Personal Goals & Musical Experience
My goals are:
- To make a music piece that fits in with the genre. The genre i have chosen is hip hop because it is my favourite genre and it will also be a big challenge for me as it has lots of difficult beats.
- To learn everything to do with music that would help me in a career in music. e.g what is a stave.
- To learn how to use advanced music software such as logic. However i would have to do this in my own time because the school is too poor to afford decent music software.
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Tuesday, 13 September 2016
S.W.O.T analysis
S.W.O.T
My strengths are that i know how to use the software they use at school to create music. This is garage band. I know how to use it because i have been learning it at home and been trying to make more music at home to help me with my coursework.
My weaknesses is that at this moment of time i do not have any additional/ advanced music software to create better pieces of music. This is because the school cannot afford decent music software so i have to buy it myself.
My opportunities are that i am now looking in to buying reason or logic (music software). I have found it for around £200 online and thinking about buying it and then downloading it to my laptop at home. this will allow me to get better music and beats.
My threats are that i am going to get used to using advanced music software as i will not be used to using this. I will also have to save up over £200 for this music software. I will have to get more advanced music software because i think using garageband is too easy and i need more of a challenge.
My strengths are that i know how to use the software they use at school to create music. This is garage band. I know how to use it because i have been learning it at home and been trying to make more music at home to help me with my coursework.
My weaknesses is that at this moment of time i do not have any additional/ advanced music software to create better pieces of music. This is because the school cannot afford decent music software so i have to buy it myself.
My opportunities are that i am now looking in to buying reason or logic (music software). I have found it for around £200 online and thinking about buying it and then downloading it to my laptop at home. this will allow me to get better music and beats.
My threats are that i am going to get used to using advanced music software as i will not be used to using this. I will also have to save up over £200 for this music software. I will have to get more advanced music software because i think using garageband is too easy and i need more of a challenge.
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
may 2016
In may I first finished my 4 minute piece, I used garage band and
included various instruments and loops. My song is mainly based around the
genre hip-hop. My inspiration was musicians such as Kanye and jay z.
i started my new composition on garage band which I wanted more of
a mellow song more than a fast paced song. my inspiration for this song was m83
and imagine dragons. This composition is more of an indie genre.
today I started to write lyrics around philosophy, the thought of
not knowing what is going to happen next and about expecting the
unexpected.
nearly finished my second composition which is just over 4 minutes
long. it has a bassline, melody and 4 beat chorus.
i have finally put the pieces all together for my 2nd composition
and now planning my 3rd song
a sudden upset just cased my phone to run out of memory, this
meant I had to upload my songs on YouTube.
June 2016
I started my new song today, I developed an intro however I felt it was too long so I needed to shorten it by 3 secs. I also added a few loops into it and started playing around with a beat which I thought fitted in perfectly.
i started to add a nice rhythm for the melody which was nice and
then mixed the beat in with a new one which created a nice flow
i now started my chorus which I believe was really fun to make as
I added a really call drop and it also has a nice lead up to the drop.
i am just working on my ending and so far my song is coming along
nicely, it has a melody and chorus and more. my song should be around 3
minutes.
i have made a rough ending however now I just need to adjust
things so it flows and it all is perfect.
July 2016
i have finished my tweaks today which means my song is now done. I
now need one more song to add up to 10-15-minute piece.
i have had a lot of time on my hands now lately so since I have my
software at home I have been working on my song at home, this means I am now
half way through my song 4. which is more like a backtrack since it has a
really nice soft flow throughout it all.
I have been working on a ending to my song which sounds really
nice and flows perfectly in the song (even though it is quite repetitive).
Just finished my ending to my song, I believe it is a really nice
song to listen to as it is really soft and mellow which even though it’s a
change from my other songs I still believe it can still fit into the genre.
September 2016
In my lessons I have been trying to work on my blog. this is because I recently heard that this was going to help our levels and I did not know this,
Today I also found that some terrible news that our songs were
supposed to be 3 minutes’ maximum. But since my old teacher did not tell us
this mine are all over 3 minutes, and one over 4 and a half minutes.
I have also started to make new songs in the meantime just in case
of anything happening to the songs.
I have now nearly finished another song because I have the
software on mobile so it means that I can work on it outside of school.
October 2016
I have now finished a new song; this means that I can now be prepared for the worst.
I am just waiting for Mr Flowers to cut my music until it is in
the right amount.
November 2016
In November I have just got the brief, this means I now know what I am aiming for, this means that I need a 12-15-minute piece, however, I have already got enough to finish composition because I easily got over 4 songs.
December 2016
Because my last teacher told me that I had to have between 12-15
minutes I made enough for around 13 minutes, however I have recently learned
that actually it was supposed to be at least 15 minutes, this meant that I needed
to create another song.
may 2016
In may I first finished my 4 minute piece, I used garageband and
included various instruments and loops. My song is mainly based around the
genre hiphop. My inspiration was musicians such as kanye and jay z.
I started my new composition on garage band which I wanted more of
a mellow song more than a fast paced song. my inspiration for this song was m83
and imagine dragons. This composition is more of an indie genre.
today I started to write lyrics around philosophy, the thought of
not knowing what’s going to happen next and about expecting the
unexpected.
nearly finished my second composition which is just over 4 minutes
long. it has a bassline, melody and 4 beat chorus.
I have finally put the pieces all together for my 2nd composition
and now planning my 3rd song
a sudden upset just cased my phone to run out of memory, this
meant I had to upload my songs on youtube.
June 2016
I started my new song today, I developed an intro however i felt it was too long so I needed to shorten it by 3 secs. I also added a few loops into it and started playing around with a beat which I thought fitted in perfectly.
I started to add a nice rhythm for the melody which was nice and
then mixed the beat in with a new one which created a nice flow
I now started my chorus which I believe was really fun to make as
i added a really call drop and it also has a nice lead up to the drop.
I am just working on my ending and so far my song is coming along
nicely, it has a melody and chorus and more. my song should be around 3
minutes.
I have made a rough ending however now I just need to adjust
things so it flows and it all is perfect.
july 2016
I have finished my tweaks today which means my song is now done. I
now need one more song to add up to 10-15 minute piece.
I have had a lot of time on my hands now lately so since I have my
software at home I have been working on my song at home, this means I am now
half way through my song 4. which is more like a backtrack since it has a
really nice soft flow throughout it all.
I have been working on a ending to my song which sounds really
nice and flows perfectly in the song (even though it is quite repetitive).
just finished my ending to my song, I believe it is a really nice
song to listen to as it is really soft and mellow which even though it’s a
change from my other songs I still believe it can still fit into the genre.
Thursday, 31 March 2016
October 2015
Today i started my first song and had to decide what genre i want my music to be about. At first i wanted to choose hip hop however i did not have the tools to create music like this. So instead i chose the genre country.
Today i actually started my song, i felt as if i now know how to use this software so i started to add beats in first.
Today i added a guitar as my main instrument in my song i felt this had a very big impact on the song.
I now added a piano in the back to make it feel a bit spread out.
november 2015
I learned today that in my music software i only have the demo, this made me behind all the other composers however i just tried to get used to it and use what i have.
My teacher (miss Onacko) decided that i should have the full version because i'm not getting the best out of my abilities using the demo.
Today i found out that i will not be able to get the full version until after christmas so i had to use what i had an just learned to get used to it.
december 2015
I started to add loops to my song. I thoguht they fitted in perfectly.
I added tweaks to my song e.g shortened the time.
I now feel as if i have completed my first song and now am starting the structure of my second song.
January 2016
I now started my second song i thought of adjusting the country genre to country rock. this is because i had more instruments to use to make it.
I first started out with the intro which was pretty simple however my beat was a bit messy.
I then started the chorus which was really good and fitted in with the song perfectly
February 2016
I recently found out about apple loops which was perfect because there was some that fitted in to my song perfectly.
Today i was just messing around with loops as i thought that it will be great to get to familiarise myself with them.
Since i am now familiar with loops i decided to add a few to my song, i added the 'african drums' and a chime.
I now started to work on my ending, which at first went well but then i thought of a new way of ending it so decided to rework on it.
March 2016
Today i started to work on my new ending i thought i could have a completely new pace so i starts out fast but then slowly fades to a more slow pace. Then i thought it would be pretty cool to just cut it off, so there would only be a small fade then a cut.
I have recently just been doing small adjustments before my final completion of the song.
I have one again been just doing bits to make sure the song is complete. I still do not feel as i have done well making this piece as they do not sound great using the demo, however i have put me best in it.
April 2016
During the half term i decided to invest myself in hip hop at home, this is because i should get the full version and do the best i possibly can. i made a few short songs just to get used to it in the ipad, i thought it was really great and i can now do the things i really want to do.
My new dilemma was that i would not be able to bring my ipad into school, so i had to icloud the app to my phone.
During my lessons i thought it would be get to get used to the software on my phone. it was surprisingly different then how you use it on the ipad, however after a while i finally got used to it.
Today i started my first song and had to decide what genre i want my music to be about. At first i wanted to choose hip hop however i did not have the tools to create music like this. So instead i chose the genre country.
Today i actually started my song, i felt as if i now know how to use this software so i started to add beats in first.
Today i added a guitar as my main instrument in my song i felt this had a very big impact on the song.
I now added a piano in the back to make it feel a bit spread out.
november 2015
I learned today that in my music software i only have the demo, this made me behind all the other composers however i just tried to get used to it and use what i have.
My teacher (miss Onacko) decided that i should have the full version because i'm not getting the best out of my abilities using the demo.
Today i found out that i will not be able to get the full version until after christmas so i had to use what i had an just learned to get used to it.
december 2015
I started to add loops to my song. I thoguht they fitted in perfectly.
I added tweaks to my song e.g shortened the time.
I now feel as if i have completed my first song and now am starting the structure of my second song.
January 2016
I now started my second song i thought of adjusting the country genre to country rock. this is because i had more instruments to use to make it.
I first started out with the intro which was pretty simple however my beat was a bit messy.
I then started the chorus which was really good and fitted in with the song perfectly
February 2016
I recently found out about apple loops which was perfect because there was some that fitted in to my song perfectly.
Today i was just messing around with loops as i thought that it will be great to get to familiarise myself with them.
Since i am now familiar with loops i decided to add a few to my song, i added the 'african drums' and a chime.
I now started to work on my ending, which at first went well but then i thought of a new way of ending it so decided to rework on it.
March 2016
Today i started to work on my new ending i thought i could have a completely new pace so i starts out fast but then slowly fades to a more slow pace. Then i thought it would be pretty cool to just cut it off, so there would only be a small fade then a cut.
I have recently just been doing small adjustments before my final completion of the song.
I have one again been just doing bits to make sure the song is complete. I still do not feel as i have done well making this piece as they do not sound great using the demo, however i have put me best in it.
April 2016
During the half term i decided to invest myself in hip hop at home, this is because i should get the full version and do the best i possibly can. i made a few short songs just to get used to it in the ipad, i thought it was really great and i can now do the things i really want to do.
My new dilemma was that i would not be able to bring my ipad into school, so i had to icloud the app to my phone.
During my lessons i thought it would be get to get used to the software on my phone. it was surprisingly different then how you use it on the ipad, however after a while i finally got used to it.
Thursday, 14 January 2016
hip-hop style analysis and comparison
Key Features of Hip Hop
Instrumentation
Use of samples
Rhythm/timing
Use of riffs/melody
Rap music was one of the first genres to actually communicate with the American culture merging what was known to Americans with up beat sounds.
topics that rap artists tend to base their music on today are: ‘Life’ of a certain individual or group, Drugs, Love, lust / desire.
Style Comparison
In my music lessons i started to make a new composition piece inspired by kanye west's lost in the world.
I chose this because this song starts of slow and mellow and then gets faster as the song goes on. The rhythm of my composition is just like this.
The duration of my song is just 3 minutes and 11 seconds at the moment however i have been told that it needs to be trimmed to 3 minutes. It will be around the average of a song.
The structure is a bit like the composition because they are both very soothing.
songs that are very inspiring and classical are:
-Juicy by Notorious B.I.G
-Gangsters paradise by coolio
-Lose yourself by Eminem
-Dear mama by Tupac Shakur
Instrumentation
Use of samples
Rhythm/timing
Use of riffs/melody
Rap music was one of the first genres to actually communicate with the American culture merging what was known to Americans with up beat sounds.
topics that rap artists tend to base their music on today are: ‘Life’ of a certain individual or group, Drugs, Love, lust / desire.
Style Comparison
In my music lessons i started to make a new composition piece inspired by kanye west's lost in the world.
I chose this because this song starts of slow and mellow and then gets faster as the song goes on. The rhythm of my composition is just like this.
The duration of my song is just 3 minutes and 11 seconds at the moment however i have been told that it needs to be trimmed to 3 minutes. It will be around the average of a song.
The structure is a bit like the composition because they are both very soothing.
songs that are very inspiring and classical are:
-Juicy by Notorious B.I.G
-Gangsters paradise by coolio
-Lose yourself by Eminem
-Dear mama by Tupac Shakur
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)