As I focus in on my creative art goals for the year, I consider what skills and experiences I need to have within me in order to be able to achieve these goals. Of the possible technical skills & experience I have gained on the job or formally via education over the years, I conclude...
Category: Learning & Development
All things learning & development related: learning, developing skills or self image and voice, changing and developing views and perceptions, to become, to overcome, ‘holistic therapy’, communicating, engaging, discussing, expressing, projecting, goal setting, time management, negotiation, conflict resolution, educing, teaching, training, guiding, or scaffolding: either of yourself or others, into something more than who you were, to become who you really are …..To guide, to mentor, to inspire, to educe……
Pre-Doctoral Research Study – Part 2
A year to remember…. (Page 2014a) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2014b) for the previous blog. My life – music-making and education & learning My journey in music-making commenced a number of decades ago. I made music via physical instruments. I strummed chords on a guitar or piano, hummed or...
Pre-Doctoral Research Study – Part 1
Preparing for my research study (Page 2014a) Learning and development Just being me…… I have never considered my self smart. My schooling test results were mainly above-average, but I worked consistently, and often for long hours in order to achieve these. I recall I often looked to those who got the top grades – those...
Knowledge base & skillset required for Creative Artists today
The practical knowledge base and skillset required of Creative Artists entering a professional industry today is very broad. A budding Creative Artist needs to develop a very broad practical knowledge base and skillset across their chosen discipline or industry, including a number of creative processes, a working knowledge of a range of technical equipment (hardware...
Media Identity & Curation Part 2
As revealed in my blog last month, Media Identity & Curation Part 1, I hold a very broad view of creative practice. My interests, activities and roles are diverse. I love life and the aesthetic of life. Whether it is a visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, gustatory or olfactory-based creations, I embrace them all. As my personal motto describes,...
Media Identity & Curation Part 1
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here for the previous blog. A creative practitioner As a creative practitioner I am conscious of the dynamic nature of creative endeavours. I am aware of the relationship between my self and my practice: my self informs my practice, and in turn, my practice informs my self...
Music Practitioner Part 2 – What Brought Me Here #5
(Australia Post stamp 1998) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here for the previous blog. A significant influence A song that had a significant influence on my music practice in my formative years...
Life is about the moment…..
This blog is a continuation of a series. See here for the previous blog. at any point in time….. Life is about the moment ….. all things fluid……. experiencing the moment… listening, observing, interacting, laughing, loving, enJOYing, soaking the moment in, digesting it, considering it, reflecting …. expressing ones’ being, streaming ones’ consciousness. While in...
Mixing Part 7 – Following a process….
Mixing This blog continues a series of blogs on Mixing (Page 2014). Developing a skillset by following a process (MIDAS 2014) I was presenting to a group of Bachelor of Audio Trimester 2 students, preparing for the mixing stage of their final creative productions. In reflection, I felt a similar sentiment as my blog last...
Mixing Part 6 – Effectively guiding Creative Artists through a process
Mixing This blog continues a series of blogs on Mixing (Page 2014a). Guiding Creative Artists: steps along a path To walk down any path, it is usual to be sequential in that process. If you want to get to z, it is usual (but not always) appropriate to progress through each of the letters to get there....