Music Learning Log
This is a list of what I learned throughout my experience as a musician. People in parentheses represent those who helped me in some way.
- Sept-Oct 2023 - Arranging with exclusively acoustic/cinematic elements, acoustic guitar partwriting realism, orchestral partwriting realism
- July-Sept 2023 - Variety dubstep bass production (glitch hop, metalstep, downbeat)
- Mar-June 2023 - Arranging for harpejji and oboe/bassoon
- Jan-Mar 2023 - Orchestral partwriting (violin, cello), arranging popular music (Here Comes the Sun, Memory, Radioactive, etc)
- Oct-Dec 2021 - Jazz Fusion drum writing, Jaco-esque bass partwriting
- May 2020-Aug 2021 - Mixing across multiple systems away from home (earbuds vs. headphones)
- May-Aug 2018 - Harmonic complexity in chord progressions, subtlety in progressive textures
- May-Aug 2017 - Hardcore dubstep bass production
- Nov-Dec 2016 - Mixing across multiple systems away from home (earbuds vs. headphones)
- April-Aug 2016 - Managing huge project files (with physical memory usage close to the limit)
- Feb-March 2016 - Dense jazz partwriting, writing/mixing on a very tight schedule
- Nov 2015-Jan 2016 - Interesting chord progressions, intricate partwriting
- Sept-Oct 2015 - More mixing vocals (and everything around the vocals), album mastering
- July-Aug 2015 - More Drum & Bass-style FM bass synthesis, out-of-the-key jazz partwriting
- June 2015 - Drum & Bass-style FM bass synthesis, adjusted workflow (transferring data from separate project files), more precise EQ (+/- 0.01 dB) for track finalizations
- April-May 2015 - More FM bass synthesis, more bass mixing, subtle volume balancing, beginning of adjusted workflow
- March 2015 - Crazier FM bass synthesis, writing sensible melodic contour, multiband compression
- Jan 2015 - Jazz Fusion drum writing, Jaco-esque bass partwriting, mixing vocals, mixing on a very tight schedule
- Nov-Dec 2014 - Layering for loudness, partwriting for nice bass, mixing more transparently
- Oct 2014 - Catchy/sensible melodies and establishing a unique sound palette
- Aug-Sept 2014 - Orchestral arrangement and mixing, partwriting for nice bass
- March-July 2014 - More treble mixing, partwriting for clarity, EQing to boost best frequencies
- Jan-March 2014 - Going with the flow on arrangement, more bass mixing, more treble mixing, and loudness layering
- Oct 2013 - Arrangement complexity, more bass mixing, and more treble mixing
- Sept 2013 - More bass mixing (no one), more treble mixing (DusK)
- Aug 2013 - Harmonic complexity in chord progressions (no one), more treble mixing (no one), some bass mixing (Flexstyle, Brandon Strader)
- July 2013 - Automation for Orchestral (Neifion), effective stereo width and depth (no one)
- June 2013 - Synthesizer event edits and arp writing (no one), treble mixing (Gario!)
- March 2013 - Ear candy, careful instrument balance (Chimpazilla!), glitch effect flow (no one), and reverb amounts (WillRock!)
- Feb 2013 - Solo writing and harmonic complexity in chords (Chimpazilla, indirectly)
- Dec 2012 - Automating frequency bands (no one), and continual desire for better headphones (Flexstyle!)
- Nov 2012 - Loudness of a song overall (Judges and Rozovian!)
- Oct 2012 - Drum processing and sound selection (Chimpazilla!)
- Sept 2012 - Creativity and risk-taking in arrangement (Gario!)
- March 2012 - Basic musical decisions, a little with sound selection (Calum)
- Sept 2011 - Drum variation, melodic variation (Tuberz McGee!)