Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Looking back on our experiences, I’m really grateful to have been a part of this program. Not only did I get to spend time doing something that I love with some of my closest friends, I also learned a lot too. I learned about refrains and verses, collaboration and careers, recording and mixing, and...
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Today we toured the Gradwell House Recording Studio and learned a lot of new stuff about recording music. We learned about the basics of recording work, how to make a good recording of live instruments, and how to make a high quality sound track along with the conditions needed. The studio is in Haddonfield,...
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When we met in the band room, we gave each other feedback on our completed demos. We were given a paper with feedback guidelines and questions that could help us give the best comments to help improve our songs. On the paper, it gave space to share what was great about it, what didn’t...
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On day three of Songwriting IL we continued on our songs made with the refrains and started to add a melody behind them. Some people left the classroom to work in different rooms and hallways to record, and others stayed in the band room and worked with headphones on. After we did our melodies...
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Today we started the morning off with sharing our songs that we wrote yesterday, as well as giving critics and suggestions. Throughout the day, we worked on composing and matching instrumentals to our lyrics. For my music, I used Band Lab with the alternative pop genre as my inspiration. Later in the day, we...
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Creating the lyrics for my song enhanced my ability to completely understand how to make a “part” of a song and how much creativity and work goes into a small part. Overall, I felt as if today, we made a lot of progress toward creating our song. Today, we continued progressing through learning how...
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For our second day of IL we learned about refrains and how to use them in a song. With our new-found knowledge of refrains we began to create our own short “songs” using refrains within them. Everyone was working diligently on their songs, and we were told to think of a melody we wanted...
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Today we were working on writing songs. Some people used instruments and played, while others used samples on various song writing apps. People stayed in the band room, and others went to places around the school to work quietly. I enjoy playing music, so I enjoyed writing music and playing it. When we presented,...
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