Reflection

My previous experiences are very distant from what I am studying right now. For some aspect, however, they've still been helpful, for example, working for a few years in retail made acquire the ability to build good relationships with my clients. Fashion has no mercy, and this prepared me mentally on how to approach this new journey and keep my mind always focused on the target. If we analyse design as a creative process, we can divide it into different steps. First, you create a mood board and research influences based on the theme assigned. Second, you elaborate the various information acquired and start the creative process sketching the ideas. The last step is to finalise the design by making it industrialised and considering the type of consumer and its needs. Although some artists will say that their music is unique, it's still influenced by popular music from their cultural environment and by listening to other musicians pieces. When I made Comparsa, for the electronic music production course, we had different guidelines to follow. Firstly creating a song with a Daw, in my case Ableton, using at least a synth and Midi instrument inspired by two tracks. and do a hypothetical promoting plan (which brings to the third step of the design process). Except for some basic music theory learned in the previous module, I had no idea of how to write music or use digital tools. I wanted to make something inspired by Nicola Cruz's song Obsidiana. I started researching the instruments that he uses and include them in my melodies such as sitar guitar, percussions and flutes. I listened to various Latins conga rhythms, and I finally choose the Conga the Comparsa which is typical from Cuba. I watched tutorials of percussionists playing this particular rhythm and reproduced with the MIDI instruments. The majority of the melody are synths recorded in the studio such as the Roland Gaia and the Roland Juno Stage which I deeply love!

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