Delinquent Bloggers

For many, the Thanksgiving break was an opportunity to catch up on your journals and comments on the class blog (which is what you're reading right now, in case that's not clear!), but if you did not do so, consider this a gentle reminder to spend some time on these activities in the near future.

Journaling can provide the opportunity to clarify your thoughts about your composition by keeping a record of the feedback received in class and your responses to it, but the longer you go without posting a journal, the less useful the process will be. If you wait too long to post your blog, it may be very difficult to remember what exactly was said about your piece.

The reason for the requirement to make at least one weekly comment on the class-blog entries is that this blog is a forum in which to think about and discuss ideas relating to composition and the creative process, something we tend to have little or no time for in class. It works best if you can make at least one thoughtful post per week, because doing so may give you specific ideas that you find useful in writing your music.

Most of you have posted a journal entry in the past week, which is great, but a few have not posted anything for anywhere from 2-5 weeks, hence the gentle nudge!