Day 8 Laurie Desch (June 2nd)

Today was the last day of WEP! It went by super quickly, and I wish I could have had even more time with all of my hosts.

Today I met with Mrs. Desch for the last time, and I showed her the assignment I had been working on. We reworked my song adding specifics.

Here is how the first verse changed:

Before:

Walking for miles and miles under the sun//Dancing underneath the stars in the moonlight//Wondering how long this trip can last//I hope it will last forever

After:

Walking for miles along the wolf peak trail//The city fades away with every step//As the sun sets at 6:44//We set up the fire and our tents //We don’t want this trip to ever end

This exercise was interesting, Mrs. Desch shared some of her new songs with me and they are AMAZING. She also shared more songwriting exercises to try. I have a long way to go to be able to create songs and videos.

I am thankful I got to experience the world of music production, songwriting, and video production over the last two weeks. It has allowed me to expand my interest in what I want to do in the future.

Day 6- Laurie Desch (May 31st)

After an amazing weekend (I went to se Hamilton at the DPAC which was incredible), I met up with Mrs. Desch again. We discussed more details about songwriting, and she gave me some artists to listen to and an assignment. To write a song using specific details.

Here were the song I analyzed, take a listen!:

Joy Crookes – When You Were Mine (Official Video)

Aoife O’Donovan – “Age of Apathy” [Official Audio + Lyrics]

 

Day 2- Laurie Desch, Osceola studios (May 24th)

Today I had my first zoom call with Mrs. Laurie Desch, a singer-songwriter, during our conversation I learned about how she recorded her first album and her approach to songwriting. One piece of advice that resonated with me was to not close any doors and be willing to collaborate with other musicians.

Afterward, I headed back to Osceola Studios. Today we got to see the more technical part of Music production as Mr. Hodgin edited the vocals of a French-creole speaker. There was a lot of attention to detail needed in the process. It was interesting the variety of skills needed for this job.

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