Original Sounds Project works with original songwriters enrolled at QUT in 2019.  Recording in the state of the art studios, this project shines the spotlight on creative musicians no matter what course they are studying.  We ask these artists to come into the studio with stripped back sounds of acoustic guitar, piano, or self backed tracks so we can video them showing off their music.  The artists will perform two songs for Original Sounds which we will film, edit and publish for their own use and promotion.  We encourage the use of our online platforms for artists to promote gigs, album launches, and single releases as well as networking with fellow musos at QUT.

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The beauty of this project is that you don't need to be enrolled in a QUT music degree to play for Original Sounds.  We have a huge variety of students studying in all academic areas from all faculties at Kelvin Grove and Gardens Point campuses who are talented musicians writing music in their spare time.  

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The original sounds team worked with two musicians in this 2019 series.  Originally there were to be three artists, unfortunately, the third musician was unable to record due to illness during the recording session.  Information about the artists and links to their performances is below in the 'Meet the artists' section. 

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One challenging task I encountered during the Original Sounds series was the publication of the social media posts.  Contributing interesting content, sharing posts, sharing the pages and providing feedback.  Generating engagement through Facebook and Instagram was difficult to do on my own.    I was 100% in charge of gathering all the photos, videos and information about the artists and the recording sessions.  To try and combat this, I reached out to the artist managers and asked them to provide me with the artist's bios and any single launches, gigs, promotion, and details that I could use to keep the content informative and interesting.  This resulted in receiving only the names of the artists and nothing more.  I was hoping for links to their social media pages at least but yielded nothing substantial.  I managed to still create posts and promotion with my creative writing ability regardless of the lack of information given to me.  I enjoyed this group project regardless of the challenges and I will place more emphasis on team support and communication during my next collaborative project.