  • Paul David’s Playlists
  • Rick Beato’s Playlists
  • Marty Schwartz’s Playlists
  • Mary Spender’s Playlists
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write what was most interesting to you learned.

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

• Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects
• Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.
• Use Soundtrap Support (Effects and Mixing)
• Search for other creative people online using Soundtrap and see how they are using it, like Swick’s Classroom Recreating Chainsmokers on Soundtrap.
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write a reflection of the key topics that grabbed your attention.

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

STAGE

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

SUMMARY

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

we practiced singing fly me to the moon

 Goal Page: Progress For Today

1. Welcome to show and tell, well sorta!
2. Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
   • EXAMPLE: a YouTube video of your practicing guitar
     • Watch How to Upload and Embed UNLISTED YouTube videos
   • EXAMPLE: Soundcloud audio of a song idea
     • Watch How to Upload and Embed using Soundcloud with Your Blog
   • EXAMPLE: a screenshot image of Soundtrap or HookLab tracks
     • Watch How to Upload and Embed using Flickr with Your Blog
3. Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)

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PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

i practiced bass basics

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

art

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

• Watch 7 things I wish I understood about music sooner by Cameron at VenusTheory on YouTube

• Watch and practice any of the following playlists on YouTube
  • Holistic Songwriting’s Playlists
    • Specifically: Songwriting Corner
    • Specifically: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
    • Specifically: 5 Minute Lessons
  • Jake Lizzio’s Signals Music Studio Playlists
  • Andrew Huang’s Playlists
  • Paul David’s Playlists
  • Rick Beato’s Playlists
  • Marty Schwartz’s Playlists
  • Mary Spender’s Playlists
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write what was most interesting to you learned

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

• Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects
• Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.
• Use Soundtrap Support (Effects and Mixing)
• Search for other creative people online using Soundtrap and see how they are using it, like Swick’s Classroom Recreating Chainsmokers on Soundtrap.
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write a reflection of the key topics that grabbed your attention.

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• WatchShawn Anchor’s TED talk about happiness
  • “We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backward? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.”  – TED.com

• Listen to Freakonomics – Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)? (Ep. 355)
• WYNTON MARSALIS
  • “My first thing I have my students do is write a mission statement. And that mission statement has three sentences. What do I want to do, how do I achieve it, and why am I doing it? And based on that mission statement, I teach them. And I have, my fundamental teaching to them is, I want you to rise above the cycle of punishment and reward. I’m not going to reward you or punish you. This is information, and you can do what you want with this information. So, you’re always actualizing. And I always tell them, if you want to learn something I can’t stop you. If you don’t want to learn it, I cannot teach you.”
• Go for a walk and think about what this podcast meant to you.
• Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STAGE

• We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
• This is the performance room.
• Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
• ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

SUMMARY

recorded made some art

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

more recording

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

drawing

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

imposter video and personal project

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

personal project

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

slanted rhyme sounds far more professional

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

drawing

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

laid on the grass

STAGE

Motown

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

SUMMARY

worked on personal project

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

we recorded

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

drawing

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

making habits is easy when its attached to existing habits

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

i forgot what i did

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

drawing

CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

i don’t remember

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

coffee

STAGE

watched Motown documentary

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

i didn’t have any problems

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

used the recording booth

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

made a loop for the song

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

• Watch Rick Beato: 5 Things Every Beginner Guitarist SHOULD Learn (9:55)
• Continue Justin’s 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist
• Want a bigger challenge?
  • Complete Jake Lizzio’s 5 blues guitar tutorials
  • Check his channel, you won’t regret it!
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched (Just one is fine)
• Write a few key things you learned and which videos you learned from today

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• Read How to Create a Good Habit and fill in the Implementation Intention Template with your own habit intention from James Clear’s Atomic Habits

• Watch What Makes This Song Great? Ep.17 BOSTON
• Explore SongExploder.net episodes
• Explore Holistic Songwriting’s Artist Series
• Explore Genius’ Songs Deconstructed Series
• Explore Rick Beato’s What Makes This Song Great Series
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write a reflection on the key topics that got your attention.

Write what was most interesting to you.

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LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• Explore the tutorials (but you do not need to watch all of them – just pick what looks interesting to you) from the:
  • Hooktheory.com/videos
  • Songwriting Series. (4 videos)
  • Lyrics to music videos (2 videos)
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write a reflection on what you learned.

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Watch Why Finding Purpose Is SO HARD Today – Healthy Gamer
• Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
• Journal here about that. The more detail the better.

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STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Holistic Songwriter

• Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Corner
• Watch Holistic Songwriting: Songwriting Exercises (you do not need the cards)
• Watch Holistic Songwriting: 5 Minute Lessons (you do not need the cards)
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write what was most interesting to you learned

Music Machine Songwriting “System”

• https://www.makemusicyourlife.com/automatic-music-machine
• https://www.makemusicyour.life/enrollments
• https://trello.com/b/LRMbfkCJ/insert-your-names-music-machine
• Mike’s Trello Board: https://trello.com/b/VwqHYicu/mike-mondays-music-machine
• Le Duc’s Guerilla Creating, Recording, Performing, and Song Publishing Milestones (Google Sheets)

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

• Boston – Foreplay / Long Time
  • Read more about Tom Sholtz
• Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects
• Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.
• Use Soundtrap Support (Effects and Mixing)
• Search for other creative people online using Soundtrap and see how they are using it, like Swick’s Classroom Recreating Chainsmokers on Soundtrap.
• Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
• Write a reflection on the key topics that grabbed your attention.

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STAGE

• We will work on MusicWill.org materials when ‘on stage’.
• This is the performance room.
• Reflect on which instrument you picked to work on first.
• ALSO: We will share student work that people are working on and give them feedback

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

• Mr. Le Duc, scott.leduc@tumwater.k12.wa.us
• Our class web page, https://capitalcomtech.info/new-market/
• ‘Rooms’ Schedule Sheet 
• Practice Log
  • Justin explains 3 Types of Songs You Should Practice (To Play Guitar Better)
• Professional Quotient Rubric

SUMMARY

hooklab

PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)

Watch Mary Spender: Powerful advice from 10 Professional Musicians you need to hear (14:15)

Start his 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist

• Screenshot from  justinguitar.com.

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Holistic Songwriting by Friedemann Findeisen

An Example: The Swift Formula – One Note Melodies

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

i think 2+2 instead of 4 is important to lots of things

STUDIO (SONGWRITING)

Watch Holistic Songwriting: Do THIS with every song you write | Hit Song Architect S1E3

Explore Song Writing “Systems”

• Le Duc’s Guerilla Creating, Recording, Performing, and Song Publishing Milestones (Google Sheets)
• https://www.makemusicyourlife.com/automatic-music-machine
• https://www.makemusicyour.life/enrollments
• https://trello.com/b/LRMbfkCJ/insert-your-names-music-machine
• Mike’s Trello Board: https://trello.com/b/VwqHYicu/mike-mondays-music-machine

Write what was most interesting to you learned.

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CONTROL ROOM (RECORDING & MIXING)

Watch Clark Eagling: Soundtrap tutorial 5 – Arranging the song, Mixing and adding effects

Watch all five videos in the playlist, if you are interested.

Write a reflection of the key topics that grabbed your attention.

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OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

games have some benefits

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Tell your daily story here!  Highlight what you learned and enjoyed most and at least one problem you solved. Problem-solving is one of the most important skills you need in life. Employers want to know HOW you get stuff done as much as WHAT you got done.

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DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on the class Content and Process
  • Participation will be part of your leadership project due at the end of the course
• Fill in the Daily Activity Evaluation

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

• Mr. Le Duc, scott.leduc@tumwater.k12.wa.us
• Our class web page, https://capitalcomtech.info/new-market/
• ‘Rooms’ Schedule Sheet 
• Practice Log
• Professional Quotient Rubric

SUMMARY

made things fast in hook lab

PRACTICE ROOM

Rammstein

Bass Practice Extras

Step 1: Watch How To Add Bass Notes Guitar Strumming Lessons by Tomas Michaud

Bonus Bass Resource!

• Explore Mr. Le Duc’s YouTube Bass Playlists

CLASSROOM

Watch How Bass Works (47 minutes)

a space odyssey. pipe organs are awesome. walking bass. synths are awesome

LAB

How to write Chromatic Notes in Hookpad 

worked in hooklab

STUDIO

hook lab

CONTROL ROOM

still hook lab

OUTSIDE / IDEAS

Choice 1: Explore Carol Kaye and James Jamerson’s Profiles in Excellent.  These two bass players are credited with creating some of the best bass lines!  Then go for a walk and think of the funky work they created.

Profile in Excellence

• Check out these two videos about amazing bass player Carol Kaye
  • Interview with CAROL KAYE 
  • Carol Kaye: Rock’s Most Prolific Session Musician

Profile in Excellence

• Check out these videos about the best bass player, ever, James Jamerson
  • What really made James Jamerson so great?
  • Visual of James Jamerson’s bass line for the Stevie Wonder song –For Once In My LifeScreenshot from Vulf at YouTube

Choice 2: Flip through the Quizlet on Bass Composition Techniques flashcards a couple times.

After playing with Quizlet, go for a walk and think about bass lines.  Think of songs that have great basslines.  When you are back from your walk, you might want to research more about the notes that make those basslines stand out?

Choice 3: Watch How to Quickly Improve Focus – Andrew Huberman

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

hook lab isn’t letting me do things

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

RESOURCES FOR THE CLASS

SUMMARY

Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences.

really tired.

PRACTICE ROOM

drawing and melody

Rhythm Practice

i liked the unknown drummer

A Side Note

• Funky Drummer– Clyde Stubblefield
• This drummer pattern is THE basis of hiphop!
• Resampled so, so, so many times!
• EXAMPLES
  • RUN DMC – Run’s House
  • Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause
  • Sinéad O’connor – I am Stretched on your Grave
  • Emeli Sande – Heaven – Heaven
  • George Michael – Freedom!

CLASSROOM

Watch How Rhythm Works (47 minutes)

layered drum beats

LAB

 Drum Arrangements Made Simple 

did stuff in hook lab

STUDIO

Funklet.

OUTSIDE / IDEAS

 Quizlet on Rhythm Terminology flashcards 

ATOMIC HABITS – Tiny Changes that Create Remarkable Results – James Clear

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gdkBt9it84

CONTROL ROOM

Funklet.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

drums   

DAILY ACTIVITY EVALUATION