IMM 499 — Project More Knowledge — Week 1

Here is a current overview of my Senior Thesis Project:

I currently have finalized lyrics and draft recordings of all songs slated to by on the final ‘More Knowledge’ hip-hop LP. During the Fall semester, I used sampled audio from various sources that I mixed in Logic Pro X. This Spring semester introduces the start of the phase where I will create more professional, cohesive sounding tracks that are completely original in composition.

I will use a Roli Lightblock M, an Akai MPK Mini MK2 Midi keyboard, and Logic instruments / plugins to make original music that will not be subject to any copyright violations. Moreover, I will capture high-quality vocals and spend time working in the TCNJ recording studio.

There are a few important things on my immediate to-do list as I schedule my project workload for my final semester at TCNJ:

1. Contact Professor Kalinowski and schedule recording studio time
   - draft an email and cc Professor Buckleitner and Dr. Nakra
   - describe project in 3 sentence overview
   - explain that I may need up to 25 hours of studio time throughout the first 8 weeks of the semester
   - provide a detailed proposed schedule and be flexible to whatever scheduled time is available / realistic
2. Go through entire Roli lightblock sound library, and add favorite sounds/instruments to my list
3. Become better acquainted with the Akai MPK Mini Midi keyboard and practice regularly