music presentation for portfolio

1. FAHREN GOODLEY
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2. ABOUT ME
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• My name is Fahren Goodley, I am 22.
• I am a final year Music student at BIMM
University
• I am an online music tutor
• I am also a busker, usually around my home
town of Haworth.
• I have a strong passion for music to positively
impact peoples lives and wellbeing.
• I always seek to be committed to self
improvement.

3. MY AIMS
• To improve my skills as a guitarist and get a
professional underpinning for my abilities as a
guitarist.
• To improve my abilities in research and writing
overall.
• To grow in confidence in my abilities overall both
academically and in performance.
• To start a new life and learn new skills in looking
after myself and being independent.
• To make new friends and build positive relationships.
• To learn more about the music industry and the
options open to me for the future.

4. PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH
I have improve my skill set across a many areas through
this course and through over 15 hours of additional
workshops, webinars and additional online courses, which
can be seen in more detail within the ‘Hard Skills’ and
‘Reflective Journal’ areas of my portfolio:
• Computer literacy and use of music software packages
• Graphics and Logo Design
• Marketing/Branding/building a Fan Base
• Music Production
• Stage Setting
• Music Theory
• Songwriting

5. PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL
GROWTH CONTINUED…
I have learnt a lot about myself as a person, my
motivations, barriers to progression and tendencies, and
how to make these work for me on my journey into the
next stages of my career. I have done this through the use
of a variety of personality test and tools for self
development. These can be seen in more detail within the
‘Soft Skills’ area and attachments within my Portfolio:
• Consistent ability to Strive for Perfection
• Trustworthy and Caring
• Focussed and Creative
• Approachable Communicator
• Motivational to Others
• Managing Conflict through Collaborative Negotiation
• Critical Thinking

6. PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
CONTINUED…
• I have found it difficult in the past to set myself personal goals and stick to them, often finding that goals assigned to me
or situations where I have accountability to my peers, has helped maintain my commitment to the outcome, a
phenomenon found by Locke et al (1988). Through self-reflection of my studies throughout my time at BIMM, I have
realised that self-goal setting is important and can be more sustainable and consistent going into my future career (Locke
et al, 1988).
• I have found the SWAIN model (Cited in: Farflex, 2023) and the CIGAR useful for identifying barriers and considering the
factors in overcoming these (Greene, & Grant, 2003), and the CIA tool very useful for managing perceptions of barriers
to these goals and for reviewing progress (Cited in: Mind Tools, ND). This is an area that can be seen in more detail
within the ‘Soft Skills’ area and attached documentation of tools used within my Portfolio. I have found these tools
helped me to manage when there are multiple things that require my attention at one time and when coupled with an
organised space I can get things to a point of completion (Csikszentmihalyi, 1998; Allen, 2001).
• Cejovic (2011) links organisational skills directly motivation and wellbeing of a student, which in turn links to successes or
failures, and ultimately self esteem. This is an area I continue to work on as I feel that my confidence will require ongoing
work, as will my organisational abilities and my time commitment to goals I want to achieve. However, it is an area I have
made progress in and one I have committed to, even attending hypnotherapy and focussing my dissertation in this area.

7. PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
CONTINUED…
• I have also found that feedback from peers is very useful and as someone who was originally very resistant to feedback,
due to my own self-critical personality, I have come to realise that this can be a constructive tool for self development.
Also, others perceptions of you are often less critical and more constructive in, often seeing things in you that you do not
see yourself (Gibbs, 1988; Luft & Ingham, 1955). This is an area I have expanded upon in the ‘Self-Reflective Journal’ area
of my Portfolio.
• My time at BIMM has not just been about growth through academic learning, or about working towards career goals. I
have also learnt a lot about living independently and growing as person in my personal life, building friendships and
discovering the type of person I want to be. I am a free spirited person and I do not want to lose that. However, I can
pass on responsibilities to others, where I do need to begin to take charge of them myself. I have learnt a lot about living
independently during the last four years; cooking and cleaning for myself, looking after my home and managing a
budget. Though there are still other areas such as bills that I need to take more of an active and independent role in.
Utilising the Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs has helped me to explore these next steps and needs (Maslow, 1943).

8. PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL GOALS
• I enjoy the freedom to be creative within my music and aim to continue to
improve upon my confidence in performing. I want to use the skills gained
from University and from the additional courses I have attended (see ‘Hard
Skills’ and ‘Reflective Journal’ areas of my Portfolio) to build and market my
brand in producing my own music for release.
• I also aim to travel and broaden my experiences and social skills, so to
positively influence my song writing.
• I want to continue to use the reflective practices and self-growth skills I have learnt, such as the ‘Cycle of
Change’ (Cited in: Barton, 2014) and the ‘CIA Tool’ (Mind Tools, ND) to build on my motivation and focus
within my future aims. (see ‘Soft Skills’ area and related attachment in my Portfolio).
• Along side travel and building my own brand, I also feel I would benefit from building a stronger foundation
of industry based knowledge. Hence I am looking for music related work that links my passion for music, to
my belief that music should be a positive influence on people’s lives and wellbeing (See ‘Cover Page’ and
LinkedIn Profile).

9. WHAT’S NEXT
• I feel this is a big question, one for which I am not sure I have an
answer, and I am not sure I want an answer. I plan to follow a number
of avenues and see what the future holds:
• Continue to post on my LinkedIn, build links with others in the
industry and search for employment or placement.
• Continue busking and build upon the geographical areas that I
perform in.
• Create an Instagram and YouTube account and start sharing my busking experiences, building my brand
using skills I have learnt from the many webinars I have attended (see ‘Hard Skills’, ‘Soft Skills’ and
‘Reflective Journal’ areas of Portfolio).
• Find my USP to build my social media channels.
• Look at Travel opportunities to volunteer or work abroad, preferably on organised opportunities that
involve music.
• Continue song writing everyday, using the lessons from the self reflective tools I have used and from
lessons learned from my ‘Introduction to Songwriting Course’ (see ‘Hard Skills’, ‘Soft Skills’ and ‘Reflective
Journal’ areas of Portfolio).

10. WHAT’S NEXT
So I guess the answer to the question of what happens
next, is that I will continue to take the steps I need to self
develop as a person and as an artist… but what that looks
like… I just don’t know at the moment… and I guess that’s
the exciting part!

11. REFERENCES
Alison Empower Yourself, (2023). Music Theory Fundamental for Songwriters [Online]. Canada: Michael
Emenau. Available from: <Music Theory Fundamentals for Songwriters | Free Course | Alison> [Accessed on
27/04/2023].
Allen, D (2001). Getting Things Done The Art of Stress Free Productivity. USA:Penguin Books.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1998). Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. New York: Basic
Books.
Barton, L. (2014) Change Process – Transformation [Online]. Available from: < Self Coach 2 Success:
Change Process - Transformation (self-coach2success.blogspot.com) > [Accessed on 14/12/2022].
Cejovic, V. (2011) Student Organizational Skills and Motivation: What's the Connection? [Dissertation].
Loyola University Chicago: Loyola eCommons. [Online]. Available from:
<https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1050&context=luc_diss> [Accessed on 22/03/2023].
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1998). Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. New York:
Basic Books.

12. REFERENCES CONTINUED…
Farflex (2023). Swain Analysis [Online]. Available from: <SWAIN analysis (definition-of.com)> [Accessed
28/04/2023].
Gibbs, G. (1988) Learning by Doing, A Guide to Teaching and Learning Methods. [Online]. Oxford: Further
Education Unit. Available from: <https://thoughtsmostlyaboutlearning.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/learning-
by-doing-graham-gibbs.pdf> [Accessed on 14/04/2023].
Greene, J. and Grant, A.M. (2003). Solution-focused coaching: Managing people in a complex world.
London: Momentum Press.
Locke, E.A. et al. (1988) The Determinants of Goal Commitment. Academy of Management Review
[Online], 13(1) January, pp. 23–39. Available from: <The Determinants of Goal Commitment. - EBSCO>
[Accessed on 28/04/2023].
Luft, J. & Ingham, H. (1955). The Johari window, a graphic model of interpersonal awareness. Proceedings
of the western training laboratory in group development. [Online]. Los Angeles: University of California.
Available from: <http://www.convivendo.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/johari-window-articolo-
originale.pdf >[Accessed on 03/03/23)

13. REFERENCES CONTINUED…
Maslow, A (1943). A Theory of Human Motivation: In Psychological Review, Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Mind Tools (N/D) Overwhelmed at Work How to Use the Control Influence Accept (CIA) Model [Online].
Available from: <https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/overwhelmed-work.htm> [Accessed on
15/03/2023].