Reflection on Process

Write a post that reflects on your PROCESS. This is not about how you feel about the piece itself, but more on HOW you've worked. Not about HOW WELL you worked, but HOW?

Things to consider:

• How has this process been different from how you "normally" work? Or how you've worked in the past?
• I normally work in ensembles that don't incorporate technology, so the amount of independent work required is much different. Instead of meeting together to run through the sheet music or chord changes, we mostly spend time working together to make decisions on the design of our technological aspects.
• Have you borrowed styles or processes of working from other disciplines?
• Since we aren't playing our instruments for the majority of time we are working, I feel like our style of working is more similar to working on a group presentation for a class. Most of our time is spent making creative decisions on the direction of our Max patch or Ableton effects processing. 
• What kinds of challenges to making progress have emerged due to the interdisciplinary mix in your team?
• Our challenges have mostly all been with the technology involved. Both my group mates haven't used Max before and I only have very minimal experience, so I think our idea was a bit ambitious, but we've been working together to make it work. The only downside is that since our project is so focused on the technology, it's hard to make progress in other areas, such as the music, if our technology is not running smoothly. Although, Professor Gurevich's great knowledge of Max has really helped us. 
• What kinds of compromises have you or others had to make for the sake of moving forward?
• We had to compromise on having multiple drawers for our masterclass performance. We are hoping to figure out a way to have multiple drawers without major latency. Although, Olivia Block mentioned it might not be crucial to have minimal latency, so we will experiment. 
• What will you take away from this way of working in your future work?
•  What I've taken away is that scheduling time to meet up and work together is very important. That time is very crucial because it allows for big decisions to be made and for everyone to feel comfortable with setup and be knowledgeable of all the working parts.
• What do you now appreciate or understand that you might have not going in to the project?
• Live miking can be a bit more tricky with acoustic instruments, especially bassoon and flute. When working in the recording studio, we don't have to worry about feedback, unlike a live performance. It takes careful planning when miking these instruments for live performance.