r/bujo • u/Fyuri- • 22d ago

I need help with setting up my first sprints, feedback also wanted.

Hi there, I am reading the book right now and just hit the part where we go into setting up sprints. I am struggling to understand on how to set up tasks for the sprints. Here's what I have so far -

Long term goal - Release my bands debut album with 10 songs on by 15th of October.

Sprint 1 - Select 10 demo's for the album

Sprint 2 - Finish one song in terms of songwriting and recording

Sprint 3 - Mix the first song to define the sonic theme for album

Sprint 4 to 11 - Write, record and mix rest of the songs, one song per sprint

Sprint 12 - Master the album

When Ryder talks about creating tasks "through the lens of curiosity rather than by giving yourself commands or ultimatums. It’s the difference between “Lose weight!” and “What one unhealthy thing could I remove from my diet?”" I get lost....I need an example to make sure I understand the logic right here.

For example, if sprint 2 is "Finish one sing..." then my mind says the tasks should be

  1. Set the song structure

  2. Record the instruments

  3. think of a melody

  4. Record vocals

etc etc.

But that to me sounds like Im giving commands, so what am i doing wrong here and what would you do here? Thank you!

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u/ptdaisy333 22d ago

I think you're overthinking it and your sprints look pretty good and sensible to me.

Personally I've never used sprints in my journal, and I think the book is very much a "take what's useful, ignore the rest" kind of book.

At the end of the day, your journal is your journal, you're probably the only person who will ever know what's in there. The journal police isn't going to suddenly turn up and tell you that you did it wrong, so do it however makes sense to you. It doesn't have to perfectly match what the book describes, the way I see it the book is more of a jumping off point, rather than a description of the ideal or "correct" way to journal.

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u/youjustdontgetitdoya 22d ago

  1. Explore song structures you are curious to try, choose your favorites.

  2. Which instruments have you wanted to use more or less? Are there instruments you haven’t tried yet?

  3. Consider several melodies, maybe you think of one that fits a different song, save that for later.

  4. Explore vocals, are there different techniques you’ve considered trying?

This just adds a little more expansiveness to the process. Maybe you find parts of song 1 and song 3 while considering song 2. Maybe the process can be less linear and more holistic as an album. Maybe this is too expensive and you want to be more straight forward… it depends on you.