Audio Production

Lessons From My Final Project

September 16, 2008 September 16, 2008 My name is Ryan LaPerle. I’m a singer/songwriter and an Audio Production student at CDIA. My final project is a new EP (“Disguise”) which is coming out this Fall. With this project I really took the role of producer, hiring other musicians and organizing the schedules and budgets to make everything run smoothly. I also just finished a promotional multimedia film with Vanessa Embling, a graduate of the photography program here; I met her at a school networking social. She has helped me with pictures for my professional career and now with a promotional film to help me advance my EP. At CDIA I have gained so many connections with photography, film and other departments. I can see how these areas can all work together for many types of projects. Most of all, I made friends with people who understand and are striving for the same things. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MNd_xMNYH7Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MNd_xMNYH7Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> I still have to spend some time in the studio to finish up “Disguise,” which is great because I am really excited to work and make a life outside of school projects. Working on this EP taught me that I can’t be counting on school to motivate me to work on a new project; it’s about finding the motivation to push yourself forward. That is something I love about this program: the freedom to choose your own project and do something you really care about.