James Pollack

Date of Award

2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Dancigers, Mark

Area of Concentration

Music with Computer Science

Abstract

For all artists, progress in their areas of creation comes from time spent practicing the craft, honing both their skills and their personal style. Therefore, how artists spend their practice time can be expected to be the cornerstone of their artistic success. To that end, I decided to change the way I practice the guitar, with the ultimate desire to create music of my own. I first spent some time in research, understanding what previous studies had determined. I then used what I found to reshape my practice habits. The goal was to see how much of a difference giving careful attention to my practice would have on my progress. The best way to do that was to compare several demo recordings for each of the songs that I composed. In making these comparisons, I can demonstrate and communicate the progress that I have made over the course of this project, as well as the effect of the changes that I made to my practice habits. The resulting album, “hummingbird”, reflects an emerging personal style of playing and composition that is deeply rooted in careful instrumental practice.

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