Author: Haobin Liang

Looking at the final outcome, there are many aspects that I consider highly successful. First, as a collaborative endeavor, it achieved great synergy. My collaborator, Shark, and I frequently engaged in deep discussions and consultations. Watching our project evolve from abstract concepts into a fully realized, tangible outcome gave me a profound sense of accomplishment…

Mixing Process In the lecture of mixing we have gone through the basic effects of the mixing like EQ compressors and reverb and delay. Mixing process：finish the volume and delay/reverb in the composition process and go through the sounds that I am not that satisfied through EQ and to find out the questions or places…

I have made several pieces of some improvisation. The themes that I made and pieces are as following. 8Bits This is a 8Bits style of music. I used the most simple square waves to build the drum kits and melodies. This is a really creative way to make music because I only used one kind…

Game Music Producing In our very first lecture, we made a short piece of music for a gameplay clip from a game called Cocoon. In this clip, I tried using the simplest and most basic instruments to express scene transitions and some positive feedback. During this lecture, I realized that music plays a massive role in…

During the lecture we have discuss the blog posts writing and a small work in process presentation.The following is the viewpoints that I have shared. First, my theme and concept is the “Healing Box.” I picked four common negative human emotions as the main theme, hoping to ease or heal them. In this project, I…

I decided to work with Shakria Zhang, a Fine Art student from Chelsea. She’s my friend from foundation year, and honestly, her experience perfectly shows what I want to achieve in this project. I first learned about her pain two and a half years ago. I did a Tarot reading for her about her relationship…

So in this project and composition, I was mainly focused on the use and shifting, and the dialogue with the expansion and experiments. After finishing, I can see that this is a melodic and chill piece. But it lacks some variation in the changing of reverb and other sound materials, like other samples or recordings,…

Concept:The core concept of my creative sound work is to explore the spatial shifts and movements of the simple human voice within dialogue and communication. Structurally, the piece is minimalist, sustained entirely by stable chord progressions and a uniform modality, free from abrupt transitions. To me, the performance mirrors a dreamscape—it possesses neither a distinct…

Deciding on the main topic of the essay During the holidays, I read several books on family and psychology, primarily because I’ve come to realize that many of my personality flaws stem largely from my family background. Rather than simply venting these negative emotions, I want to find solutions and raise awareness for others. Given…

During the session on Electronic Dance Music Cultures, one point that deeply resonated with me was our tendency to associate EDM primarily with joy and pleasure today. However, the origins of this culture and genre were actually rooted in seriousness and resistance. Early Disco culture, in particular, was closely tied to the voices and activism…