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.
(Page 2014a) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2014b) for the previous blog. Reflecting on 2014 …. My approach to practice was so different to that of my recently recruited peers. As part of the creative media studies stream, learners were now to be immersed in specific creative media lexis and theory, via tasks that...
In Search of Embodied Practice Self Reflection (2016) Research Practice Continuing on from previous blogs in this series; I have actively engaged in research practice investigating various research methodologies, I started to define my view of what my practice was. Whilst I have not formally studied Reflective Practice at a tertiary level, I have been presented a number of...
Doctorate of Creative Industries Project 1 (Research 2016) Precis Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series; as I am now into my third year of my post-graduate academic research study, I felt motivated to revisit and develop my values, goals and beliefs for both my self and my music practice. It is now early- Year 3, with the...
Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 4a Continuing on from my previous blogs (2015a) in this series. As Ericsson et al (1993, p363} found, it takes an aspiring practitioner approaximately 10,000 hours in proactive deliberate practice to aquire the level of expert performance. It is from this base, that I commence my...
(Kent 2012) This is another in-situated recollection of what I consider to have been a significant event in my life, when I was Age 20. Herein, after….. Herein, after …..(passage to the afterlife))©David L Page 2016 Verse 1: What I knew has vanished all around My world has turned inside out there is over here, and...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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,...