This morning we began our Intensive Learning experience. Over the next week we are going to be both learning about songs and songwriting. We began the morning by setting out some key aspects of being musicians.
After settling in for the day, our first activity was that we each had to write our own song! What better way to learn about songs than to write one ourselves?! With three hours to get a song from start to finish, we were pushed to really think about all the aspects that make up the meaning of a ‘song’ and to mobilize our skills to try and produce.
At the end of the activity we each shared our songs with the group, getting the opportunity to have our first listeners and to get some initial thoughts. As we move forward, we will come back to this piece with the aim of addressing more structural questions and to work more collaboratively to learn from each person in the group.
Song of the morning: G-Dragon w/Anderson Paak “Too Bad”