Creative Practice
All things related to Creative Practice. Most notably this includes DLP’s personal passions of Creative Writing, and Music & Sound. DLP perceives he is immersed in all aspects of Music & Sound, ranging from Audio Production, Music Production, Performance, Songwriting and Composition which interect with most other Creative Media disciplines in some way.
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Microphones Part 13 – Other
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here for the previous blog. (AE Project Studio 2015) Current stock My current studio and live microphone stocks a modest range of dynamic microphones, dynamic ribbons, condensers, tubes and contact microphones. The range of microphones include: Shure 57s, 58s, Beta52As & SM7Bs; Electro Voice RE20s; Sennheiser e935s, e945s, e906s &…
Memory – Introduction
Context The series of memory blogs that follow this Introductory blog are part of David L Page’s creative process – reflecting on selected significant events in the early stages of his life, and associating sonic and musical textures that best represent his memory of those significant events. The collection of associative memories will then be formed into…
Reflecting on my Learning & Teaching (L&T) Practice
Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 3e Continuing on from my previous blogs (Page, 2015d) in this series: it is my desired goal to develop a collaborative, collegial, safe learning environment. Trust and respect are core to this process. Reflecting on 16T2 Note: an abbreviated version of this blog is available as a powerpoint presentation. It…
Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘My Country’
Review of Dorothea Mackellar’s ‘My Country’ Reviewer: Sheena Kajal Stickland Patel This poem ‘My Country’ by Dorothea Mackellar makes me think about how lucky we are to live in Australia and have all the beautiful scenery, landscapes and natural features like Uluru, the coast and many more. This poem is an Ode poem which is…
Memory – Age 4
A Few Months Past Four…. A Few Months Past Four….©David L Page 2016 Verse 1: I recall going to kindy A neighbour drove me with their children, My local street kids – one the same age as me.. And his little sis They dropped us off for the day…. It was in a local church,…
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 4
Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 Precis Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series; as a person new to formal academic research studies, I have been surprised with the number of occasions that I have been confronted by a range of thoughts, feelings, observations, recollections – positives and learnings – and highlighted behavioural patterns over…
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 3c
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring” [David Bowie]. Observations of my practice Since commencing my Doctorate in January 2015, I have immersed my self in researching the industry and field of my practice, attempting to better understand how my practice sits within the very broad fields of music…
Experimental Practice Changes the Approach to Mainstream Music-Production
History of Music Production Series – Part 4g This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. (Maypole 2018a) Mainstream popular music-making practitioners draw on broader lineage Musical hybridity is prevalent in most approaches…
Doctoral Pilot Study – Part 2c
My journey continues…. (Page 2014) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2016a) for the previous blog. Year 2016: 5th Observation Part c Whilst I was making headway with the development of my music praxis – significant headway in my opinion – , my actual production plan still did not have the…
Aesthetic Processing
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here for the previous blog (2016a). Psychedelic Rock Music At the outset of my research study, I imagined my creative practice was to be a five (5) track EP of original compositions. The song style was to be a roots-based, a style I had been accustomed to…