PB2 has been a daunting experience for me. It helps that during the week I was forced to delve into some of the listenings and themes further as it was my turn for the weekly update. This helped me hone in on something I found interesting and gave me something to explore for the essay.

In reflection I feel as though my technical incompetencies and inexperience in the audio field can definitely be heard and seen in the workings of the piece. I was actually quite proud of the voice recording that I captured and felt it was the cleanest I had ever been able to gather, which was encouraging. However in the end I felt like the piece was a little too straight forward and conventional. My inability to perform complex tasks in Audition as well as having not listened to many unconventional or creative audio pieces held me back considerably.

I think my essay was also kind of weak and I struggled to hit the hammer on the head with succinct lines and arguments. One of my downfalls in essay writing is being a little too long winded at times and having to trim it down for a short audio piece was even harder.

Overall while I think I did what I actually did at a competent level, I’d like to push myself creatively further next time. Hopefully over the coming weeks I can practice some skills and really learn some new techniques during the next Project Brief, which promises to force the creative hand and enter some new experimental territory.