In order to introduce people to Arnold's music, we organised for him to perform at school. He came to our school and performed two of his songs- Heartbreaker and Accident. This was important as we needed to see how people would react to his songs, they really seemed to enjoy it which was encouraging as we then realised that when his album was finished it could do really well. Although it was just a small performace for our school it did require plannning as Arnold is not always in Kampala so at times it becomes difficult to arrange meetings with him, therefore arranging performances requires quite a bit of coordination and communication on both parts. Overall, the performance went really well and this was hopefully the first of many to come.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Project Arnold-Arnold's first Interview
Radio Interview:
One of our aims was to gain Arnold exposure, to do this we managed to get him an interview with 97.0 FM RadioCity, this was not only exciting for Arnold as it was his first ever interview but it was also exciting for me as this was an activity we had planned since the beginning and to see him there was quite rewarding. It was a one hour interview and Arnold was on the segment called 'Celebrity of the Day.' He did a countdown of his top 10 favourite songs, the interviewer asked him why these were his favourites and this gave Arnold an opportunity to let people know a bit more about him as he talked a lot about his childhood and how music has always had a great influence on him. We also managed to play a few of his songs on air, this gave Arnold's music exposure as it had never been played on radio before. During this process, it was the first time I had ever seen Arnold nervous, therefore it was my job to keep him calm and provide support and encouragement for him as he was quite nervous to speak on live radio. I'm glad that we were able to be there and support Arnold as after we calmed him down the interview went really well and Arnold spoke incredibly well and enjoyed himself a lot.
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One of our aims was to gain Arnold exposure, to do this we managed to get him an interview with 97.0 FM RadioCity, this was not only exciting for Arnold as it was his first ever interview but it was also exciting for me as this was an activity we had planned since the beginning and to see him there was quite rewarding. It was a one hour interview and Arnold was on the segment called 'Celebrity of the Day.' He did a countdown of his top 10 favourite songs, the interviewer asked him why these were his favourites and this gave Arnold an opportunity to let people know a bit more about him as he talked a lot about his childhood and how music has always had a great influence on him. We also managed to play a few of his songs on air, this gave Arnold's music exposure as it had never been played on radio before. During this process, it was the first time I had ever seen Arnold nervous, therefore it was my job to keep him calm and provide support and encouragement for him as he was quite nervous to speak on live radio. I'm glad that we were able to be there and support Arnold as after we calmed him down the interview went really well and Arnold spoke incredibly well and enjoyed himself a lot.
Project Arnold- Recording Songs
Now that we had the money, we started recording some of Arnold's songs. Personally, this was quite an interesting and exciting process for me as I had never really seen how the recording process was. We went to the studio quite a few times with Arnold while he recorded songs called 'Accident', 'Prayer', 'Heartbreaker', 'A Thousand Ways to Die'. I would also put in my input of what I thought of them. This process of recording the songs required a lot of collaboration with the producer, communication with him started to become quite difficult as he often wouldn't give Arnold the time that he required or the assistance. This lead us to find a new producer that would give Arnold the attention that he needed, this was probably the first challenge we faced in this process as our main priority was to keep Arnold happy and if he didn't like the producer it was necessary to find another one that would put in all of his effort into helping all of us. This again required collaboration with others as we had to consult various people and again work together with Arnold to find someone that would best suit him.
Project Arnold-Fundraising
Fundrasing:
Once we found a suitable studio and producer, the next step was to get money to fund these. I didn't realise before just how expensive these things would be, so Karan, Eddy and I had to come up with a good idea to fundraise all this money. We thought that having a Christmas themed dress up day would be a good idea as it was approaching Christmas and for the last day of term we thought it would be a good idea for everyone to dress up in Christmas colours-red, green and white. We asked people to bring 5,000 shillings each if they dressed up. This fundraising activity required me to work collaboratively with Karan and Eddy as we had to find an efficient way of collecting the money as it was the last day of term so we had to make sure we got all the money on that day. Prior to the day, we all had to make sure people knew about it, this required us going around to classes and telling them why we were raising the money, this also gave us a good opportunity to start spreading the word about Arnold. Through this particular fundraising activity, I learned good communication skills as well as organisational ones as we did in fact manage to get everyone who dressed up to pay. I think that this was possible because of the good coordination and cooperation between Karan, Eddy and I and through this activity we all learned how to work well with each other and take responsibily for different tasks. This was one of the first times that I had planned and initiated an activity, it went really well as we managed to raise 500,000 which was going to help us a lot in recording the songs.
Once we found a suitable studio and producer, the next step was to get money to fund these. I didn't realise before just how expensive these things would be, so Karan, Eddy and I had to come up with a good idea to fundraise all this money. We thought that having a Christmas themed dress up day would be a good idea as it was approaching Christmas and for the last day of term we thought it would be a good idea for everyone to dress up in Christmas colours-red, green and white. We asked people to bring 5,000 shillings each if they dressed up. This fundraising activity required me to work collaboratively with Karan and Eddy as we had to find an efficient way of collecting the money as it was the last day of term so we had to make sure we got all the money on that day. Prior to the day, we all had to make sure people knew about it, this required us going around to classes and telling them why we were raising the money, this also gave us a good opportunity to start spreading the word about Arnold. Through this particular fundraising activity, I learned good communication skills as well as organisational ones as we did in fact manage to get everyone who dressed up to pay. I think that this was possible because of the good coordination and cooperation between Karan, Eddy and I and through this activity we all learned how to work well with each other and take responsibily for different tasks. This was one of the first times that I had planned and initiated an activity, it went really well as we managed to raise 500,000 which was going to help us a lot in recording the songs.
Project Arnold - Finding a Studio
Finding A Studio:
The first thing we had to do was to find a studio, this is a bit harder than it sounds as we had a limited budget but at the same time we wanted a producer that would really help us and more importantly help Arnold. We all looked for studios and probably visited about 6 in total, this process required quite a bit of patience as it was difficult to find one that suited all of our interests. We eventually settled on one and met a producer that Arnold had previously worked with called Andre. This process of finding a studio was the first step in the whole project, I began to realise that working in this type of music world required a lot of work as I needed to be patient as well as cooperative with many people such as the producer. I feel that I already started learning new skills as I myself was learning a lot from Arnold about the whole process and how you have to be able to trust the right people that would be able to help Arnold.
Friday, December 12, 2014
Project Arnold! Background
Background Info on Project Arnold:
For my long-term CAS project, I will be helping an upcoming local musician named Arnold along with two other people in my class-Karan and Eddy. Here is just a brief background on how we met Arnold and what we hope to achieve with him.
On our school trip to Wobulenzi Town Academy in October 2013, I held a music workshop where students would write songs and perform them for the rest of the group. During the course of this activity, we took special notice of Arnold as he seemed to express a keen interest in music and on top of all that he is an extremely talented musician. He told us that his dream was to be a musician and record an album, he had already recorded one song with a fellow Ugandan musician but he wanted to do more songs on his own. We all decided that we wanted to help Anrold pursue this dream and wanted to continue the relationship with him after we left Wobulenzi.We thought we could really help him as Eddy and Karan are also into music and I could help with the fundraising aspects as well as just providing guidance. So once we got back to our own school, we kept in touch with Arnold and together we came to the goal that by the end of the two years of working with him, we wanted to produce a full album as well as arrange various performances in order to gain Arnold exposure.
Throughout this project, the learning outcomes I will be targetting are:
-Plan and Initiate Activities
-Work collaboratively with others
-Undertake New Challenges
-Develop New Skills
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For my long-term CAS project, I will be helping an upcoming local musician named Arnold along with two other people in my class-Karan and Eddy. Here is just a brief background on how we met Arnold and what we hope to achieve with him.
On our school trip to Wobulenzi Town Academy in October 2013, I held a music workshop where students would write songs and perform them for the rest of the group. During the course of this activity, we took special notice of Arnold as he seemed to express a keen interest in music and on top of all that he is an extremely talented musician. He told us that his dream was to be a musician and record an album, he had already recorded one song with a fellow Ugandan musician but he wanted to do more songs on his own. We all decided that we wanted to help Anrold pursue this dream and wanted to continue the relationship with him after we left Wobulenzi.We thought we could really help him as Eddy and Karan are also into music and I could help with the fundraising aspects as well as just providing guidance. So once we got back to our own school, we kept in touch with Arnold and together we came to the goal that by the end of the two years of working with him, we wanted to produce a full album as well as arrange various performances in order to gain Arnold exposure.
Throughout this project, the learning outcomes I will be targetting are:
-Plan and Initiate Activities
-Work collaboratively with others
-Undertake New Challenges
-Develop New Skills
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