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Jonathan Daniel Youth Music Blog 2 Over the last couple of months I have had the opportunity to work on an exciting project that has entailed recording an orchestra and choir to produce a charity single. Before the start of summer I was able to commence the first part of the recording process for this project, recording many of the large percussive instruments on location at one of the participating schools within the project. Looking back at the first recording session I felt very optimistic ahead of it and very positive about the progress that had been made so far. The success of the first session was a result of the knowledge I had gained through my university course and experience I have been able to gain by putting that knowledge into practice with the addition of the great level of maturity from the young musicians. The preparation for these sessions differed completely in comparison to most when preparing for music session delivery. In the early stages of the project the preparation mainly relied on my technical knowledge and understanding. This meant using the correct equipment and procedures to ensure that all young musicians could enjoy the sessions with no technical problems. Working with an older group of young musicians meant they had a greater understanding of music; these young musicians were also classically trained. This made the sessions overall more enjoyable for me as an arts practitioner because I was able to connect with them in a more mature manner. The next part of the project entailed going into primary and secondary schools and recording the choirs for the song. Going into schools and recording young choirs was an all-new experience for me. As this was the part of the project I had not done before I was most looking forward to it and going into schools and working with different people. I already had the technical knowledge and understanding that was required for this part of the project, but I was able to expand on my skills by working with different ranges of people at this stage of the project. Overall this was a fun and exciting project to be involved in and to be able to have worked on the project from the start of the recording process to it’s near completion has been great. One of the key points I took from the early part of the project was that for many musicians recording is a fairly new experience and could come across as quite daunting to many people no matter the level of proficiency on their instrument. The most important attribute to have at this point in time is patience and to really go the extra mile to assure them that everything will be ok and ensure that they are relaxed in the environment that they are in.