Charlotte independently shaped Family Business as a five-song project, chose the themes, organised the track structure, developed the written commentary, and began thinking about how the album should exist as both music and a professional portfolio.
Curated professional practice summary
Practice
This practice section records the development of Family Business as a creative and professional project.
Practice overview
This practice section records the development of Family Business as a creative and professional project. It brings together songwriting, collaboration, recording, planning, performance and portfolio development.
Although I did not keep a daily diary from the beginning of the project, this record has been reconstructed from drafts, recordings, messages, meetings, rehearsals and project work. It shows the main decisions, challenges and outcomes that shaped the album and the online portfolio.
The process showed me that taking my time can be both a blessing and a curse. Having to work with people who also had their own work to do and lives to live made things much harder than in previous projects, and although I am happy enough with the outcome so far, I do wish I had more time and could take things at my own pace.
Evidence categories
Charlotte led the creative direction of the project by making decisions about the songs, visuals, collaborators, website presentation and how the work should be framed for assessment and future audiences.
The project involved working with Josh Croly, Imogen “Ginny” Danbury, Emma Hampton, Ann O’Connor and Mark O’Connor. This shows Charlotte developing communication skills, sharing ideas, taking feedback, and adapting to other people’s creative input and schedules.
Charlotte moved the project from concept to track pages, lyrics, live evidence, CV updates, performance documentation and portfolio structure. This shows that the project has not just stayed as an idea; it has been organised into a presentable body of work.
The site shows Charlotte building an artist identity beyond university: connecting released work, current writing, live performance, social platforms, CV, collaborators and future release planning into one professional online presence.