This has been a very good week. Inspired by my new office at the newly renovated Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, I was especially productive yesterday and today. Here are the details:
Sun. 7/15
COMPOSING: 20 min., wrote 5 measures
Mon. 7/16
COMPOSING: 47 min., wrote 11 measures
RESEARCH: 88 min., revised 23.5 pages
Tues. 7/17
COMPOSING: 24 min., wrote 8 measures
RESEARCH: 73 min., cut 6 pages, rewrote 3 paragraphs & other revisions
Wed. 7/18
COMPOSING: 14 min., no new measures, but created a large-scale plan for my piece
RESEARCH: none (moved into my new office and unpacked my boxes)
Thurs. 7/19
COMPOSING: 43 min., wrote 14 measures
RESEARCH: 80 min., cut 249 words
Fri. 7/20
COMPOSING: 22 minutes, wrote 2 measures + 50 minutes on Finale, putting one of my three movements into musical notation
RESEARCH: 144 min., includes 9 minutes of revisions and the rest of the time reading three additional sources and taking notes. Found some great stuff!!!
If you look carefully, you will see that I wrote music six days in a row, which is very good for me. I am forming a routine, which makes me happy. And I finished the three-movement piano piece I was writing!
My primary focus at this stage of my research project is cutting words and making what I have more succinct. Currently my document is at 13,427 words and I need to get it down to a maximum of 10,000 if I want to to submit for possible publication in a scholarly journal. At this stage, I am also reengaging with relevant literature and sources now that I have a clearer idea of which arguments need more support or development. So I'll most likely be spending more time reading and note taking than writing for the next month or so. We shall see.
I will not be working or blogging about what I have done (because I won't be doing anything creative or academic) for the next two weeks. I am going on a technology-free vacation far away and really looking forward to it.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
log for the past week
I am not feeling particularly creative or academic lately, but that's okay. Here were my endeavors this week:
Mon. 7/9: RESEARCH 30 min., wrote 1.5 pages by hand
Tues. 7/10: RESEARCH 33 min., wrote 3ish pages by hand
Wed. 7/11:
COMPOSED 48 min., wrote about 44 seconds of very slow music
RESEARCH 49 min., typed 1.5 pages (405 words)
Thurs. 7/12: RESEARCH 66 min., revised 1.5 pages (405 into 388 better words to make an abstract for a book chapter proposal on a new research topic) + light revision of 40ish pages of my other project
Fri. 7/13: nada, zip, zilch, pretty much played hooky all day
Sat. 7/14:
COMPOSED 60 min., wrote four really fast bars of music (that I happen to like . . . that's the problem sometimes is that I spend all this time writing something it turns out I don't really like at all . . .) after a period of non-productivity
RESEARCH 44 min., revised 10 pages
SUMMARY:
Minutes spent engaged in my research projects: 222
New pages written: 6
Pages revised: 51.5
Abstracts submitted for hopeful publication opportunity: 1
Minutes spent composing: 108
Mon. 7/9: RESEARCH 30 min., wrote 1.5 pages by hand
Tues. 7/10: RESEARCH 33 min., wrote 3ish pages by hand
Wed. 7/11:
COMPOSED 48 min., wrote about 44 seconds of very slow music
RESEARCH 49 min., typed 1.5 pages (405 words)
Thurs. 7/12: RESEARCH 66 min., revised 1.5 pages (405 into 388 better words to make an abstract for a book chapter proposal on a new research topic) + light revision of 40ish pages of my other project
Fri. 7/13: nada, zip, zilch, pretty much played hooky all day
Sat. 7/14:
COMPOSED 60 min., wrote four really fast bars of music (that I happen to like . . . that's the problem sometimes is that I spend all this time writing something it turns out I don't really like at all . . .) after a period of non-productivity
RESEARCH 44 min., revised 10 pages
SUMMARY:
Minutes spent engaged in my research projects: 222
New pages written: 6
Pages revised: 51.5
Abstracts submitted for hopeful publication opportunity: 1
Minutes spent composing: 108
Friday, July 6, 2012
Log for the week
It has been a good week. I took Wednesday off for Independence Day, but otherwise engaged my research project every day. I also managed to work on my musical composition two of the four work days. Here's the rundown:
Mon. 7/2
RESEARCH/WRITING: 49 minutes, created two phrasing charts and wrote 2 pages of prose by hand
Tues. 7/3
RESEARCH/WRITING: 71 minutes, typed 2 paragraphs of prose and created a kick-ass figure
Thurs. 7/4
COMPOSING: 56 minutes, 11 measures (or about 17 seconds of music)
RESEARCH/WRITING: 29 minutes, typed 1 new paragraph of prose, created 1 new figure, and revised a bit + 35 minutes working on sources and bibliography
Fri. 7/5
COMPOSING: 22 minutes, finished the little movement I was working on . . . which is good, but . . . (not sure if I like it; it is quite dissonant and I am just not sure; oh well)
RESEARCH/WRITING: 40 minutes, revised 20 pages
This week's total productivity:
Minutes spent engaged in my research project: 224
Pages written: 4.5
Figures created: 2
Minutes spent writing music: 78
Compositions completed: 1
Mon. 7/2
RESEARCH/WRITING: 49 minutes, created two phrasing charts and wrote 2 pages of prose by hand
Tues. 7/3
RESEARCH/WRITING: 71 minutes, typed 2 paragraphs of prose and created a kick-ass figure
Thurs. 7/4
COMPOSING: 56 minutes, 11 measures (or about 17 seconds of music)
RESEARCH/WRITING: 29 minutes, typed 1 new paragraph of prose, created 1 new figure, and revised a bit + 35 minutes working on sources and bibliography
Fri. 7/5
COMPOSING: 22 minutes, finished the little movement I was working on . . . which is good, but . . . (not sure if I like it; it is quite dissonant and I am just not sure; oh well)
RESEARCH/WRITING: 40 minutes, revised 20 pages
This week's total productivity:
Minutes spent engaged in my research project: 224
Pages written: 4.5
Figures created: 2
Minutes spent writing music: 78
Compositions completed: 1
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