My intention for EE was to write an essay based on the topic that I am passionate about and which will expand my knowledge. Music is my IB HL subject that I will write my EE on. Finding the topic was time-consuming and challenging. However, I’ve managed to come up with one decent topic: “How did the innovations in multitrack recording from the 1960’s to the present day influenced artists and their compositions”.
I am excited to write my EE. I feel like the choice of the topic is ardent. I can’t wait to plunge into the deep knowledge of multitrack recording and learn more about the process itself. I am eager to collect data from different sources, such as interviews and secondary resources. I think it’s going to be a memorable process, from which I will gain an important experience.
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Project Week CAS Reflection
CAS reflection interview
EE day
One thing I’ve learned from EE day is how a specific technology, such as MIDI, ADAT and other types of tape-based equipment was used in music production throughout the past century. Mainly, I gained a lot of knowledge about the multi-track recording process and how it was used as an invaluable reference for the professional and a comprehensive overview for a beginner musician.
As my EE topic is “How have the innovations in multi-track recording from the 1960’s to the present day influenced artists and their compositions”, I have found and researched few pieces from the 1960s, 1980s and one from present day, which I am really proud of, due to the fact that it is a big part of data that I am going to use in my EE writing. My pieces are Beatles- Please please me (1963), Beach boys- Pet sounds (1965) and Frankie goes to Hollywood- relax (1980). They perfectly fit my topic and help the development of the theme. Hense, these pieces will help me to conduct an investigation into my EE, and highlight a specific issue that I am focusing on in my essay.
In my further work, I will be investigating the scales that I found today and use the sources that I’ve established to link them to my topic and extract interesting and useful information. I think it is a very good start for my EE writing process, and it is going to be a less stressful procedure due to the amount of time I’ve invested in my findings and reading about the multi-track recording.