Blog 5 (Week 2)

 

We finally showed our mentor what we've been making. To be honest, watching Nwaka's reaction to Holograph has probably been the highlight of the project so far. We try and stay humble by keeping our expectations low in terms of reactions from people we show our music to. But after Nwaka, it’s safe to say that we expect most people to be at least somewhat impressed by what we’ve done. Perhaps our egos have been lifted too much, but it feels good so we’re riding this wave and finishing the project confidently. We most likely will be adding songs onto the album even after senior project is over, so this is definitely not just a senior project for us. We expect to actually be able to “do something” with our music. Personally, I’ve been getting excited to see what we can make in the future and who we can reach with our music. Would it be too ambitious to aim to go on tour by the end of my college career? I used to joke with my friends and say that I’d bring all of them along with me if I ever went on tour, but I definitely think something like that can happen as long as our group keeps working together and making music. It’ll be a little harder in college since Those two will be in Boston and Bowdoin, but over breaks I think we can aim to make at least one song during the short time we have together. We’ve even considered doing projects remotely where I make a beat and they send me their recordings while I send them my beats. This way we could at least make something. However, working together in person is extremely important for the creative process, especially because of the way we work together, which is very dependent on a steady flow of thoughts being share. That kind of format would be hard to simulate if we’re very far apart.


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