Jonah Zeller's Senior Project: Beat making

 I've made several beats this week. I made an EDM (electronic dance music) type beat, a rock and roll type beat and a "trap" type beat. my favorite was surprisingly the rock and roll beat, because I found a guitar sound that I really liked and made a cool pattern with it. something new I learned about garage band was that it actually shows the music that you create in musical notation, as well as on the track. this was funny to me, because while I thought that was interesting, it offered little help to be because I have no clue how to read music.  three goals: 1. to master beat making on garage band 2. to be able to make beats for different genres of music 3. be able to make beats that are similar to those of a particular artist I have probably made the most progress towards goal #2, because I have made a variety of beats for varying genres of music. as far as goal one, I am working towards this, but there are still new functions that I have yet to try out in garage band ...

I chose this project because I have always had a strong interest in music and how it is produced. I thought it would be really interesting to see it first hand, while also doing it myself. I like all sorts of types of music genres, so I thought it would be fun to try and make beats for as many of them as I can.  my first week of working on my project was spent mostly on trying to figure out how to use Garageband for beat making and watching videos to help me figure this out. This project is a solo ordeal for me, so I can have complete control over what types of music I want to make beats for. this is also nice because I will be able to focus entirely on the project and not be distracted by having to communicate with a partner/partners.  three goals: 1. to master beat making on garage band 2. to be able to make beats for different genres of music 3. be able to make beats that are similar to those of a particular artist I pulled this project together by talking to Judy Rose, my ...