Term review 1

My first goal was to gain more confidence, I feel that I have achieved this because I am now alright with showing my song with other composers. (Rosie, Lauren and Abby) I am also more confident in my instrumental lesson because I can come up with melodies and share them with my teacher, however I do not feel confident enough to make lyrics up because I feel that my teacher will share them and I don't want to sing in front of him or have him hear me sing. I also feel that all the lyrics I make up are horrible. This means that I still have some way to go, as I am not as confident as I could be, so I will carry on with this target.

My second goal was to learn how to use Garageband properly to write better songs, I feel that I have achieved this goal because I now understand most of the controls. However, I still don't know how to do some things and I think to improve my understanding, I should keep practicing at school on a thursday at lunch. I have recently stopped going because I would just forget or I wouldn't get food at break so I would have to go at lunch, resulting in not being able to go to practice. I feel like I should also carry on trying to learn everything about Garageband but I think I will learn more throughout the whole year.

My third goal was to be less nervous during lessons as I often stress over about nothing, this is mainly about my instrumental lessons but I also stress about practical lessons because I don't always like sharing my song with others if I feel that it sounds bad. I think this goal is linked with my first goal so I should also keep trying to improve. I can do this by sharing my songs more often and maybe doing instrumental lesson prep when I get it or at least not the night before as this stresses me out at home and at school.

My fourth goal was work with other composers to improve my compositions, I feel like I have achieved this as I have worked with Lauren recently and I can share my songs with the girls in our group. However, I don't feel like I can share with the guys in our group but I do not think I want to anyway. So I feel like I have achieved this goal.

My fifth and final goal was to just practice by going to the thursday lunch club, I recently stopped going as I mentioned in a previous paragraph but I feel like I can try to go again. I should carry on trying to achieve this goal.

Overall, I have only achieved one of my goals, but this is okay as some of my goals can be reached over time instead of straight away.

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