Day 5- Theo

On day 5 of Music Production and DJing, we started the day by watching a documentary about Mark Ronson and his story of getting to be a famous producer. Mark Ronson is known as one of the greatest producers and DJs of the new generation of music, having produced many famous tracks, including "Uptown Funk" by Bruno Mars, "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse, "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by Miley Cyrus, and many other notable songs. After the documentary, we worked on personal projects, such as DJing, mixing/making a song or beat. Also, after the documentary, Hiram came in and spoke with us, helping everyone a little bit. 

In the afternoon, Hiram stayed and helped us with our project by helping figure out the software, or our personal projects, until he had to leave around 1:30. We continued working on our project for the rest of the day, and played a few of them on the big speaker at the end of the day to wrap the day up.

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