February 25th

1 hour – Writing lyrics
2.5 hours – Reading “Reading in the Brain”
1 hour – Studying lyrics “Nas Week”

1 hour – Writing and posting weekly seminar passage

February 26th

2 hours – Reading “Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop”

3 hours – Recording session

February 26th

1 hour – Writing Holdrege paper

30 minutes – Contributing to virtual seminar and commenting on sem passes

February 27th

1 hours – Reading “Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy”

1.5 hours – Writing lyrics

February 28th

2 hours – Writing Holdrege paper, started over

March 1st

3 hours – Recording session, poetry observed

March 2nd

1 hour – Writing lyrics, preparing for presentation

2 hours – Writing Holdrege paper

Totals

This week: 22.5

Cumulative total: 114

Reading List:

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop

Music, The Brain, and Ecstacy

February 18th

1 hour – Writing lyrics
2.5 hours – Reading “Reading in the Brain”
1 hour – Studying lyrics “2Pac week”

1 hour – Writing and posting weekly seminar passage

February 19th

4 hours – Reading “Music, The Brain, and Ecstacy”

2 hours – Recording session

February 20th

2 hours – Beginning Holdrege paper

30 minutes – Contributing to virtual seminar and commenting on sem passes

February 21st

2 hours – Reading “Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy”

February 22nd

1 hour – Reading “Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy”

2.5 hours – Writing

February 23rd

These two days I had to work on my RA resume and cover letter for next year so I didn’t get much done.

1 hour – Writing

1 hour – Reading: “Reading in the Brain”

February 24th

1 hour – Writing lyrics

 

Totals

This week: 22.5

Cumulative total: 91.5

Reading List:

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop

Music, The Brain, and Ecstacy

February 11th

1 hour – Writing lyrics
2.5 hours – Reading “Reading in the Brain”
1 hour – Studying lyrics “Jay-Z week”

1 hour – Writing and posting weekly seminar passage

February 12th

2 hours – Studying Hip Hop as an oral art

4 hours – Reading “Book of Rhymes”

2 hours – Recording session

February 13th

2 hours – Watching “Rhyme and Reason”

30 minutes – Contributing to virtual seminar and commenting on sem passes

February 14th

4 hours – Reading “Book of Rhymes

I found out that a good friend of mine had passed away on this day so I didn’t get a lot done but reading really helped take my mind off of things.

February 15th

2 hours – Reading “Book of Rhymes”

2.5 hours – Writing

February 16th

3 hours – Reading: “Book of Rhymes”

2 hours – Recording session: “experimenting with voice”

February 17th

3 hours – Recording session: “experimenting with voice”

1 hours – Writing lyrics

 

Totals

This week: 33.5

Cumulative total: 69

Reading List:

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop

Music, The Brain, and Ecstacy

February 4th

3 hours – Wrote hip hop lyrics
2 hours – Read article “Music, the food of neuroscience?”
1 hour – Studying lyrics “Eminem Week”

February 5th

3.5 hours – Studying lyrics and sound: “Eminem”

2 hours – Watching documentary “From Nothing to Something: The Art of Rap”

30 minutes – Commenting on Seminar passes

February 6th

2 hours – Reading: “Reading in the Brain”

30 minutes – Contributing to virtual seminar

February 7th

2 hours – Writing lyrics

2 hours – Learning about Alliteration, Assonance, Consonance, and Multisyllabic Rhymes

3 hours – First recording session

February 8th

2 hours – Write lyrics

2.5 hours – Reading: “Reading in the Brain”

2 hours – Recording session

February 9th

4 hours – Reading: “Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop”

2 hours – Recording session

2 hours – Using pro tools to create Hip Hop beats

February 10th

2.5 hours – Recording session

2 hours – Writing lyrics

2 hours – Reading: “Music, The Brain, and Ecstacy”

 

Totals

This week: 36.5

Cumulative total: 35.5

Reading List:

Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop

Music, The Brain, and Ecstacy