EDCP 305 Reflection 1
The influence of music has certainly plays a pivotal role in my life; it is one of the most significant elements in inspiring me to improve the relationship with my parents, by guiding me to gain a better control over my emotion. There is no doubt that music is an inherent part of my life; while I am listening to music, it increases my creativity by enhancing my intelligent and reduces tension. Music has been illustrated as “the international language”, and for the first time in my life, I have finally realized the significance of this powerfully enriching element, it was one of the most memorable experiences that music has bought to me. When I was at the age of fourteen, which is a transitional stage that known as adolescence, I was acting as an immature young teenager, particularly while I was dealing with school as well as family issues. During that period of time, a very minor instance could trigger me to have a seriously bad temper, which I tended to reflect the anger and frustration on my parents.
The spiritual aspect of music has shaped my life by guiding me to be optimistic, and it has constructed a fulfilling child-parent relationship in my childhood. The empowerment of music first occurred on my life when my parents bought me to watch the world’s renowned musical—Mamma Mia, which was written by British playwright Catherine Johnson. The songs in the play emitted a great amount of optimistic energy. The musical has created an enjoyable environment, which allowed my mind to step into a stage of relaxation. I was slowly starting to dance with the rhythm of the songs with my parents; I saw the smiles on my parents’ faces, it was a touching moment. I knew that my parents truly care about me, which I told myself that instead of acting as an immature child with bad temper control, I should be a considerable son, and treasure the love that they have offered to me. This musical is like an endowment gift to our family, it had dramatically help me in improving the communication and relationship with my parents, and bought the distance between us closer than ever before. Music is not only an entertainment to me anymore; I have never imagined that music can have such a great impact on my life, it is just as important as my family doctor. Music has enriched my life, I will listen to my favorite songs and plays from musical when I encounter obstacles or feeling confused in life, music can guide me back on track with an optimistic attitude. Undoubtedly, the power of music is influential and immeasurable, it is not only a performing art that is composed with melody, pitch, rhythm, and tempo, but also an experience of joy that creates positive effect, which leads the listener into a stage of relaxation as well as inspiration.
The experience in class of utilizing the technological equipment of music has changed the concept of creating music in my mind. Before I have attended this class, I have a concept in my mind that composing a song is a very complicated process, which requires professional equipment and software that is not user-friendly. Indeed, after attending the recent lecture, I have got a chance to experience with Garage Band, a soft-ware that allows user to easily create music or podcasts. The built-in useful features of this application has impressed me, it is definitely useful and user-friendly, such as the audio recording system, and the different types of musical instruments features. Garage Band is a versatile tool, with this application, now a non-musician individual can create professional-quality music product by using this software; and with the simplified tools and features, it is excellent software for educational purpose. As a student, I am pleased and looking forward to learn even more on utilizing this application by discovering more features on the software. During class time, I was learning in a group of three, with the power of music, it brings different cultures together, as we share our thoughts and ideas in using Garage Band to compose a song. Once again it proves that music is an “international language,” and there is no doubt that this software is instrumental in educational use. I believe that Garage Band will lead the new trend of creating music and generates a great impact in the society. Moreover, in my personal prospective, I am looking forward to utilize Garage Band with other digital media applications. For instance, students can use iMovie to produce a film and use Garage Band to compose a theme song or opening song for the film that they produced on iMovie. Furthermore, I have an idea of using Garage Band to compose a rock version of happy birthday song with me singing it, as a surprise gift to my mother for her coming birthday in October.
Comfort level in the class is high. It is a fantastic opportunity to meet some new friends at UBC while learning the utilization about different digital media applications. The lecture of the class delivers a high quality of musical as well as digital media experience to students. I enjoy a lot while we do the discussion with other classmates and the professor, it is a valuable chance to hear from what others’ ideas from different prospective; I am glad to see everyone shows respect to others’ thoughts, which it really generates an enjoyable learning environment for the class.