Thoughts on my project idea.

Here are my thoughts on my project:

Pros -

-It will develop my own knowledge of three jazz based styles I love - Gospel, funk and smooth jazz.
-It has a clear "this was successful/this wasn't successful" thing about it.  If it all goes pear shaped and doesn't work, I won't be able to hide it.
-Following on from last point, it means I actually have to work - this isn't a project I can half arse and expect to do well in.  I'll need to be on the ball, sticking to my working schedules day in and day out.
-It has something it can give to the musical and educational establishment.  If I create these rulesets, others may be able to benefit from them.
-Even if it doesn't work, my dissertation will give me a chance to explain why which Kenny tells me can still lead to a good mark.

Cons -

-It requires the intense study of three styles.  A little bit adventurous maybe, especially in the time scale given (end of March-April).
-Finding out whether or not it's been successful may be difficult - do I test it on people? Do I make recordings? If I make recordings, how will I test whether or not they work?  Reharmonization and whether or not someone likes it is entirely subjective.  It's not my place nor anyone else's to say "This reharmonisation is good or bad".
-Creating a ruleset that is applicable to any tune will prove very difficult.  Many tunes are different - there likely won't be a "one size fits all" approach to any ruleset, so I'll need to discover and create compromises.  How do I research that?
-In general - how will I research this? Or even better, how will I document my research? Blogs are good, but much of the work I'll be doing will be done sat in front of the piano.  How do I document the work done there?  Writing about every daily practice session I have?  Video recording every session?  I'll need to talk to Kenny or Simone about this.

Kenny's idea in his email was a good one - putting the ruleset into a MIDI based program which will apply it to any chord chart automatically.  This is good but would require me to brush up on my programming/MIDI skills.  It could become an entire project in itself.

This is a great idea, but I'm not sure if I'm going to go through with it.  I'm hesitating whether or not I should put it in my project pitch.

My next post will be about the pitch - in it, I'll detail books I've used, my thoughts behind it, and what I'm missing out and why.

J