School of Rock – Day 13 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 3

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.
• Remember to also add an entry to your Goal Page underneath your goal statement.
• Create a heading titled, ‘July 15th Work’.
• Write one descriptive paragraph detailing WHAT YOU DID and LEARNED today
• … AND THEN DELETE ALL THESE WORDS!

Progress For Today

1. Welcome to show and tell!
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)
4. 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 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 Shawn Anchor’s TED talk about happiness
  • “We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.”  – TED.com
• Go for a walk and think about what this video meant to you.
• Journal here about that. The more detail the better – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!

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 – 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?