Wednesday, April 5, 2017

My Genius Project Goal Proposal

Hello everyone, I'm Christian, and my goal for this project is to make one full length song. In my music production "career," I have yet to make a full length song with actual lyrics. Considering this fact, it shows that my goal is something new to me. Prior to this project, I have made dozens of demos, but never a full song. This is exciting for me, as it is something experimental and new. I am also curious to test out my full abilities and creativity. All of my hard work and my improvement have led up to this. Producing demos for people to listen to is one thing, but producing a full song which has a message, a tone, and emotion, is another thing.

In order to reach my goal, I will undertake numerous actions outside of working on a beat. First of all, I will have to search for a local artist that is willing to collaborate with me in order to create a song. Next, after I have found an artist, I will converse with the artist in order to kind of test the waters, and find out what kind of production they prefer.. Finally, I will begin producing the final beat while also asking for critiquing from the artist so I know what I can refine. This entire process may seem simple, but it is in fact ridiculously tedious, as well as time-consuming. There will be a lot of scrapping and restarting. However, with an organized plan and an achievable goal, I will be able to complete this process.

I know there will be obstacles and roadblocks throughout the span of this project, such as running out of ideas and creativity, but I know if I stick to my plan and focus on my goal I will be able to get over these bumps and finish my work. One other obstacle I could face is simply being lazy and/or procrastinating. As I have said before, I have never made a full length song, and one reason why is that I procrastinate a lot. Sometimes I become fatigued, or sometimes I just flat out give up on a beat, which is then left unfinished for eternity. This cannot happen during this project. I have to finish what I start. One of my goals in life is to officially become a music producer, and by completing this project--which means not procrastinating and being lazy--my goal will be fulfilled.



Beats in the Beginning

About 2 years ago, during the spring of 8th grade, I finally decided that I wanted to become serious with beat-making. Prior to that moment,...