Soundtrack of Your Life Project



Soundtrack of Your Life Project

Music has become an integral part of human existence. It motivates us, calms us, inspires us, at times irritates us, and basically becomes the backdrop against which we live our lives. Songs can bring vivid memories of persons, places, and events from our own past and serve to document our thoughts, feelings, and emotions at a given time or place.

Assignment: Imagine you were asked to compile a soundtrack for your life. What songs would you include? Collect the titles of at least five songs that are meaningful to you and that you feel document something personal in your own life. Just as music producers do, try to create a progression in the sequence of your chosen songs. For example, your songs might be listed in the chronological order of the events they document, or they might be mixed together so that all of the slow songs are not back-to-back. DO NOT just list them randomly. Put some thought into the order of your songs and the complete package you are presenting.

Part 1 – Brainstorm

Come up with some major events in your life, and then think about songs that might represent those times. It doesn’t have to make sense to everyone, but it should make sense to you.

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Soundtrack of Your Life Project

Now, narrow that down to at least 5 songs and put them in the order you would like them to be on your album. Make sure you spell the titles and the artist correctly!

• For a song title, you need to capitalize the first letter of each word and put the whole title in quotation marks.

• For the artist, make sure you capitalize the first letter of the first and last name.

Song Title Artist or Group

Track 1 ______________________________________

Track 2 ______________________________________

Track 3 ______________________________________

Track 4 ______________________________________

Track 5 ______________________________________

(extra) ______________________________________

(extra) ______________________________________

Written Assignment:

Paragraph #1—Explanation of yourself

This paragraph is basically a brief autobiography:

• Who are you?

• Where are you from?

• What is important to you?

• Give us details so that we can get to know who you are!

Paragraph #2—Explanation of each song

This paragraph outlines your rationale or purpose in creating this soundtrack:

• What would you title the album? (album title gets underlined, and the first letter of each word is capitalized)

• Give a brief summary of the soundtrack.

• What is the mood of the soundtrack – is it mostly classic ? Relaxing music? Pop? A mixture?

Paragraphs #3-7—Explanation of each song on the soundtrack (One paragraph per song)

For each song, be sure to explain:

• What is the name of the song (Don’t forget the quotation marks around the title and capitals!) and the artist?

• Why is this song important to you? How does this song connect to your life? Quote specific lyrics that mean something to you.

• What does this song reveal about the kind of person you are and what you think is important in your life?

Final Paragraph #8—Final remarks and reflection on the soundtrack as a whole

This paragraph is your conclusion in which you should thank your reader for taking the time to listen to your soundtrack and offer any final reflections upon this project as a whole.

Part 3 – Cover and Back: Now you are going to make the front and back of the CD case.

The cover should have:

• Album title (You don’t need to underline it on the cover, but still capitalize first letter of each word.)

• Your name

• Artwork that fits with the soundtrack

The back should have:

• The songs and the artists, in the order that they would go on your album – you can type the list, then cut and paste it onto the back cover, or do it by hand. If you do it by hand, you must go over the letters in ink.

Soundtrack Checklist :

_____Paragraph 1 – Introduce yourself

_____Paragraph 2 – Introduce the soundtrack as a whole

_____Paragraph 3 – Tell about song #1

_____Paragraph 4 – Tell about song #2

_____Paragraph 5 – Tell about song #3

_____Paragraph 6 – Tell about song #4

_____Paragraph 7 – Tell about song #5

_____Paragraph 8 – Conclusion

|__________________________________________________________________________________________________|Back |This is where you will create your cover and |

|____________ | |back. |

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|__________________________________________________________________________________________________| |Neatly make your cover and the back of your |

|__________________________________________________________________________________________________| |album |

|__________________________________________________________________________________________________| |Cut it out, VERY NEATLY, along the solid |

|__________________________________________________________________________________________________| |black lines. |

|_____ | |Fold it in the center |

| |Cover | |

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