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...

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...

Doctoral Research Study – Part 1

My journey begins…. (Page 2014a) This blog is a continuation of a series. See here (Page 2014b) for the previous blog. Year 2015: 1st Observation Commencing the doctoral program, I had a relative clear idea of my proposed research study problem. I say relative as, as I have progressed through the many twists and turns of...

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...

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