This past semester at Berklee College of Music has been the quickest and most productive semester yet. My studies have become much more intensive. I have finished all of my Core Music and Liberal Arts courses, save for one Arts History course. Now all of my classes directly relate to my declared major of Electronic Production and Design. I take courses focused in Digital Mixing, Musical/ Audio Synthesis, and Studio Technologies including the use and understanding of MIDI SPEC. I am currently planning out trips to both New York and Los Angeles to scope out potential areas to move post-graduation. There are a limited number of cities in the country with a presence in the music industry, and of those I am finding myself interested in LA. I am incredibly excited for a serious change of climate and scenery since I have grown up and spent my entire life in New England. I love my home and will always be incredibly grateful for the place I grew up, but I am excited to spend some time on the other side of the country. All of my courses in the coming semester look great, but the most highly anticipated for me is called Circuit Bending and Physical Computing. This class involves learning how to build your own custom analog synthesizer. We will do this using both traditional technology and unorthodox objects such as video game controllers. By the end of the course every student will have developed their own expressive MIDI and audio control system.