My journey continues…. (Page 2014a) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2015a) for the previous blog. Year 2015: 2nd Observation Part e Bordering my music-making practice As mentioned in the previous blog, I came to understand within the first few months I needed to broadly explore the fields and disciplines of...
Category: Extra-Technical/Soft Skills Development
All things communication related: all that is associated to the act of communicating, engaging, discussion, expressing, projecting, reflecting, learning, developing self image and ‘voice’, changing & developing views and perceptions, 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 …….
Critical Listening
Four Tiers of Listening in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice Series – Part 3a This blog represents the third in this series, the four (4) tiers of listening required in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice. Please refer to my previous blog post for Part 2b, Reference Track Analysis (Page, 2015b). Introduction As I introduced in...
Know one self, develop mastery of one self
Learning & Teaching (L&T) Philosophy and Practice Series – Part 3a Continuing on from my previous blogs (Page, 2004) in a similar series; I am a practitioner across multiple disciplines. My formal post-compulsory education qualifications include engineering, business, governance, teaching, education and sound production. I have held coal face type positions, project management and consultancy positions,...
Reference Track Analysis
Four Tiers of Listening in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice Series – Part 2b This blog represents the third in this series, the four (4) tiers of listening required in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice. Please refer to my previous blog post for Part 2a, Reference Tracks (Page, 2015a). Analytical & Critical Listening task As...
Reference Tracks
Four Tiers of Listening in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice Series – Part 2a This blog represents the second in this series, the four (4) tiers of listening required in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice. Please refer to my previous blog post for Part 1c, The 3 Primary Tiers of Active Listening in...
The Three Primary Tiers of Active Listening in Contemporary DIY Music-Making Practice
Four Tiers of Listening in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice Series – Part 1c This blog represents the third in this series, the four (4) tiers of listening required in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice. Please refer to my previous blog post for Part 1b, Musicking (Page, 2015b). Introduction In a previous post Part...
Musicking
Four Tiers of Listening in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice Series – Part 1b This blog represents the second in this series, the four (4) tiers of listening required in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice. Please refer to my previous blog post for Part 1a, Required skills of a Contemporary Music & Sound-making...
Required skills of a Contemporary Music & Sound-making Practitioner
Four Tiers of Listening in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice Series – Part 1a This blog represents the first in this series, the four (4) tiers of listening required in Contemporary DIY Music & Sound-making Practice. (Self-reflection sphere, 2016) Self-learning: the ‘discipline’ required to be a contemporary DIY music practitioner Effective DIY learning requires...
A Creative Artist’s need: gratitude
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...
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...