18

Have not updated in forever
Recordings went well
Have most of the CDs
Need to aquire money to buy CDs to burn to
Hoping to sell by next week

17

Research paper done
Chorus recorded
Sarah recorded
Tim recorded

I need to record and I need axel, lauren, and mike/amy recordings

16

Working on research paper in both A and B blocks
Rough Draft due on Thurs (New Haven Trip Fri.)
Will start recording after meeting with Dewar - Must Write him a letter asking him for access to Mac Lab

15

Might be going against picture on PowerPoint.
Music production should start soon.
Must schedule meeting with Dewar.
Contracts were given and shall be returned soon,
everyone is on board.

14

Will be giving out the contracts today
(just printed)
Pictures for powerpoint soon to follow
Research Paper is going smoothly in English

13

Still trying to get my music clients togeather to finish the powerpoint
Might have the option to have a secret mystery addition to the CD (a teacher)

12

School computers not functioning
Making work hard

Have to distribute contracts and plan photo opt. for the clients
Start with the music making process
Find out if I can have access to Mac Lab after school

11

Will distribute the Contracts asap
Powerpoint has been worked on
Research Paper work continues in the English Classes
-Sources and Notes and Quotes are done

10

Contract went well
Ready for Distribution
Still nailing down the artists for the record
Hopefully will have about 10

UPDATE: 

Started the artist profile powerpoint

Have about 7-8

Research Paper work done in English

9

I have just gone over the contract again.

I will be making the final list of clients I hope to be on the CD

8

Has iTunes affect on the Music Industry harmed or helped?

This will be my RP topic
I will be formatting my schedule to pass in the RP when my English one is due

Switching to Client Choices and Contract formation

Likely Client Choices:
My Ska Band (name?)
Mike Ahern & Amy Mollins (Westerburg)
Axel Anderson
Sarah Tenglin
Norton Jazz (?)

more or less?

Rough Contract is complete (w/ spelling errors)
Have to look over with english teach.

7

Has iTunes affect on the Music Industry harmed or helped?

Most viable choice for RP topic
Must Rework the thesis and the outlines and my source list over Vaca.

6

Still working on the Research Paper
Having a little bit of a brain cramp and can't figure out where to go with it
Know it is like a Dual paper for Eng./Proj.

Tempted to move onto the next phase and just include the research paper in with the project for later analysis

Will decide on Tues. back from Break

5

Missed a day due to illness

Just had a talk with Mr. Godmintz about how thesis should go
Decided to talk about something of the digitalization of music
Sounds Good

Sent a Letter to Mrs. Bagge on Mac Lab usage
Hopefully that comes back soon

Going to have to work on my paper a bit more to get it done
Sources - done
Thesis - 1/2
Outline - 3/4


Possible People for the CD:
Norton Chorus
Norton Jazz
Sarah Tenglin
Pat Hillman (band?)
Mike Ahern and Amy Mollins (Westerberg)
Myself


Still up in the air

4

Today I started the research paper by doing a rough draft of the intro
Im still working on the thesis
Starting to think of ideas for the music

3

I finished the source sheet
I also was able to make a rough outline of my RP
I hope for it to be upwards of 5 paragraphs, hopefully 3 pages at the least in length

I also tried to make a CD cover on the school computers, impossible

2

Worked on project - Phase two: Research paper
Found tons of sources
Still trying to figure out my thesis and and topic

Props to Grasso for blog idea

1

The project has begun.
This is the very first senior project that has ever taken place at Norton High School.
My name is Douglas Valeri and I have chosen the topic of Music Business.
My final project will be a compilation CD of students work.

Feel free to check on here for my progress and updates on when the CD will be released

DAY 1:
I completed my resume for the first phase to be complete.
I also started to gather my sources for my research paper.
Still developing thesis and topics.