Cre8.it!  ·  Digital Media Expressions

The Flow

A Personal Audio Journal

Four movements. Four beats. Your voice. Your story.

You're not filling out a worksheet. You're writing the script for a record only you can make.

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Cre8.it! The Flow
YOU ARE HERE  ·  PRE-PRODUCTION

The Flow:
Your Story on Record

Before the microphone. Before the beat. You write first. This is where your story begins. Here's where it ends up.

1
RIGHT NOW
Write your story — all four movements
Fill in all four movements on this site. Copy each one into your Google Doc. That's your script.
2
Choose your two movements
Once all four are written, you pick which two you want to produce and record. Your call — pick the two that feel most like you.
3
Make two beats — BandLab
One beat per chosen movement. Mood and style instructions are in Google Classroom.
4
Record your voice — Zoom H4
Mr. Britton walks you through it. Your actual voice, on a real mic, reading your own words.
5
Mix it down — BandLab
Your voice over your beat. Two finished tracks, exported.
6
Design your album cover — Canva
Instructions and a template are in Google Classroom.
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The Listening Party
We play everything. As a class. Out loud. Your tracks, your voice, your story.
Movement 1  ·  B

Beginning

There are no wrong answers here — just yours.

Go back. Where did it start? Who were you before? What did you want?

YOUR STORY — MOVEMENT 1
When I was little, I wanted to be ★ Your opening line. Say it like you mean it.
EXAMPLE "When I was little, I wanted to be a veterinarian — I had a dog named Biscuit and I thought I could save him from anything."
People in my life told me
EXAMPLE "People in my life told me to stop daydreaming and focus on what was in front of me."
But deep down I always knew
EXAMPLE "But deep down I always knew I was meant to create something — I just didn't know what yet."
My dream looks like
EXAMPLE "My dream looks like my name on a door. My own space. Something I built."
My dream feels like
EXAMPLE "My dream feels like the first day of summer when you don't have to be anywhere."
Next — Google Classroom: After you copy your writing below, open Google Classroom and start your Movement 1 beat in BandLab. Mood: lo-fi and warm — slow, chill, like a Sunday morning memory.

All five lines filled in? Copy your writing and paste it into your Google Doc under Movement 1.

✓ Copied — paste it into your Google Doc.
Fill in all five lines to unlock Movement 2.
Movement 2  ·  O

Obstacles

You don't have to share everything. Just share something true.

The hard part. What got in the way. What almost stopped you.

YOUR STORY — MOVEMENT 2
The hardest part of getting there has been
EXAMPLE "The hardest part of getting there has been believing I deserve to be in the room."
There were moments I almost gave up because
EXAMPLE "There were moments I almost gave up because I looked around and didn't see anybody who looked like me doing it."
What people don't understand about my journey is
EXAMPLE "What people don't understand about my journey is how much energy it takes just to show up some days."
The weight of it felt like
EXAMPLE "The weight of it felt like walking through mud in the dark and not knowing how far you still had to go."
What I needed most during that time was
EXAMPLE "What I needed most during that time was one person to tell me they saw something in me. That's it."
Next — Google Classroom: After you copy your writing below, open Google Classroom and start your Movement 2 beat in BandLab. Mood: dark and sparse — heavy, minor key, space between the hits.

All five lines filled in? Copy your writing and paste it into your Google Doc under Movement 2.

✓ Copied — paste it into your Google Doc.
Fill in all five lines to unlock Movement 3.
Movement 3  ·  H

Hope

This is where the story turns. Yours already has.

Something kept you going. Something shifted. What was it?

YOUR STORY — MOVEMENT 3
But here's what kept me going —
EXAMPLE "But here's what kept me going — a video I watched at 2am of someone who came from nothing and made it. I watched it probably 50 times."
The moment things started to shift was when
EXAMPLE "The moment things started to shift was when I stopped waiting for permission and just started."
I hope that one day
EXAMPLE "I hope that one day I look back at this version of me and feel proud of how hard they were trying."
I am proof that ★ The most important line in the whole project. Take your time with this one.
EXAMPLE "I am proof that where you start doesn't decide where you end up."
What I know now that I didn't know before is
EXAMPLE "What I know now that I didn't know before is that asking for help isn't weakness. I wasted a lot of time thinking it was."
Next — Google Classroom: After you copy your writing below, open Google Classroom and start your Movement 3 beat in BandLab. Mood: soulful and rising — something building, like light starting to come through.

All five lines filled in? Copy your writing and paste it into your Google Doc under Movement 3.

✓ Copied — paste it into your Google Doc.
Fill in all five lines to unlock Movement 4.
Movement 4  ·  F + L

Future + Legacy

Write it like you believe it. Even if you're still working on believing it.

Where you're headed. Who the dream is for. What you leave behind.

YOUR STORY — MOVEMENT 4
In five years I see myself
EXAMPLE "In five years I see myself running my own shop — small at first, but mine."
The first person I want to tell when I make it is
EXAMPLE "The first person I want to tell when I make it is my grandmother. She never stopped asking about me even when I stopped asking about myself."
I want the next person coming up behind me to know
EXAMPLE "I want the next person coming up behind me to know that the people who told you no were wrong. Simple as that."
My dream isn't just for me. It's also for ★ Read this like the last line of a speech.
EXAMPLE "My dream isn't just for me. It's also for every younger cousin watching to see if somebody from here can actually do it."
When I get there, I want to be remembered as ★ Your final word on your final track. Own it.
EXAMPLE "When I get there, I want to be remembered as someone who made it look possible for everyone who came from where I came from."
Next — Google Classroom: After you copy your writing below, open Google Classroom and start your Movement 4 beat in BandLab. Mood: triumphant and cinematic — your most energetic beat. This one should feel like arrival.

All five lines filled in? Copy your writing and paste it into your Google Doc under Movement 4. That's all four movements — you're done with pre-production.

✓ Copied — paste it in your Google Doc. Pre-production done. 🎙
Fill in all five lines to copy your writing.