by Thesis Mentor | May 13, 2021 | audio projects, blogs, sydney Crocker, thesis2021, video projects
As my creative thesis project this semester, I have composed music for student videos using an electric piano on campus. I have grown a lot musically through this project since I hadn’t created music for any student videos before. Each composition taught me how to...
by Thesis Mentor | May 5, 2021 | blogs, sydney Crocker
For this project, I created music for another student video. This video was about the appearance-related expectations that social media presents us with. Thematically, I saw this video as having two major ideas: solemn for the first minute and a half, and nostalgic...
by Thesis Mentor | May 5, 2021 | blogs, sydney Crocker
For this project, I created music for another student-produced Covid dream video. This video, which was filmed by one student with a voiceover from another student, was centered around the idea of magic. I used this theme to create music that sounded “mystical” to me....
by Thesis Mentor | Apr 22, 2021 | blogs, music, sydney Crocker, thesis2021
For this project, I created music for another student video. This video was a covid dream that was centered around the idea of stress. I used that theme to create a multi-instrument ambiance with plenty of harmonic tension (simply put, the tension between the...
by Thesis Mentor | Apr 6, 2021 | blogs, music, sydney Crocker, thesis2021, Uncategorized, video projects
For this project, I created more music for another student video. My process for this one was pretty similar as the last one. I watched the video a few times, sat down at the piano, and played something that I thought would sound cool. If you’ve watched the video and...
by Thesis Mentor | Mar 7, 2021 | blogs, music, podcast, sydney Crocker, thesis2021, Uncategorized
The last few years have been the height of my musical creativity, especially improv sessions at all the pianos around campus. While this semester’s musical creativity looks a little different, I have still found a way to incorporate creativity into my life. For...
