Today was a special day for Mountain Springs! It was the day we premiered our new original “Everything I Need”, as well as some additional original songs.

This was a cool experience because it reminded me of being in a worship experience like Elevation Worship on a smaller scale. I had the opportunity to produce a loose demo for “Everything I Need”, so it was very cool to hear it live with real instruments!

For the past few months, i have had the opportunity to be the music director at the church. This is a great opportunity to practice my skills a a producer because as a MD, i am responsible for shaping the arrangement and guiding the band members through the form of the track.

There was one slip up I did while MD’ing today, however, despite this, everyone said I still did a great job, and I am continuing to grow!

Later on in the day, I was finishing up an assignment for school, and got inspired to make a video about my overall experience from producer in residence last week. I also started a new Instagram page to feature my music production skills.

For Humber’s producer in residence week, Hill Kourkotis was the producer, and she taught me a lot of music production techniques to explore in my own productions

Here are some of the techniques she discussed:

– Mindfulness and overcoming “imposter syndrome”

– Vocal layering

– Percussion layering

– Equity in the music industry

I will post a more detailed reflection of the events in the next week. Thank you again Hill for coming to Humber!