Sunday, July 18, 2010
Summary of my Tech Resources Course
The class is over, but the work continues. Here is a brief summary of what we covered in in this course.
Creating an index page, which is the beginning of creating a website.
Tech page, which links to every assignment in the course.
The assignments includes: Filtering images, image animation, creating a movie and posting it, putting music on the web three ways, creating podcast and from a youtube embedding, creating a bio page,finding articles for our Literacy in Performance arts link and altering sounds. We learned about Audacity, DreamWeaver, Photoshop and a host of other software.
This was an intensive three work course and very informational!
Creating an index page, which is the beginning of creating a website.
Tech page, which links to every assignment in the course.
The assignments includes: Filtering images, image animation, creating a movie and posting it, putting music on the web three ways, creating podcast and from a youtube embedding, creating a bio page,finding articles for our Literacy in Performance arts link and altering sounds. We learned about Audacity, DreamWeaver, Photoshop and a host of other software.
This was an intensive three work course and very informational!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Good ole iPhone
Well,
The organist was out of town and could not attend our rehearsal. So what did I do? I pulled out my iPhone and with the piano app, I was able to play the pitches of the songs on it. There is also an app called BALLS, where you move the phone around or use your fingers to make music with the balls. It takes some skill, because you can speed the balls up or slow them down and the sound is forever going. Another cool app is called the tone pad. It's divided into sections of circles and whatever you press the iPhone plays the circles on beat. So if you choose twenty circles, it plays back all twenty but in the right meter.
I love the iPhone!
The organist was out of town and could not attend our rehearsal. So what did I do? I pulled out my iPhone and with the piano app, I was able to play the pitches of the songs on it. There is also an app called BALLS, where you move the phone around or use your fingers to make music with the balls. It takes some skill, because you can speed the balls up or slow them down and the sound is forever going. Another cool app is called the tone pad. It's divided into sections of circles and whatever you press the iPhone plays the circles on beat. So if you choose twenty circles, it plays back all twenty but in the right meter.
I love the iPhone!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Down to the wire
Well it's getting down to the wire and the information in my Tech resources course is getting a bit overwhelming. I just wished that I can do these assignments in a hour. I feel like I'm putting in a full days work. As I stated earlier I love the course, but it's just taking way too long. I just got finished doing my sounds for my Concrete page. The print shot of the Audacity screen is giving me major problems, Audacity kept on not responding and I had to keep closing it. Hopefully I'll have something on the page before the night is over with. This is my last week and then I'll be able to enjoy my weekends. Well maybe, I have a secret to share, this project is getting very addictive and I think about what should I fix next all throughout the day.
This course
I must say,
I absolutely love this course. I am learning so much in so little time. I had no clue about building a website and thought I would have to pay big dollars to someone to create one for me. Although, some of the assignments takes too much time, I still enjoy the creative process. Yes I do get frustrated at times, but it pays off when I'm done. I hardly use Photoshop, I never used Dreamweaver and never even heard of Audacity, the Tech resources course has introduced me to all three of them and I will leave the course knowing how to use them.
More skills to put on the resume!!
I absolutely love this course. I am learning so much in so little time. I had no clue about building a website and thought I would have to pay big dollars to someone to create one for me. Although, some of the assignments takes too much time, I still enjoy the creative process. Yes I do get frustrated at times, but it pays off when I'm done. I hardly use Photoshop, I never used Dreamweaver and never even heard of Audacity, the Tech resources course has introduced me to all three of them and I will leave the course knowing how to use them.
More skills to put on the resume!!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Excerpt from my 10 Page report on Gospel Music
Hello all I just wanted to share a little bit of background information on one of my favorite gospel artist, Kirk Franklin.
Kirk Franklin was born in Dallas, TX. He was credited for the most talked about leaders of the Urban Contemporary Gospel genre with his groups The Family, God's Property and One Nation Crew. Franklin's was raised by his aunt who started sending him to piano lessons when he was four years old. At age seven, he learned to read and write music by ear and was offered his very first music contract by age seven. His aunt did not let him accept it, but he began to direct choirs throughout his teens. He was accepted into a music conservatory school but started to get caught up with the wrong crowd, which caused him to also abandon church. After the death of a friend, he returned to church and his music career took off from there. He formed more choirs, produced and did the music scoring for some films. His most popular song is "Stomp".
Kirk Franklin was born in Dallas, TX. He was credited for the most talked about leaders of the Urban Contemporary Gospel genre with his groups The Family, God's Property and One Nation Crew. Franklin's was raised by his aunt who started sending him to piano lessons when he was four years old. At age seven, he learned to read and write music by ear and was offered his very first music contract by age seven. His aunt did not let him accept it, but he began to direct choirs throughout his teens. He was accepted into a music conservatory school but started to get caught up with the wrong crowd, which caused him to also abandon church. After the death of a friend, he returned to church and his music career took off from there. He formed more choirs, produced and did the music scoring for some films. His most popular song is "Stomp".
Saturday, July 3, 2010
2010 BET AWARDS
Hello all,
I'm sure you have watched the BET Awards by now. In my opinion, it was horrible!!. Well, not everything. Queen Latifah did an amazing job hosting!!! There were some great performers, but the Prince Tribute was totally unacceptable. The line up they have chosen to honor him were terrible choices. Even Prince himself did not seemed too thrilled by none of them, with the exception of Patti LaBelle, she always perform like it's her last time. The others are good at what they do in their own area, but to honor Prince you have to be on point. The produces just could have gotten better people. Well enough about that, Chris Brown did an excellent tribute to Michael Jackson yes he broke down and could not sing, but we understand and he made up for it by doing the Michael Jackson dances to perfection!!!
Let me know what you think?
I'm sure you have watched the BET Awards by now. In my opinion, it was horrible!!. Well, not everything. Queen Latifah did an amazing job hosting!!! There were some great performers, but the Prince Tribute was totally unacceptable. The line up they have chosen to honor him were terrible choices. Even Prince himself did not seemed too thrilled by none of them, with the exception of Patti LaBelle, she always perform like it's her last time. The others are good at what they do in their own area, but to honor Prince you have to be on point. The produces just could have gotten better people. Well enough about that, Chris Brown did an excellent tribute to Michael Jackson yes he broke down and could not sing, but we understand and he made up for it by doing the Michael Jackson dances to perfection!!!
Let me know what you think?
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