Music Genome Project

1: I chose Alternative Music for my genre, because it is my favorite genre, and normally has actual meaning in the lyrics.

2: I was able to use some songs from my itunes library, and others I got from YouTube via Zamzar. Zamazr was difficult at points, but it pulled through and got me my music and videos in the end.  I found a very good site with all the information I needed, and it confirmed many thoughts  I had about the alternative genre.

3:I used Zamzar, Garageband, and iMovie to create my project.

The best part of my project was finding the songs from my own library that I wanted to use, because I love alternative, and I knew which videos had a point that would be good for a transition into the next song.

4: I struggled with timing the transitions right for a while, but what really got me was getting the music from Garageband to iMovie, and putting in videos and music that I got from the internet.

5: I decided to use plenty of still slides, because I liked how the Ken Burns effect looked with zooming them out, and I think it helps to focus a viewer's attention more on the text I put in about alternative music.

6: I actually became better than I ever thought I would be with Garageband, iMovie, and Zamzar than I ever thought I would be, and could use this for Biology, World Studies, or any class where I might need to make a presentation. It will also come in handy if I ever need to make a presentation for my job.

7: My music, pictures, and videos from the internet were changed because they were used for my educational purposes (which is not what they were intended for), and because they were cut up and transitioned into other music, videos, or pictures.

8: I probably would not like to do a project too much like this on my own again, because even though I learned a lot, I am not too good with computers, and it was very frustrating at points. It also kept me up late at night working on it, but that was partly my fault. Still, I thought this project was pretty good, and I would like to do something like it again, but not something exactly like it (because I'm bad with computers).