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Steven Esposito
I found this first chapter to be very in depth. It was ripe with pertinent videos, and good examples to make the concepts more palatable. I was curioius though as to how much of this fundamental information was actually used or applied in the real world. I kind of got the sense that a lot of the information in this chapter was important to understand conceptually, but not necessarily memorized verbatim. For example, take the Fletcher-munson curve. I had trouble understanding the experiment itself, and even after discussing it with my mentor I still don't fully understand the graph. However, just as I thought, Mark assured me that it is more important to understand how these concepts relate to real orld settings. Once I tried to use real world experiences I've had with doing live sound and mixing frequencies, it made it a lot easier to understand the concepts behind the Fletcher-munson curve, and it freed me from trying extra hard to understand the nitty gritty details that don't necessarily matter.
My first week at the studio was great! I got to sit in on a session with one of the engineers and he welcomed my input on some things. I got to use my knowledge of keyboard sounds and music theory skills. I learned a little bit about the board and the patch bay, and I connected with some of the people who work. So far I'm really glad I pursued this program.
