Overall, I feel that despite the unusual circumstances I was able to better my songwriting lyrically, rhythmically, harmonically and melodically. Song Of The Week has really helped track my listening in a concrete and fun way – if you hadn’t noticed, all my journal entries are titled after other songs by the artist that performed that week’s song of the week. This week is titled after Frank Ocean’s “Self Control” as I need to keep this week’s entry short to avoid going over word count, haha. Thanks for reading my semester of musical exploration and self-improvement 🙂
Song Of The Week is “Seigfried” by Frank Ocean. My favourite moment in this is one of my favourite moments in all of the last decade’s music – the bass guitar at 1:40 just before the lyric, “I’m living over cities“12 perfectly surfaces into the dream-like atmosphere the song creates.
12Frank Ocean. “Seigfried”. Blonde. Boys Don’t Cry, 2016.
Jachin's Songwriting and Performance Journal 