Other Influences/Additional Learning
Here are some extra avenues where I picked up skills that were crucial in me completing my chosen artefacts.
- There were a few YouTube videos from particular channels that were imperative in me gaining the knowledge to make this as good as could be, including:
- https://www.youtube.com/@theartistguides
- https://www.youtube.com/@adamivy
- https://www.aspire.io/blog/lo-fi-content
- https://www.cygnusmusic.net/2023/10/02/lets-explore-lofi-music-and-audience-verticals/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wtj11BalTU&t=660s
- https://youtu.be/k8agOo8tSwY?si=sxHGlgUGDn0n4F5M
- After the PDP was completed, I continued to sharpen my skills in self-promotion and mixing/mastering music by releasing more singles under the name Beem* on all streaming platforms.
- For the ISP, there were few YouTube videos that were handy for me to learn different mixing techniques, especially with recorded guitars that were tuned so low, such as:
- https://www.musicradar.com/news/rick-rubin-admits-he-doesnt-know-how-to-use-a-mixing-desk-i-have-no-technical-ability-and-i-know-nothing-about-music
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryVJNHHs0MQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6SFYa1kltc
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqDXoijxz-Y
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHY-C4Blr1k
- The ADR & Foley project was helpful for me doing this project alongside it as I was able to practice my editing and syncing skills - this was also good to make sure I was keeping my sessions neat and all audio in respective folders as the sessions had so much included.
- I learned a lot from the Spatial Recording project, too - The importance of microphone choice and using panning to create a wide stereo field.
- The ADR & Foley project was made much easier to understand through my research - here are some YouTube links that I found the most useful:
- https://youtu.be/TgqE7_lsRqM?si=gN8nbS4YGLozOS1v
- https://www.youtube.com/@GreatBigStory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC4e6KYG_Y8
- https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/how-to-create-foley-sound-effects-75583/
- The PDP project was imperative for this project being successful as it taught me the importance of being strict with deadlines to ensure I could put maximum work into it.
- The PDP project also gave me great experience in collaborating with others and understand the importance of communication.
- This Spatial project. wouldn't have been possible without research prior to starting the work, especially as we had such a small timeframe to complete it, here are some links of research videos:
- https://jonathangazeley.com/2015/03/21/recording-in-5-1-surround/
- https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/introduction-binaural-recording
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDJsGE_DlJU
- My Restoration project was the most important to completing this Spatial task as my knowledge using plugins like iZotope's RX9 helped fix the distortion in my groups recording - it wouldn't have be useable without it.
- My mixing and editing chops learned from the ISP were essential here as the recording session was so large and there was a lot of audio to work with.