Reflection

In terms of wanting to do the launchpad mashup, I learned that creating music isn't that easy. They all use hundreds of different sounds to make something original and catchy, and it seems like they pick at random, but they really do have a good ear for what fits well with what. On the other hand, it is much easier to take a song and overlay it with other sounds to recreate the original sound.

If I were to do it again, I'd probably not focus on each beat so much. My focus on getting each beat correct made the project much longer than it needed to be and the final outcome much shorter. I would also want to add something original to my work so that it's not all just stolen content. And I would pick a theme like funny motivation or weird sounds and just stick with it so it doesn't just change randomly.

I did get an insight into the motivations behind other people uploading these kinds of videos. It's extremely fun if you have a few hours to just edit a video/sound file. As I was placing different files down, it became more and more like the sound I uploaded, so seeing that gradual change was very rewarding.