Proposal – Tim Girdler's FMP

This is my first draft of my proposal for the project.

Name	Timothy Girdler
Pathway	FAMP
Project Title	The World Looks Different With Noise
Section 1: Rationale (Approx 100 words)
I’m very passionate about making music. For the past year or so I’ve been listening to lots of Jeff Buckley, Elliott Smith, and Nick Drake because I suffered a loss of a friend early in 2017. I’d never dealt with losing someone I care about before so I had a huge range of emotions that I’d never felt before and I used music to help deal with them. At the beginning of the course, I didn’t have much of an understanding of sound production; since then I have learnt how to record sound and how to use industry standard software. I’ve chosen to make an EP for my project because I want to make music to help other people to deal with their emotions like those artists helped me.
Section 2: Project Concept (approx 200 words)
I’m setting out to produce a four-track EP, writing, recording and mixing all the music myself. I’m also going to create the cover myself. The songs are about loneliness, anxiety, pollution, heartbreak, arrogance and other such feelings and topics. The songs are all going to feature mainly acoustic guitar and vocals, but I want to experiment with other instruments, acoustic and digital, to add more complexity and character to the sound. I’ll be using my recording equipment I have at home to record the songs. The EP will be recorded with two microphones, one for vocals and one for guitar. I’ll be using the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Ableton Live to record, mix and master the music. For the cover of the EP I’m going to experiment with different art forms, digital and traditional. I’ll be trying to go for a Jason Galea-like cover who is an artist known for experimenting with different art forms and combining them for his work. His style is very neo-psychedelic and can go from a dark to a very cartoony and light tone. After the EP is complete, I intend to release it on Youtube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, and if possible, the usual music streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, etc. If I have thought out my action plan well enough, I should be able to release the EP by the end of May.
Section 3: Evaluation (approx 50 words)
As I’m working on the EP I will be writing a weekly diary post on my blog to track my progress. As I know some people in the music industry, when I’m finished with the project, I’ll be sending it to them and asking for their opinions and if they could write a review of the EP. After I’m finished with the project I’m also going to conduct an evaluation on my blog to discuss if I achieved my targets and goals and how I feel about the outcome of the whole project.
Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)
Albarn, D. (2016). Damon Albarn – On Melancholy Hill (acoustic). [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAjs75dkho [Accessed 23 Apr. 2019]. Buckley, T. (2010). Tim Buckley – Song to the Siren. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTEtDBHGY4 [Accessed 23 Apr. 2019]. Wallace, A. (2018). Deconstructing a Mix 33 – Part 9 \| Mix With The Masters. [online] Mixwiththemasters.com. Available at: https://mixwiththemasters.com/video/deconstructing-mix-33-part-9 [Accessed 24 Apr. 2019]. Galea, J. (2015). KGLW Paper Mache Dream Balloon. [online] Jasongalea.com. Available at: https://www.jasongalea.com/kglw-paper-mache-dream-balloon.html [Accessed 24 Apr. 2019]. Galea, J. (2017). KGLW Sketches. [online] Jasongalea.com. Available at: https://www.jasongalea.com/kglw-sketches.html [Accessed 24 Apr. 2019]. Galea, J. (2017). The Murlocs – Old Locomotive. [online] Jasongalea.com. Available at: https://www.jasongalea.com/the-murlocs—old-locomotive.html [Accessed 24 Apr. 2019]. Buckley, J. (2014). Jeff Buckley – What Will You Say (from Live in Chicago). [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG62bMRml0E [Accessed 24 Apr. 2019].