The day b4 our portfolio

Today is the last day before we turn in our porfolio's. Monday's and Wednesday's are always my busiest days of the week because thats when I have 3 classes. I have a class at 10:00am, a class at 3:30 and a class at 6:00. Over the course of this semester I have not only learned how to blog but I've now learned that I should never have 3 classes in one day and I should never pick a class that starts at 6:00pm. Today is my most stressful day because I had a quiz at 10:00am and then I have another online quiz that is due by 11:00pm tonight and I need to put the finishing touches on my portfolio. Im confident in my portfolio but Im also worried on how harsh the graders/judges will be. If the portfolio committee gave us 2 semester's to complete our portfolio, I believe the essays and portfolio's would be a lot stronger. I also believe students would be less stressed and more confident in their portfolio's. I also believe that maybe if we had started our cover letter in the begginning of the semester, it wouldve been stronger and easier to complete. In this course I have learned how to critique and analyze articles. Currently Im finished with all of my essay's and Im thinking of ways to make my cover letter stronger.

Working at the World Series 2010 Game 2

Even though the first world series game really took the energy out of me I was ready to work my last world series game and the final game in San Francisco. That day King st. was packed full of Giants fans so I had to push my way through to get to the employees entrance. Since I knew this was the only time I would get to work at the world series I was destined to get a souvenir and take as many photos with my iphone, without getting caught by other employee's. On my way to the commissary (main base where I work) I noticed Bank of America were giving out free 2010 World Series sport bags if you take their survey. I decided to check in first so I wouldn't be late for work, I than ran to the bank of american stand to take the survey. What was nice about it was that the bank of america employee could tell that I was working the game because of my vendor clothes so he gave me all of the answers to the survey so I could be on my way. Excitingly I hid the souvenir under my shirt so other employees would not see. That night I made around $20 in tips so I decided for the bottom of the 8th inning I should hide somewhere where I wont be seen with my bright green shirt so I can watch this once in a lifetime game. When game ended almost everybody cheered with joy. A friend of mine/girl vendor got hot chocolate spilled on her shoes because when the game ended some woman accidently knocked the hot chocolate on the girl vendor. A minute or two later the girl vendor came running and screaming towards the woman, trying to strike her but security was able to stop her from fighting the woman. That night and the night before will always be a memory of a lifetime.

Working at the World Series 2010 Game 1

When I heard the news about the Giants going the World Series I was excited not only for my home team but also that I had the possibility of working at the World Series. Throughout my junior year of high school I worked for this program called Juma Ventures. This program was created to help the youth get into college and to also provide the youth with a steady part time job. For almost 3 years I have worked at the Giants games, CAL games and 49er games. Back then my boss used to call me the corn dog king because I was the person who sold the most amount of corn dogs. Even though this job never paid well to constantly walk around the stadium selling a product, at least I was able to watch the games. When I left my part time job to attend college, my boss told me I was welcome to come back  and work at any of the games. A few days ago when I asked my boss if I could work at the world series, he said "sure why not?" I then decided that since this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, I took the risk of missing one day in every class and making the 7.5 hour drive down. Game 1: When I arrived at the stadium every where I looked there were Giants fan and there were only a few Texas fans. Even when I was selling my product it seemed liked every time a Texas fan walked by they would get booed by the crazy drunk Giants fans. Once the Giants fans started leading the game the crowd was full of energy. As Im walking up and down the aisles I can feel the vibration of the crowd cheering from my laminated corn dogs sign. Every aisle I would walk down you can hear the hyped up Giants fans saying Ooooooo Reeebay. When the score became 8 Giants Texas 3 Juan Uribe just slammed a homerun, I was standing in front of the bleachers tunnel right where the ball came down. At that instant I was 10 ft away from the homerun ball but there were so many fans stomping on each other trying to get ball that I didn't even attempt to get the ball but at least I was on tv for a second. That night was an experience of a lifetime I felt like I was almost apart of the game and I couldn't wait to work Game 2.

10/17/10

I've noticed over the course of 5-6 years that the music that I have made has changed dramatically. When I listen to some of the music that I had first created I noticed that my music was very repetitive and I would use very few instruments. I also noticed that alot of the instruments I used were very cheesy/electronic sounding. Even though I noticed alot of downsides for when I first started creating music, I also realized that when I first started creating music I had a fresh mind full of creativity. Now I realize that I need to take time to brainstorm before I create a beat. When I first started creating music I would create different types of genres but somehow every song would have a flute in it or a synthetic sounding flute. Now I have been creating all types of genres without a flute. I have also noticed that recently I've been creating alot of my music with samples but I believe its time for me to stop using samples and to start using my creativity again. Even though alot of my old songs had a cheesy sound to them, they are the type of songs that would get stuck in your head easily. Also alot of people who would listen to my old songs would say ,"You made this from scratch, you're good at it. I believe that once I start creating alot of music from scratch, I will get my creative mojo back. Once Im no longer piled up with school work, I will start making music from scratch again.

making music part3

After being inspired by "Fit To Proceed" I realized that I could make alot of money off of my creativity and someday I could end up in an album or two. Over time I realized the more songs you have, the more you gain experience/variety. Soon I started creating beats at least 3 times a day. One day in my junior year of high school I met several rap artists that were interested in my beats. That day I made 20 dollars off two beats that I never really cared about. A week later all kinds of people were asking me about my beats so I decided that I should create a watermark or logo to certify my beats so no one can plagiarize my creativity.
Three months ago I wanted to create beats on something that is more professional and something that would expand my creativity. After days of research I finally found exactly what I was looking for, it's called the Maschine by Native Instruments. This beautiful machine called Maschine allows you to sample and create beats from scratch. The maschine allows me to create beats in less than 2 hours and it's one of the coolest beat making toys I've ever seen. I remember when I first made a beat on the Maschine, I spent 5 or 6 hours just trying to figure out how to make a beat. To this day I only use the Maschine to make beats because it's the best beat making machine that I have ever used.

My transformation of creating music part 2

My dad had soon realized that I had lost interests in the complicated Reason software. He then asked me, if you like music so much why don't you play a "real instrument" that interests you? Even though I wasn't really interested in learning a "real instrument" I decided that the only thing that kind of interests me is the bass. Me and my dad decided to split the costs, so we bought a Ibanez bass. I played around with the bass and learned some techniques from the tutorial CD, but it only took me a few months until I lost all of my interest in playing the bass. I quickly went back to making beats on the cheesy program Garageband. I then realized you can make "sample" beats on Garageband which increased my passion for making beats. "Sampling" is to take a song or an intro of a song and you chop up the song, add sounds and change the tempo/tune of the song to make it your own song. In high school I met a couple of people who had similar interests (making beats), we then shared our beats/ideas and soon we collabed with each other. "Collabed" means to make a beat together. I was then introduced to my friends, friends who are in a group called "Fit to Proceed", they then inspired me to use more of my creativity and make more beats.

My transformation of creating music

     In 6th grade I thought that in the future I was going to become a professional DJ and travel all around world. I then attended a DJ school for a year and a half, learning all the techniques of a DJ, from scratching to getting a crowed hyped up. My first DJ gig was at my high school's winter ball, that DJ gig was the first and worst DJ gig I have ever performed. The power went out on me three times, people were yelling at me because I didn't play their song request and most of my equipment was rented and old. My best DJ gig was at my 8th grade prom. Everybody there was having a good time, I was able to feel the energy of the crowd which was cool and I got two dance with 3 different ladies while DJing. Five years ago I was getting tired of DJing at high school dances/parties and I wanted to do something that is more creative and important to me, so I started making my own music. I first started creating beats in 8th grade, using a computer application called Garageband. Even though garageband gives you loops of instruments that somebody has already made, it was at least a start in my beat making creativity. I then realized that I should make my beats from scratch rather than using loops, so I bought a MIDI keyboard (a piano keyboard that hooks up to your computer). I was creating beats at least three times a week and my parents encouraged me to create more beats, so for Xmas they decided to purchase a more complex/professional music making program for me called Reason. I used reason for about a year and I became so confused with the program that I only made four beats and I decided to create beats from scratch on Garageband.