This course has been very inspiring and it has helped me to develop my practice in both new ways and in other areas that I already knew. I have gained more expertise in sound design, becoming a Pro Tools user and becoming a qualified specialist in this software, which is a standard in the industry. I have also discovered the academic world more in depth, being able to improve my academic writing and research skills, and finally I have started my way in coding, mastering Pure Data and learning Python which has lead the next step in my academic career, with a Msc in Computer Science next year.
My main aspiration therefore at this point will be to achieve this Masters course, which I’ll be attending part-time, and in an evening learning basis. This schedule will allow me to keep track with my second main aspiration which will be searching for employment and other opportunities. In these last 4 years of full time studying I have been able to employ quite time to my personal practice, collaborate with small projects and gigs, and have temporary jobs; for these reasons I would be very keen to have a permanent job after graduation. I’m really interested in sound design and sound engineering fields for this job, but it could fall into many other positions and industries, as long as this opportunity is related in some way to sound or art it would be acceptable. This might change in the future and could want to be back to freelance work, but as I mentioned before these last years I stayed in this side and I wouldn’t mind to go on a permanent position now to gain some stability.
In relation with my personal practice, I’m really excited as well, I’d like to get involved with communities in audio programming and DSP, continuing with more exciting projects in Sonic Interactive Design, probably participating in digital art exhibitions with more sound installations like I did in this course. My main practice has also always been around modular synthesisers and ambient music, even before starting the course, mainly sharing content online and releasing albums in streaming platforms. I also have great projects in mind in this area; I’ve gone more DIY during the course, having recently created portable synth cases, with which I’d like to perform live and outdoors, and I’m also currently involved in creating my own modules with SMD soldering, combining it with my coding skills.