'Over the Christmas break and as self directed study on 6th January we want you to think of something that you want to remember in the future and memoralise it in several different ways.This could be by Facebook, Twitter, email, photograph,sculpture, painting, film, YouTube, novel/short story, letter, text, message sent to outerspace, theatre, dance, biography, phone call, mural, demonstration, costume, song, sketch, poem, rap, code, postcard, blog, book, album. Just a few ideas. The materials could be found as well as (re)constructed and we would like you to try to experiment with at least 6 different forms, methods or systems. Please bring your work in its different forms to class with you on Monday January 13th. This is a task that will form part of the folio for the unit.You should also look at the reading list for Reflections and try to read as many of the books as possible.Have a fantastic break and see you in 2014.'
When starting the project, I decided to start thinking of deeper ideas rather than just the obvious. I started to think back to when I first started learning how to play drums. Today, I am still into drumming as much as I was when I originally started to self-teach myself back in 2011. When looking at platforms I decided to choose the following:
YouTube:
The still/video above I originally made using my secondary school's drum kit in 2011. Sadly, as embarrassing as it is, the video was made at a time where I didn't have a clue how to play. Around this time I had really started getting into music that i'd never really listened to before, such as bands like Muse and Foo Fighters, which really got me into rock music and also into drumming because of the drum beats within the songs.
Photographs:
These photos are all drum/band related photos, and they're particularly important to me because they were all taken whilst I was in a band with my friend. The photo on the bottom right hand corner is particularly important as that was the first time id ever musically performer in front of people.
Facebook:
Facebook is particularly important due to the numerous drum-related status' I post. In addition to this, it's where I communicate with my friends, in particular one of my best friends who I was in a band with (Facebook page shown above), where I spoke a lot about drums.
Films:
When getting into drumming, I watched several different music-related films such as Muse' live DVD which really appealed to me as it showed what hard work can achieve. In addition to this, I only recently watched a band called Reuben' live DVD/Documentary film on band life, studio recording and so forth. This really interested me because I got an insight as to how hard the world of music can be, and how you must work hard to achieve your dream. The live DVD footage of Reuben' performing also interested me due to the fact that they were having a lot of fun on stage which made me feel influenced into starting to play drums again.
Sound: Since I've recorded several drum demo tracks before, I thought it would be good to include them in my work because they're good for looking back at my past and seeing how long ago I started playing drums.
A Song: When looking at ways in which I would like to remember drumming, I thought of music, and the songs in which inspired me to want to learn how to play drums. I decided to pick a song called 'Bliss' by Muse because it was the first ever song I learnt to play when I was 15 years old. Whenever I listen to this song, I feel a sense of nostalgia because of this.
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