Here is a couple tracks just to give an idea of what I'm currently working as ideas and inspiration. One of the genres I am using for the test is electronic/techno music. As this is not a style that I am used to composing in I am taking the opportunity to practice now. Here is a 25 second clip that I have composed to give myself a starting point. At this stage its only a very rough idea.
Another example I have is for the rock/pop genre. It is a song that was written and recorded by my band The Vela Pulse. It's an instrumental track as the vocals were never finished. I don't plan on using this exact track but I aim to use it as inspiration for composing this style of music for my project.
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Testing- Talk with Colin Cartwright
During the week (Wed 26th) I attended one of Colin's drop in sessions as I wanted to discuss some ideas/thoughts on how I should go about testing my project. I started by telling Colin what I felt the main issues I had when it came to the thought process of planing the tests. The main concerns I had was the-
- Amount of people to test.
- The amount of Genres used in the tests
- The use of vocals
- Different methods of testing
- Ways to get volunteers
I feel that Colin answered each of my questions really well and was able to give me lots to think about. I think the main thing was he showed me that I was over complicating parts of my project when there was much simpler ways of achieving the same end result. He told me that when it comes to the testing I can get away with using 20 people instead of the vast amounts that I have seen on other projects. This mainly being down to resources and time. Colin also suggested that when it comes to productive ways of testing that I make sure that I use more practical types of testing. Colin also brought to my attention that I should be thinking carefully about the difference between attention and learning aspects of concentration and which side I want to focus on the most which at the moment I feel is the learning side. Overall this meeting really cleared up the parts of the project that I was most worried about now allowing me to move forward with my research.
AG1086A Concentration Music Research
This is quite a useful site to research as it talks about the therapy side of music and the effect that has on us which I believe will be useful to know as it will give my idea room for expansion as time goes on. I feel that my idea has loose elements of the therapy side as I am aiming to help enhance peoples ability to use music to aid learning.
http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/music.shtml
Thursday, 27 October 2011
AG1086A The Mozart Effect Research
After speaking to Kenny he suggested that I go away and look at the Mozart Effect. Studies have suggested that playing Mozart to young children will enhance their learning and concentration abilities for the future and while looking at various videos I came across this one on a talk by Dr. Glenn Wilson who briefly talks about past studies. The reason I find this useful is that he talks about the possibility of other genres of music and whether they have an effect which is what I am try to achieve with my own research. From what he says there neither enough proven results or any good ones at all which to me shows that there is a valid cause for my research.
Music and Psychology Research
This is the second part of the music psychology video. It concentrates more on the musical style and how music psychology works in relation to a player/musician. As a musician myself I will find parts of this useful when it comes to recording and performing the music I compose for this project. It also touches on the musical therapy side of things which in a way is kind of what my project is about in the sense that I am trying to find ways to enhance concentration and make it easier for my target audience.
AG1086A Music and Psychology Research
This is the first part of a very useful tutorial on how music and psychology work together. It briefly covers the concentration side and it also really helps to give an overview of how the brain processes music and what part of the brain is affected the most. From this video it also comments on people who have carried out various different studies regarding music psychology so I hope to take a few pointers away and try and relate it to my own project.
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