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Wadha Al Nabti
Music Production 10
1st October 2014

Process Journal #3

My aim for this week is to start on a song for my playlist. This week we were asked to submit our playlists and its BPM's also to submit a link to our blog. Moreover we were introduced to a discussion tab on the moodle, where you submit a problem that has happened to your work station so Mr. Ball can work on it all after class so it can be ready for next class. Otherwise a whole lesson is spent wasted while Mr. Ball runs around trying to fix each computer in the workstation.What didn't work this lesson was the start of a song for my playlist because I didn't really know what genre I wanted it to be I was very lost throughout the lesson. Sometimes people have spurts of genius ideas and I get that right before I go to bed, which is the biggest problem there is because I never seem to remember those genius ideas when I'm awake. Anyhow this week I wasn't able to complete my goals, but I was able to submit my bpm playlist. Back to the complaint box on moodle I feel like we should have one lesson every two months focusing on how to fix common mistakes revolving around the workshop so we can be independant and help ourselves. Or Mr. ball could create and afterschool club focusing on how to be a technician for your workshop and it would count as c&s because the people attending the club would help their class mates instead of waiting the whole lesson for Mr. Ball.

Video on how to remove the most annoying thing ever on logic: (VERY HELPFUL)

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Wadha Al Nabti
Music Production 10
15/9 

Process Journal #1

My aim for this week is to create a playlist on itunes and be proud of it. This week we were asked to create a workout playlist, leaving some slots open to add in our own music for some parts of the playlist. Minimally 10% of the playlist must be made from logic by yourself. My aim is to create a workout that goes along with the bpm formula that Mr. Ball had shown us, called the Karvonen formula. It helps give you a guideline of the bpm you need for the capacity of the heart being used. In the end of the class I got my workout playlist and we were asked to gather the bpm's of each song so we could find the Karvonen formula and see if it matches with the exercise you'd do with that song. I honestly feel like the Karvonen formula is very helpful sometimes, it honestly comes down to what type of person you are because I could only be exercising to release stress and in that case I would listen to music or I could exercise because its a daily routine meaning I'd be thinking about what comes after this. In the end the Karvonen formula will only work if the person themselves are only focused on the workout and the song being played. After I gathered my playlist I went on to get the BPM of the songs which took more than I realised. 

My playlist: (some songs have been taken out due to explicit content)

Link to Karvonen formula: http://exercise.about.com/cs/fitnesstools/g/karvonen.htm 

Samid explaining to Jibrail how to get the bpm of a song:

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Wadha Al Nabti
Music Production 10
26th September 2014

Process Journal #2

My aim for this week is to get all the bpm's of the songs on my playlist and categorise each song into a section of my workout. Today we were taught about some rad new tools to use in our songs, this includes a drum machine, a vocorecorder/piano, a dj mixer and a machine which you create a loop and continue to add in loops to unfortunately I forgot what its called. This lesson was very flexible as we had half of it to check out the new equipment and the other half to find the bpm's of our song. What didn't work this lesson was that it was very loud sometimes it would be hard to concentrate and when we asked mr.ball if we could go into separate rooms he kindly said no. I found some problems trying to get the bpm because I was focusing on the drums and not on the beat of the whole song, which may have been evident in the results of my bpm's for some songs. Then thankfully Reem Abdulmajid came to the rescue and helped me find my rhythm and find the bpm.

Feedback: 

- " I like your playlist, however there are some content you should be aware of " Habiba

Thank you Habiba, I've decided to remove some of the songs 

- " You should focus on the beat in the overall song, not the on the bass" Reem

This has to be the greatest advice I've gotten today, thank you Reem.

- " I really like your style in music and might just use some songs" Hayaan

That is very kind of you and feel free to use as many songs as you like.

Part of my playlist and the bpm's:

Elastic Heart  4:18 (125)

Its on again alicia keys kendrick lamar 3:50 110

Bugatti ace hood (clean) 4:30 131

Apologize One republic 3:29 59

Stronger Kanye West 106

Survivor Destinys child 90

jenny from the block 100

Heartbeat (clean) childish gambino 120

All I ever wanted basshunter 145

Lost in paradise rihanna 150