Learning This Week: Week 3

So this week was busy and I had to put my passion project on the burner but I did make a few recordings.


Note: There is no music and it's just my voice, the weird breaks are going to, eventually, be replaced with music. The song is Armor For a Rainy Day the recordings are different versions of the song because I don't know which way to sing it, maybe you can help? Anyway, hope you enjoy and that they aren't to bad.  In the comments say what you want I can handle a little constructive criticism but don't lay it on too thick, these are just beginning drafts.

(Note: Watch the Volume it's kinda loud.)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tNYLr7cxnM2lbWDGIx9FP0RVLtg_QNS2



https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oQHzS9aESn4hXy3GzutAHUIkBT4VYIQS


I'll definitely edit this post and add one or two more versions so please check back in on this page, I would add more tonight but since I'm at home there's a lot of background interference and it's annoying.
Again hope the song sounds okay and I know I listened to both they aren't that good; I also know that a couple of times I took deep breaths and they came through on the audio, my bad. Comment your thoughts I'm excited and nervous to hear what you have to say.

This Weeks Learning: Week 2

Alright well this week and weekend were extremely busy so I only really had a little bit of time to work on my passion project but I'll go over some of the stuff I learned and most of it was scientific benefits of listening to music and I rewrote one of my songs and I'll add the lyrics for that at the end.

I pulled this information from https://bebrainfit.com/music-brain/  . The site had multiple links to more specific studies and details on the studies referred to. Now to start new advantages in technology have led to the development of a new branch of research called neuromusicology. This branch of research explores how the nervous system reacts to music. According to one of the studies, both playing and listening to music can reduce chronic stress by lowering cortisol. By listening to sad music you are better able to heal on an emotional level. Listening to music increases production of a neurotransmitter dopamine which causes you to feel good it also increases your productivity and creativity while you work or study. One thing I found specifically interesting is that listening to shuffled playlist can give you a bigger dopamine boost when a song you really enjoy gets played and you're not expecting it. Another thing I found interesting was that apparently "Listening to music makes people more inclined to spent time and energy helping others" (I know spent should be spend btw). Anyway, the article also included that the best music for focus and productivity depends on your personal preferences in music but it should be something you enjoy listening to. Totaljobs.com and a music psychologist teamed up to make the Sound of Productivity Quiz which will place you into one of two categories; one being people that become more proficient when listening to music (79%) and the other people that were more proficient with no music playing (21%). If you fall into the category of people that are more proficient while listening to music it will create a playlist of music that ideally while promotes more focus and productivity. I know I'm asking a lot but I'd like it if you guys would take the quiz and see where you fall and test if the playlist actually works for you. I plan on doing it and adding the result to my next post. 

Alright, that pretty much concludes the basics of what I learned but no I'm posting the updated lyrics for my (work in progress) song Killing me Slowly.

You knew what would happen didn’t you, could have stopped it all if you wanted to.

you had to much fun standing in the middle of our war but now it's either side that stands to

lose because you couldn't choose.

(Woh Oh)

(Oh Woh)

You're playing with my heart baby can't you see.

Pull a string here, clip a string there, now I'm falling through thin air screaming I love you.

You make me want to stay while you're pushing me away, killing me slowly, killing me slowly.

You make me want to stay while I watch you walk away, killing me slowly, killing me.

You knew this would happen didn’t you, dividing me straight in two, now the wars

begun because I won’t let you win.

You're playing with my heart baby can't you see.

Pull a string here, clip a string there, now I'm falling through thin air screaming I love you.

You make me want to stay while you're pushing me away, killing me slowly, killing me slowly.

You make me want to stay while I watch you walk away, killing me slowly, killing me.

And it's not like you don’t want me, It's just that you don’t love me. Because if you did

there'd be no need for him. But I’m just here to clean up the wounds he leaves

never to be your one and only.

You’re playing with my heart baby can't you see.

Pull a string here, clip a string there, now I'm falling through thin air screaming I love you.

(I love you)

You make me want to stay while you're pushing me away killing me slowly, killing me slowly.

You make me want to stay while I watch you walk away killing me slowly killing me slowly.

Said you’re

killing me slowly killing me and now I see I was never meant to play this game,

never meant to win the war.

You're killing me, killing me slowly but you never listen no you never listen to me.

And now you’re pushing me away.

And I’m just watching you fade

killing me slowly, Killing me slowly.

Slowly killing me.

Passion Project Week 1: The Big Reveal

Alright so...... this is the big reveal to what my Passion Project is going to be. Now, I realize not everyone that sees this is in the loop so I'll explain. In my AP Language Class, we are changing our blog post assignment and making it a Passion Project in which we had three original choices and then pick one of the three. A Passion Project is something you work on (often outside of your chosen career pathway) that gives you satisfaction, happiness and puts your mind at ease. It's your escape. Your tiny or even huge contribution to the world. My three choices were; Cooking, sign language, and music/lyric writing. Now without further-ado (Insert epic drumroll here), my Passion Project is......

Music/Lyric Writing!!!!!!!!!(Insert epic cheering here)

Alright, hopefully, you are all excited about this pick. If you have been reading the rest of my blog you'll know that I love music and have begun writing songs and I have posted a few on this blog. My inspiration comes from my everyday life and is a pop/rock style, kinda (varies every song). I love all different kinds of music and I think music has given me a lot, so I've gotta say thanks to all the people out there for making music. I write because it's my safe place and its something that's totally mine. Mine to mess up, mine to change, 100% mine. But just because it's mine doesn't mean I won't share, I want my songs to have an effect on people and hopefully have people relate to the songs and for it to help them get through something in their lives. Another part of the Passion Project is researching and covering what benefits come from it. For songwriting, a research question could be, what mental benefits stem from listening to music. Alright so that pretty much covers what my Passion Project is but I'll also be adding the songs a write onto the blog as part of my improvement and at the end of the semester, I'll perform one of my songs for my AP Language class.😁

P.S.- This will all be apart of the main blog because I can not make a second page and add to it, only make multiple pages.