Creativity Reflection

I thoroughly enjoyed this project. It was nice exploring a domain that I was interested in. Prior to this project, I had no idea what really went into music production and it’s insane what equipment and how much time really goes into that field of work. Imitating such a complex field proved to be a very difficult task. Although I was not able to the first time, it was fun when I figured out how to do it for the second blog post. Playing around with the sounds and getting them to flow was actually a lot of fun. Pin pointing the right beats and timing was important and is what made the challenge actually enjoyable. If I got a second shot at this, I would have taken more time to try and imitate my artist’s work. My artist used a lot of complex and expensive equipment to get his sound and it would be an insult to try and imitate it with a 14-day trial of a random music program.

This field was so important to me because music is so important to me. It is rare to find me in my free time without headphones in. My music taste goes from hip hop to 80s pop to hard rock. All music is amazing to me because it brings people together unlike any other. I wanted to explore what goes on behind the scenes of my favorite artists and albums.

I definitely experienced flow during my new creative work process. I lost track of time so quickly. I stopped many times in the middle of creating my music to go hang out with friends just to come back and have even better ideas. I sat on the music program for a good two hours listening to every sound they had to offer. I had a whole bunch of different sounds in one song and took at least another hour trying to piece together what sounds worked the best and what sounds really worked alongside others. Organizing the pieces also proved to be a challenge and I loved every minute of it. Since my imitation post wasn’t the greatest, I decided to try and mix a new creative work with the sound of my chosen artist, Steve Albini. He mostly worked in grunge rock, so I mixed it with psychedelic rock and even hints of hard rock in it.

I admire every piece of work done by my classmates. It was fun to see what they came up with using the wide range of creative fields offered to them. Personally, I enjoyed Trevor’s the most because the beat was so well put together and reminded me of a beat that some of my favorite rappers would definitely use. It was obvious that he put a lot of work into it and it turned out amazing. It was original and well put together.

Creativity to me is someone’s ability to successfully express themselves through an original work. Whether it be photography, painting, or even ghost hunting. If a piece of them is in their work, then it is creativity.