School of Rock – Day 11 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 1
SUMMARY
Write your daily summary last, at the end of the day here… Only one to two sentences. – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY
- EVERYONE: Write a couple sentence update about what you completed on your ‘afternoon’ project in this section of this blog post.
Goal Page: Progress For Today
- Welcome to show and tell!
- Embed media as evidence of today’s progress (SHOW)
- EXAMPLE: a YouTube video of your practicing guitar
- EXAMPLE: Soundcloud audio of a song idea
- EXAMPLE: a screenshot image of Soundtrap or HookLab tracks
- Write an update about your leadership project progress (TELL)
- Delete Mr. Le Duc’s instructions – yes, these instructions – yes the instructions you are reading right now!
PRACTICE ROOM (GUITAR LESSONS)
- Continue Justin’s 117 Free Lessons YouTube Playlist
- Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched (Just one is fine)
- Want a bigger challenge?
- Complete Jake Lizzio’s 5 blues guitar tutorials
- Check his channel, you won’t regret it!
- Read How to Practice Guitar Chords: Exercises, Tips, and Advice
- Write a few key things you learned and which videos you learned from today – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)
- Explore Jake Lizzio’s The Music Theory of POWER CHORDS
Screenshot from Jake Lizzio’s The Music Theory of POWER CHORDS video at YouTube- 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 you watched or the link of the SongExploder.net episode
- Write a reflection of the key topics that got your attention – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
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 – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)
- Watch 3 Motivation Styles determined by Personality by HealthyGamerGG
- Thanks, Jessica!
- Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
- Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
- Journal here about that. The more detail the better – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
STUDIO (SONGWRITING)
- Explore Jake Lizzio’s The Music Theory of POWER CHORDS
- Screenshot from Jake Lizzio’s The Music Theory of POWER CHORDS video at 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
- Holistic Songwriting’s Playlists
- Embed a YouTube video link or links you watched
- Write what was most interesting to you learned – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
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 – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
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 – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!
TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION
Content (The WHAT)
Rating: OK – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – HIGHLY ENGAGED
Rating: ?
What interested you about the material?
Process (The HOW)
Rating: OK – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – HIGHLY ENGAGED
Rating: ?
Which activities engaged you most? Why?