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Last night I decided to spend a little time trying to start configuring my websites and review the inLearning Joomla tutorials. It will take a while but I'll eventually get to that. I spent a good bit of time yesterday researching multi camera recording so when summer arrives and school is finished I will have a better idea about how I want to implement the system to enhance the workflow for capturing music performances and and lesson ideas for the Youtube channel and to facilitate remote collaboration from virtually any point in the studio. I will continue working on this as I get time and will gradually finish defining the specifications for arranging all the components of the studio. Right now the general idea is to build the main computer from scratch with components appropriate for supporting the volume of video and sound I will be recording and editing. I may also consider using separate computers for sound and video but haven't decided yet. This project dovetails nicely into the final project for the Music Technology class which is to 'build a mock-up home studio that suits [my] budget and [my] needs.' This has been an ongoing process for me for many years and I will be putting some of this information in the recording section of this site as I develop it but I don't want to commit to having it truly reflective of my studio until I get around to actually implementing the project. The other aspect of this project is the requirement to choose my profession from composing for media (film, video games, commercials, etc), mixing and mastering audio (i.e. recording bands), and podcast/radio/voiceover work. I will be mostly concerned with the first two although the voiceover work will also be required to support the instructional videos on the Youtube channel. I've still got two weeks to finish the project for the class but I intend to use this to reflect my particular interests which go beyond the scope of this assignment.
In terms of the other classes, I still have a good bit of work to do and would like to go ahead and record parts of my practices to send to my instructors prior to my lessons so that I can make optimal use of the lesson times but I'm not sure I'll get to that this semester. I also have a lot of stuff to do for my Spanish class and I have a paper to write for the Popular Music History class as well as some discussion posts that are due today in both so I am going to put this away for now and work on the things due today and tomorrow.
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Welcome to my personal website. It is intended to serve as an outlet for me to express my personal view on a variety of topics that interest me including music and life. It represents a work in progress and reflects my perspectives on life in the times in which we live. As I continue to add content to it I will be using the various blogs in the About Me section to share my thoughts on whatever it is that currently has attracted my interest. It is not my intention to offend anyone by what I may say but with mankind being what it is chances are that someone will probably regard something I write as being offensive to which I will reply "I'm sorry you feel that way."
My initial rationale for developing this site was to create and define my online presence in the world and to share my music and my thoughts on music with whoever happens to chance upon them and finds them of interest. Since beginning the process some three months ago this purpose has evolved somewhat and I am shifting the focus here more toward those interests and views that impact me directly while moving the more general music content to the companion site LetsPracticeMusic.com. Although there will likely be significant overlap between the sites this will allow me greater flexibility in maintaining these sites. As the sites develop I will provide a means for readers and viewers to contact me and possibly share their thoughts as well.
I started development of this online presence on March 23, 2020 to "share my thoughts about those things that matter the most to me in a way that I hope any readers, viewers, and listeners will see as a positive experience and go away having been moved to have shared in my perspective of reality. In 2015, after much soul searching about God, life, and my purpose in life I have mostly come to the conclusion that my purpose is to do as I have been doing as a husband and father, and that music, being one of the prime motivating factors throughout my life, is the domain to which I will devote my attention for the remainder of my life, second only to that of my wife and children. I believe my mission in life is to give glory to God through the creation and sharing of my musical talents with humanity and that my calling is to produce music." I know the mention of 'God' conjures up all kinds of disparate images in readers and I will likely attempt to discuss my views on the subject within these pages but they can be simply summarized as 'God Is.' Still, my predominant emphasis is to use this site as a base from which to share my life and my ideas about music while using other platforms to provide more targeted content about learning, performing, producing, composing, and recording music such as various social media, streaming, and file sharing sites. I have recently been accepted into the University of Georgia's Hugh Hodgson School of Music and anticipate that over the next several years I will begin producing the music I have been hearing in my mind throughout my life.
I am thankful for all the gifts I have received in my life and I hope you will in some way be blessed by what you may find here.