Senior Project Reflection

1) Positive Statement
I am most proud of my determination and ability to meet all deadlines throughout the year because it shows how dedicated I was to this project.

2) Questions To Consider
a) I would give myself a P on my 2-Hour Presentation because I feel I did well, but I didn't do anything special.
b) I would give myself an AE- given my performance throughout the entire senior project. I've always been on task and produced quality work for every component and aspect of my project.

3) What Worked
No aspect of the project being a group effort. I got to show how I work on my own.

4) What Didn't Work
Nothing comes to mind. I enjoyed senior project and I think it was my favorite project at iPoly.

5) Finding Value
The senior project taught me how to really back up things I say with evidence. It also taught me not to worry about little things in life.

2 Hour Presentation

2 Hour Lesson Plan

Answer 3

EQ: What is most important in producing a successful concert?
Answer 3: Negotiating contracts and decisions is most important in producing a successful concert.

Evidence:
1. Band Riders. *Thailand story.
2. Guarantee/Door Split
3. I have had to negotiate with people for the date of the event, staffing, flyers, and entertainment for a club event that Norma and I are hosting for our 2nd Independent Component.

Sources:
1. Service Learning at The Glass House

2. Note By Note: A Guide To Concert Production by Redwood Cultural Work

3. Independent Component 2

Room Creativity

How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?

By having a lot of concert posters all around the room. 

I'm thinking of making collages of small flyers to put up. 

What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?

Answer 1: Something similar to the activity during my 20 minute presentation.

Answer 2: Have groups of 5 create a concert poster with a line-up for the genre assigned to them. 

Answer 2

EQ: What is most important in producing a successful concert?
Answer 2: Thoroughly promoting your concert by utilizing a street team and social networking sites is most important in producing a successful concert.
Evidence:

1. If you have a street team and cover all the concerts in the area, you will be unstoppable. Flyers can also be distributed to different high schools and colleges/universities (Ex. Members of the Club Matinee Street Team that passes out flyers at iPoly.)
2. ReverbNation- A website where venue and band profiles can be created on Facebook and people can sample the music of upcoming shows. (Ex. The Glass House Profile)
3. Guerilla marketing techniques (Ex. stickers and wheat pasting)

Sources: 

1. 3rd Interview with Rene Contreras 
2. Service Learning at The Glass House Record Store with Rene Contreras
3. www.weburbanist.com article "So... What Is Guerilla Marketing?" 

Presentation II: Rough Draft

20 Minute Presentation Lesson Plan

Answer 1

#1.
One thing that is most important in producing a successful concert is finding a venue with good acoustics.
#2.
-During service learning, my dad explained to me that The Glass House didn't always sound good and that they had to be innovative in finding ways to fix it.
-Mix Magazine article on venue acoustics
-Mix Magazine article on sound absorbing materials

#3.
-Service Learning with Dennis Thorbourn
-Mix Magazine: http://www.mixonline.com/mag/audio_venue_acoustics_groundup/index.html
-Mix Magazine: http://www.mixonline.com/online_extras/sound_absorbing_materials/>

Presentation Reflection

1. In what way did the first interview affect your presentation?
My first interview affected my presentation in a good way. The person I interviewed, my dad, gave me a lot of useful information about the setup of different size concerts that I ended up using in my presentation. He told me all the different departments of concert production and what they do. We talked about how they differed in small, medium, and large scale concerts.

2. What would you say stood out about your presentation performance and why?
I think my props stood out in my presentation performance because I had two of them and I think I effectively explained how they pertained to medium and large scale concerts and also how the differed from each other.

3. What was most challenging to do and why?
The most challenging thing I faced in this presentation was choosing what to present on. I thought about it a lot, but I didn't come up with anything until the night before the rough draft was due. I had a few options, but I couldn't pick one to use.

Presentation I

Objective: Students will learn the difference between high production concerts and low production concerts
Procedure: 1. Ask students: "How many of you have ever been to a concert before?"I will then choose 3        students and ask them "Which artist did you see and where?"
2. Explain the difference between a high production concert and a low production concert.
Check For Understanding: I will ask 2-3 students to give me 1 difference between the two kinds of concerts.
Resources/Materials: I am going to bring a box of concert wristbands from past Glass House shows and some of my Dad's backstage laminates to show a difference between high production and low production.