User:Aaronherting

Freshman Seminar
===self assessment '''im really happy that this class was in my curriculum this quarter especially for the reason that this was my first quarter, that fact that it played an important role in putting my focus into school and realizing how important it is not only that it makes me a more educated person but that it also makes me a more well rounded person in that i am experiencing an important networking time in my life. i feel that in many ways i learned more in this class because i felt like i had a teacher that wanted to engage me in concepts and and things that apply to my life realistically, everything i took in from this class has only added to my growth as a person. I plan to really push myself in this part of my life so that i can live the life i wanna live. in this class i think my contribution to everyones experience of it as a whole, i was there maybe a few times to share my humor and maybe a little of my insight what ever that may have been. in terms of what i could have done better was maybe change my always continuing habit of being the wizard who arrives precisely when he means to and thats usually a few mins maybe a lil more to late, i plan to also work on this habit as maybe making it more of a professional arrive on time but i wonder to sometimes if its just this habit that my parents instilled in me because it was a part of my growing up. o well lol, as i see it now i feel like im ready to learn as much as i can in the next few years.===

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic  learn the basics of DJ'ing/ PC DJ'ing, able to play a set


 * Research Component internet research and working with people who know how


 * week 1 make a list and bookmark the best sights for tutorials and help sites to learning how to use DJ'ing software/ equipment


 * week 2 watch videos on beatmatcing at Youtube, practice what i learned till it makes sense


 * week 3 watch tutorials on looping, beatgrids, and effects, practice what i saw till it makes sense


 * week 4 learn how to key tracks (and how to make my setlist flow), beatmatching, learning how to beatmatch with my ears and not just my eyes


 * week 5 research crowd control, and controlling tempo and pitch, practice more


 * week 6 play a short set in front of friends


 * week 7 work out an hour set and go over it for a while. do blends and fades. get in tune with my tunes. work on presentation


 * week 8 practice practice more practice, work on presentation and finnish it

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
i chose mark di suvero's schubert sonata, the rusty metal sculpture that is held up by a pole it is one of the first structures you see when you come into the park, i am bugged by this sculpture simply for the fact that i have never really enjoyed looking at metal welded to other metal to form shapes, i guess even when i was little seeing this from of art never really gave me anything ive never felt inspired by this medium especially if there is some big story along with it. and its not that i dont understand when an artist attaches a meaning to the work, its just that i don't get the same sense from it like i would with a painting or even other forms of sculpting. after reading a few interviews of him and seeing some reviews of his work i did decide i really liked him as an artist for his views on things and how he went about creating his work, he seemed to be a very dedicated person and i really admire that, because its something i have in myself but dont always channel that dedication to the right things, so its always nice seeing or reading about someone who is channeling that energy to a creative place. I did manage to find i piece of his that i liked, one his more recent ones and the reason i liked wasnt for its shape or meaning, i really just liked it for its shear size and also for the fact it looked similar to a hangman noose, so it just really looked out of place in this happy park. thats why i enjoyed it simply because i love art that creates odd situations.i looked through a few similar metal sculptors portfolios and for the most part still had the same feelings about it, i think how i feel about is that a lot of metal sculpting is just not fascinating enough to look at, i think that thats what it is for me. so even though i didnt convince myself to like this form of art i did manage to find respect for the person who created it and that even though what i dont share with him in terms of interesting visual art, i do share the love of visually representing an idea.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
1.[]"Could this be?". ya it could depending on the context, which is conveniently not provided. It could be the smallest horse in the town, the state, the fair, that building or any other place. this could be used to manipulate the audience in way that it leaves you wondering, could it be, should i pay money to see this; why wouldn't they show me the smallest horse i paid for it. it also very well could have been just not completely thought through when the sign was conceived.

2. this was interesting[]Accidental fallacy seems like its committed quite a bit in my family, and i think it has something to do with all of us being into all these different things and then wanting to share these things with each other.so someone may say something about a new product we heard about and who ever has an opinion on the matter will put there two cents in whether its my dad who read a little about it and is positive what he read was correct and where he got it from was a reliable source. or i might say something on the matter that i myself know for a fact i feel is true, but we always do this thing where someone knows a little bit on the subject and wat they know is enough to convince the other people of their facts. this also happens because we dont always know the best way to put what we want to say in words so we make up stuff that seems like it is most likely right but is a lot of times just a shot in the dark.

-self assessment im really happy that this class was in my curriculum this quarter especially for the reason that this was my first quarter, that fact that it played an important role in putting my focus into school and realizing how important it is not only that it makes me a more educated person but that it also makes me a more well rounded person in that i am experiencing an important networking time in my life. i feel that in many ways i learned more in this class because i felt like i had a teacher that wanted to engage me in concepts and and things that apply to my life realistically, everything i took in from this class has only added to my growth as a person. I plan to really push myself in this part of my life so that i can live the life i wanna live. in this class i think my contribution to everyones experience of it as a whole, i was there maybe a few times to share my humor and maybe a little of my insight what ever that may have been. in terms of what i could have done better was maybe change my always continuing habit of being the wizard who arrives precisely when he means to and thats usually a few mins maybe a lil more to late, i plan to also work on this habit as maybe making it more of a professional arrive on time but i wonder to sometimes if its just this habit that my parents instilled in me because it was a part of my growing up. o well lol, as i see it now i feel like im ready to learn as much as i can in the next few years.