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Composition Update Week 4

Today I really got into the composition project for the recital. I dissecting the piece that I had in my head and putting that down in my DAW. I had a lot of conflicting ideas and so I found a middle ground to go along with where the piece was taking me. Sticking to what I had decided initially was a little hard, and I accepted the changes as they came along. I feel like not going by a set plan and kind of going in the general directional flow that the piece wants to go in is the best way to approach a project like this.

I found some of the sounds that I had recorded extremely useful. I altered some sounds I gathered from nature into sounding like some orchestral instrument, or pretty close to one. I found a few new plugins that I am very excited to try, especially the new vocoders I got my hands on. I was also able to fix my windows/mac issues with my laptop and DAW and my DAW is finally up and working for good.

With the composition recital inching closer, I am constantly taking inspiration from different places and trying to think of ways I can incorporate those in my pieces. I am very excited to showcase my work at the recital.

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