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Week 1: Diary Entry - Feedback and my idea of success. (LO2, LO7)

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Week 1: Diary Entry - Feedback and my idea of success. (LO2, LO7)

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Diary Entry 1

I mentioned most in my video, but I just wanted to elaborate further here.

So I got my feedback this week, all in all I was happy and thought the grade was fair, I was over the moon with the constructive criticism as it really gives me something to push towards this term and my 3 main stand outs to work on are the below.

1. Production - one of the main downfalls from my WB01 track was the mixing and mastering side of things, so I have bought myself 2 books on production for beginners which I have been working on alongside the canvas content, the songs we’ve been working on in class and have been saving them and bringing them home. My aim is to mix one set of stems a week to really help me master this process but also to use my classes with Bessie for anything that I don’t feel that I have really taken on board. I will go in more depth as I try new things on what I feel works and what doesn’t.

2. Melody of my songs - although a lot of the feedback on my song was positive it was mentioned that the melody line on my submission was just following chords, and this is something I will be working hard on making better, I have already went through all of my notes from last term and taken points, I will be working on this by admin to write at least one son a week using the tips were learning in Steve hillier classes and using the collaboration efforts in Tuesdays Spark lessons to put these to practice as well as writing as much as possible at home. I will be revisiting all of last terms work along with this terms learnings and take more from it now knowing what I was missing.

3. Making sure my vocals are attacked with conviction. I want to work on emphasising these on certain parts and intentionally singing everything, knowing the effect I’m adding to the lyrics.

So this term I really want to show that I can (and will!) do better and build on what I’ve learnt so far, in this module success to me would be to obtain at least 70 marks across my WB03 submission,  see this as being achieved along with hard work which I am ready to put in and make happen. I want a song that would show my competence as above average in writing and production. My main target will be to improve on production, my aim is to be able to write, record and mix a track that would be a strong demo for a band. A good starting point for my production skills as I eventually want to be able to make this radio quality, but being realistic knowing that I only have until April for this submission I would like to write and record a song that will score 70 or above over all. I will be doing in class work as well as classes.

I want to show a god versitility in my voice and performance through songwriting with writing songs that show completely different styles of my range of skills, for example for the live song I want an energetic song pushing onto the punk spectrum, but completely sounding like something that would still fit my band. By this I mean a song that could really pick up a crowd, lyrics that would really set a scene to the place and characters involved as I am aiming to use something from more external factors of something or a situation I have been in and seen. I want to involve some striking lyrics, a good riff/motif/hook and a real ear worm of a chorus that is short, sharp and to the point so that in a live environment it would be easy for a crowd to sing back to me. To contrast this for my DAW submission I want to write something more personal and look inward. I want to try something that I don’t usually do in songwriting as its usually for a band and really strip back and write something intimate and starting off just based around my voice and an acoustic guitar and really build on this idea bringing in production skills of MIDI orchestras maybe and use my skills from WB01 which maybe I didn’t take full advantage of, I would ultimately still add and layer lots of instruments in on this and hopefully make it big, but in a different way to usually as its usually writing for my band. I feel really excited for this and will be starting to evidence this ASAP.

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SMART Targets:

-To get better at production on the back of last terms feedback: I Plan on achieving this through working hard at lessons and using some self study books.

-To work on my vocal delivery in contrasting songs to show contrast in my vocals: Hopefully by getting a 1-2-1 set up with a vocal expert as well self study.

So this term I really want to show that I can (and will!) do better and build on what I’ve learnt so far, in this module success to me would be to obtain at least 70 marks across my WB03 submission,  see this as being achieved along with hard work which I am ready to put in and make happen. I want a song that would show my competence as above average in writing and production. My main target will be to improve on production, my aim is to be able to write, record and mix a track that would be a strong demo for a band. A good starting point for my production skills as I eventually want to be able to make this radio quality, but being realistic knowing that I only have until April for this submission I would like to write and record a song that will score 70 or above over all. I will be doing in class work as well as classes.

I want to show a god versitility in my voice and performance through songwriting with writing songs that show completely different styles of my range of skills, for example for the live song I want an energetic song pushing onto the punk spectrum, but completely sounding like something that would still fit my band. By this I mean a song that could really pick up a crowd, lyrics that would really set a scene to the place and characters involved as I am aiming to use something from more external factors of something or a situation I have been in and seen. I want to involve some striking lyrics, a good riff/motif/hook and a real ear worm of a chorus that is short, sharp and to the point so that in a live environment it would be easy for a crowd to sing back to me. To contrast this for my DAW submission I want to write something more personal and look inward. I want to try something that I don’t usually do in songwriting as its usually for a band and really strip back and write something intimate and starting off just based around my voice and an acoustic guitar and really build on this idea bringing in production skills of MIDI orchestras maybe and use my skills from WB01 which maybe I didn’t take full advantage of, I would ultimately still add and layer lots of instruments in on this and hopefully make it big, but in a different way to usually as its usually writing for my band. I feel really excited for this and will be starting to evidence this ASAP.

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Week 1: initial song idea for DAW 'Can't Sleep' (LO2, LO3)

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Week 1: initial song idea for DAW 'Can't Sleep' (LO2, LO3)

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DAW Song Idea

This is my first ideas for my DAW recorded song. For this I want to predominantly write it around my acoustic guitar and vocals and to write this about something insular and I’ve used the fact that I have been having bad sleeping patterns and thought this is something I can use as a platform to write about.

Can’t sleep

Chords

Chorus

D, C, D, Em, D, G

Verse

D, G

I can’t sleep, cause I’m feeling wired

It’s been weeks and I’m really tired

Feeling weak, as I lay on my side

I can’t sleep, and I got work in 5

Making all these plans,

that I’ll go to bed on time

Ahh great, don’t have to be

Up until 9

I decided to watch another hour long show

Try to finish that song, I’ll give it a go

I’m waking up at least once on every hour

I can’t sleep, cause I’m feeling wired

It’s been weeks and I’m really tired

Feeling weak, as I lay on my side

I can’t sleep, and I got work in 5

Gets to the point

Where it plays on my mind

Like who’s in my room

And what is the time?

Thinking of these things that I don’t need to

Cant stop my mind and it’s turning me blue

If I don’t get some sleep then I’ll lose my mind

I can’t sleep, cause I’m feeling wired

It’s been weeks and I’m really tired

Feeling weak, as I lay on my side

I can’t sleep, and I got work in 5

Cant sleep, wanna fall in deep

Just to see how it feels,

Just to see my dreams

Cause I can’t sleep

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From my Creative Songwriting motif session I tried using Steves advice for 'Rhythm First' and also 'Limitations' by giving myself the limitation to play within the pentatonic scale within the chords used.

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Week 1: Production - Session Layout (LO2)

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Week 1: Production - Session Layout (LO2)

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after watching the first Canvas Production video i used Georges tips as a practice to clean up as i go with my demo for my DAW track 'Can't Sleep' with colour coding and putting relevant track groups together.

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Week 2: Diary Diary - My Song Development (LO7)

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Week 2: Diary Diary - My Song Development (LO7)

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Just an update on this weeks movements.

More description under the related week 2 posts.

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Week 2: Inspiration Points for Tracks (LO2)

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Week 2: Inspiration Points for Tracks (LO2)

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DAW Track: For my DAW track I would like to incorporate some strings based around my 'simplistic' guitar based track, maybe use some really cool effects on the vocals. I will be using The Last Shadow Puppets 'This is What You've Come to Expect' (Turner, A and Kane, M. 2016) as inspiration due to the nature of it being indie pop, but smoother, based around string sections the majority of the time and uses some really cool effects.

I would also like to use the Courteeners 'Hanging Off Your Cloud'. This song is largely acoustic guitar and strings based, with vocals that really suit the feel of the lyric style of the song (Fray, 2020.).

Live Track: I will be listening again to 'Dogrel' By Fontaines D.C. (Fontaines D.C., 2019), I have chosen this album for reference as the band play some really cool sharp guitar parts, quick punk based. I really like the songwriting style of the singer a lot of the time writing in third person looking and giving a really good picture in your head, in a matter of minimalistic descriptions. Also the way the vocalist is almost talking at parts, then exploding into a big chorus. The use of repetition and bringing riffs and motifs back throughout to give familiarity.

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Week 2: initial idea for Live Performance Song 'Vice City' (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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Week 2: initial idea for Live Performance Song 'Vice City' (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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Vice City

I have used riffs that come back and tried to make a strong but short snappy chorus that would be easy to remember and easy to sing back

150bpm

G, E (first time just bass)

B, A

X4

G, A

B, E, A x4

G, A

Lyrics

Caffine, Nicotine, Red Stripe, Sex machine

That’s the things we talk about, that’s the things we don’t do without

Wreckless, Nineteen, Break my heart you mean machine

That’s the thing, we tear apart

Use our heads, don’t lose our hearts

We use our heads, so we don’t lose our hearts

Every then, every now, we never ever go without

Ive seen you, you’ve seen me

Don’t quite know who’s next, to be

Seen leaving

Do we take a cab or do we take a bus

We all know, but no-one cares

Its vice city bitch

Did you get the twitch?

I bet she made you itch

Wow

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My SWOT Analysis - this is me looking at my strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats.

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Here Is My Daily Vocal Routine.
My warm up will be based on '5 Minute Vocal Warm Up' (Jacobs Vocal Academy, 2017).
I will be changing the songs weekly, as dictated on Canvas and using various research sources for my focused development points - cited on the example videos.

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Week 2: Daily Guitar Practice Routine (LO2)

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Week 2: Daily Guitar Practice Routine (LO2)

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Here is my daily guitar practice routine.
Scales / Book '100 Rock Lessons' (Mueller M and Johnson M, 2013)

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Week 2: DAW Demo Idea 'Can't Sleep' (LO3)

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Week 2: DAW Demo Idea 'Can't Sleep' (LO3)

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Song Idea Demo down in DAW

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This was a song I wrote with 'Harry Cooper'. We wrote this song using the anti-cliche bib writing a song based around the cliche 'I Love You', but with a new twist and using our joint songwriting skills we wrote this.
Credits;
Vocals Harry Cooper
Guitar Me

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Vice City

I feel that my playing with this was messy, but I am practicing to refine this.

This was using the House Band, I used my communication skills, a chord sheet and demo (all pre uploaded to Drive).

This is the first try of my live song I wanted to make a lively punk styled song featuring lyrics that paint a story of where I was when I was first touring with my band

I have used riffs that come back and tried to make a strong but short snappy chorus that would be easy to remember and easy to sing back

150bpm

G, E (first time just bass)

B, A

X4

G, A

B, E, A x4

G, A

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Week 2: Production Tools - Using MIDI (LO2)

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Week 2: Production Tools - Using MIDI (LO2)

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This was my attempt at using MIDI for an orchestral arrangement. I think it really adds to the effect o the song.

This was my first attempt and I really need to keep working at this to refine the skills of using this

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Week 3: Diary Entry - My Project Proposal (LO2)

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Week 3: Diary Entry - My Project Proposal (LO2)

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This is my project proposal, where I outline how I intend to take on the project and complete it.

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this is how I would sell this project to Dragons Den panel, if I had to sell them my project idea.

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WB03 Action Plan & Timeline Template copy

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Week 3: SPARK - Chord Sequences (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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Week 3: SPARK - Chord Sequences (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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I demonstrated my takings from our son craft lesson about chord sequences. I used the simplicity approach behind chords and taking chords the verse of C, G, Am, F, G and a bridge of A, G, F, G - but then because I liked the C, G, Am, F, G for the chorus, I changed the G to relative minor in verse Em to give a different hit.

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Here Is My Vocal Warm Up Using - '5 Minute Vocal Warm Up' (Jacobs Vocal Academy, 2017)

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Here is my guitar warm up before going to band practice.
Finger picking technique found on the below reference;
reference;
Hal Leonard Corporation, 2013. 100 Rock Lessons: Guitar Goldmine. [online] Milwaukee: Hal Leonard Corporation.

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Week 3: Updated Demo DAW 'Can't Sleep' (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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Week 3: Updated Demo DAW 'Can't Sleep' (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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This is my demo updated using Week 2 production techniques MIDI lesson, I have used MIDI for orchestral instruments Strings, Brass, Choir and Organ

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This was my second try in bringing the song to the house band.
I was performing my live track and showing my communication skills bobby transferring to the house band how I would like them to perform the song.

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I used some tips picked up in the Canvas Module, aswell as using my 2 production books for tips (below). This is the EQ used on my2 Acoustic guitar tracks to see if i could get a nice overall sounding acoustic before mixing them separately.

‘The EQ and Compression Formula: Learn the step by step way to use EQ and Compression together’ (Nyquist, N. 2018)

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Week 4: Diary Entry - Quality vs Quantity (LO7)

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Week 4: Diary Entry - Quality vs Quantity (LO7)

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Me talking about the difference between quantity and quality and why they are both important.

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Here Is My Vocal Warm Up Reference;
Jacobs Vocal Academy, 2017, '5 Minute Vocal Warm Up' [online].

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Week 4: Practicing Pentatonic Scale (LO2)

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Week 4: Practicing Pentatonic Scale (LO2)

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Here Is Me Practicing Pentatonic Scale Along side a 120BPM Click (Curtis, J, 2021)

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Week 4: Bringing the Live track 'Vice City into Band Practice (LO3, LO7)

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Week 4: Bringing the Live track 'Vice City into Band Practice (LO3, LO7)

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This is the first time I bought my CPW track 'Vice City' into my band. LO3 because of performance. LO7 because of me communicating to the band how I would like it performed, the style and how to play it.

I changed the chorus from B, E, A four times over, but I decided to change it to B, E, G, B, E, A - just twice, so that it takes longer to resolve, adding some extra tension builds up to the feel of the chorus, but then gives a good feeling on resolving on the A.

Credit;
Drums - Alex Searle
Bass - Joseph Butler
Guitar - Jude James

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Week 4 - Bringing the Live song to the band to practice

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Week 4 - Bringing the Live song to the band to practice

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Week 4: Production Tools - Adding Parallel Processing to my DAW Track 'Can't Sleep' (LO2, LO3)

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Week 4: Production Tools - Adding Parallel Processing to my DAW Track 'Can't Sleep' (LO2, LO3)

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Here is an updated demo, using this weeks production technique using parallel processing on the vocals using one clean signal, one echo and one reverb.

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Week 4: Production Tools - Using Parallel Processing on Vocals (LO2)

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Week 4: Production Tools - Using Parallel Processing on Vocals (LO2)

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This was my attempt using parallel processing on my vocals, using one clean, one echo and one reverb - hear the week 4 demo to hear this effect.

Although I have used this effect, I need to refine how I used it to really make the most of this for my summative

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Week 4: 1-2-1 Vocal Session With Jade (LO2)

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Week 4: 1-2-1 Vocal Session With Jade (LO2)

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Vocal Session 1

Wants:

Range, dynamic range

Technique

Build on image mastery chart:

Steps going down

No more notes above you, always below

No pushing: Acoustic Back Pressure

Counting exercise - on the held breath, don’t use the breath

On held breath open vowels: Ah Eh Ee Oh Oo (which is your weakest vowel and which is your strongest?

Articulation - coming together of vocal folds, can you hear breath tones in areas of your voice?

Pulling a rope into your belly, plucking and pulling a silk thread into your eyes - resonance

Chest and head (modal range) should feel different - 1-5 slides through out your range (swap approaches, bottom to top, top to bottom).

Routine:

Pulling an invisible string above the belly button, sides of the ribs, your shoulder blades

1-10, 1-15, 1-20 - x3 each - predict when you’ll run out of air, bang on the last number (10,15,20).

Redirect tension to muscle around the pelvis and diaphragm

Warm ups:

How babies learn to talk:

Sirens/hums

Hums going into vowels

Consonants with open vowels (baba etc)

Worded exercises

Repertoire: focus

Always evaluate, listen back

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Week 5: Diary Entry - Points of Research (LO2)

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Week 5: Diary Entry - Points of Research (LO2)

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Points of Research

I have included the points of research I will conducting to improve on my skillsets in the below areas.

Production:

Books:

Step By Step Mixing - Björgvin Benediktsson

The Mixing Mindset - Mike Indovia

The EQ and Compression Formula

Online:

Musician on a mission

Youtube

Vocals:

Mentioring Sessions with Jade

Online self study in specific areas

Canvas online content.

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Shay session 2

How’s it been going? Let’s try other modes/scales.

Held notes - nasality (upper), adding holding of your nose per vowel.

Identifying areas of focus (to research at least 2-3 different sources and types of sources) - write: what my approach was before the research, what you found out, and what you think now.

1. Vocal Placement - what does placement mean? What exercises can you find that explore vocal placement? How does placement change according to the genre?

1. Quiet dynamics and clarity - vocal tract and the importance/role that it plays in relation to dynamics. How the vocal folds behave when speaking vs singing.

SOVT’S - for placement

Puffy cheeks or through a straw

1. How baby’s learn to talk:

Hums and sirens

SOVT’s

Open vowels

Vowels with letters

Worded exercises

Rep - extending - Jazz song, folk song

A = Ah E = Eh I = Ee O = Oh U = OO

Ci = chee

Ce = chair

Chi = key

Che = care

Jade = Giada

Gli =

Caro Mio Ben -

Listening exercise - filtered listening

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This is me trying open vowels as explain by Jade in our 1-2-1. I did find it tricky due to my limited keyboard knowledge, so I think I will use some ready made vocal warm ups through Spotify.

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This Me Practicing the Caged Major Scales from my '100 Rock Lessons' (Mueller M and Johnson M, 2013) alongside a 120 BPM click (Curtis, J, 2021).

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Week 5: Updated Vocal Routine (LO2, LO7)

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Week 5: Updated Vocal Routine (LO2, LO7)

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This was amended on the back of my Vocal 1-2-1 with Jade as per her recommendation.

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Week 5: Production - Mastering Automation (LO2)

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Week 5: Production - Mastering Automation (LO2)

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Here i was using Automation to give my MIDI string section a more. 'real feel' by. trying to give off the feeling of the stings naturally lifting as per the bow dictating.

‘The Mixing Mindset: The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio’ (Indovina, M. 2018)

‘Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only 5 Plug-ins’ (Benediktson, B. 2019)

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Week 6: Diary Entry - Motivation vs Procrastination

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Week 6: Diary Entry - Motivation vs Procrastination

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This week I speak about the lesson on Motivation vs Procrastination.

Here are the main points I found from this;

Motivations:

Self validation

Enjoyment

Recognition

Monetary

Procrastination:

Good Routine

Sometimes just playing for fun again

I am a mix between a procrastination Warrior and Pleaser.

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On the back of this I found I was a Pleaser as I expected, but also a Warrior which I found a little surprising, but it explains alot to what I feel suits how I am.

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Week 6: S1 Contrasting songs feedback (LO7)

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Week 6: S1 Contrasting songs feedback (LO7)

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S1:

Live Video - material has a great sense of structure and great contrast of textures that define the verse and choruses to great effect. The enunciation of the lyrics is somewhat unclear at times, as well as the accent which seems emulated rather than a conscious stylistic choice. This could be considered before summative.

DAW - Contrast is immediate and successfully achieved within the writing and choice of instrumentation etc. The vocals are at points uncontrolled, with the sense of 'pushing' at the start phases. The enunciation is somewhat more unclear within this recording than in the Live video. This could be further considered by speaking a phrase several times, noting how it feels, how you 'attack' the vowels etc and trying to 'attack' the phrase in exactly the same way as when you spoke the phrase.

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S2: The diary already shows detail and various forms of communication - great to see the verbal forms (video pitch etc). Week 1 - you could add any SMART targets that may have been thought about and define what success looks like for you in relation to this module.
- Check out the 'To Do' section for the weekly slides to help detail the weekly entries. The personal practice routines should be included as a PDF and formatted to be another diary entry.

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Week 6: SPARK - Writing Better Arrangements (LO2, LO7)

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Week 6: SPARK - Writing Better Arrangements (LO2, LO7)

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This was me working with bandmate Jude James on a song I had already written earlier this year, we took the original chords and changed parts and completely changed the chorus which ha since enhanced the melody I would sing over the top.

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Week 6 - better arrangements - Always the same

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Week 6 - better arrangements - Always the same

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Week 6: Band Practice Vice City (LO3, LO7)

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Week 6: Band Practice Vice City (LO3, LO7)

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Getting the verses and choruses tighter at the venue rehearsal before I added in the bridge / solo.
Credit.
Bass - Jospeh Butler

Drums - Alex Searle

Guitar - Jude James

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Week 6: Added Breakdown to Vice City (LO3)

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Week 6: Added Breakdown to Vice City (LO3)

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Added a breakdown this week to give the song a new part other than the Verse and Chorus.

I wrote this in F, Bb, F, C#, C - I play this with dirt on the guitar to add edge, but change from the chords that are already being played away.

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Week 6: Updated DAW Song 'Can't Sleep' Demo (LO3)

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Week 6: Updated DAW Song 'Can't Sleep' Demo (LO3)

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So during development week I added on a breakdown to the song to really just try to add a new part and really try to expand where the song was going. I used a C chord, then moved it up to 5th then 8th fret the same chord with the open strings still being played and I felt this sound really suited the feel of the song and it floats as we sometimes maybe feel we do when we're overly tired.

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SOVT (Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract) straw exercises can be very useful for singers, this is done by using these through the range is be a great way for vocal rage and if tired and over used can be better than not singing. They help reduce inflammation in the vocal folds more effectively than just completely resting them. SOVT exercises work as a stretch and massage for the vocal folds.

This is the vocalfolds oscillate and produce  sound, resisting back pressure and using practice through straws helps align the folds keeping them straight together, as a safe way of practice and also repairing damaged vocal folds.

The Straw methods are doing vocal warm ups through a straw, also trying to match songs pitch in order to work on hitting the notes without damaging vocals

Williams, J (2023) "Shays Vocal 1-2-1 with Jade Williams" (Primary) 22 Feb 2023.

Singer's Edge. (2021) "A Brief Guide to SOVT Exercises." Received March 13, 2023, from https://singersedge.com/a-brief-guide-to-sovt-exercises/.

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Week 6: Vocals - My Way Cover (LO2, LO3)

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Week 6: Vocals - My Way Cover (LO2, LO3)

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me trying a jazz song to expand my repertoire to try some Jazz, this was me singing 'My Way' - Frank Sinatra  (Anka, P. 1967).
It sounds muffled, this is because of the apartment I live in I am unable to sing without using a vocal dampener as the walls are thing and most neighbours work from home.

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Week 6 - Practicing the 3 Note per String Major Scale (LO2)

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Week 6 - Practicing the 3 Note per String Major Scale (LO2)

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Me Practicing the 3 Note per String Major Scale from my lesson in '100 Rock Lessons' (Mueller M and Johnson M, 2013) to a 120 BPM Click (Curtis, J, 2021).

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Week 7: Diary Entry - Feedback and Reflection (GIBBS Style) (LO2)

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Week 7: Diary Entry - Feedback and Reflection (GIBBS Style) (LO2)

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Using the GIBBS Style for Feedback and Reflection.

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Week 7: Diary Entry - Feedback & Reflection (GIBBS Cycle)

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Week 7: Diary Entry - Feedback & Reflection (GIBBS Cycle)

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Week 7: Co-operative feedback from Harry (LO7)

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Week 7: Co-operative feedback from Harry (LO7)

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LIVE Track: Vice City - Stuff to work on: Vocal clean-up/ maybe go harder on some of these vocals like shouting or something ITS VICE CITY BIIIITCH. Theres some space in the instrumental part for possibly something extra like a guitar solo, it kinda moves at its own pace and slows the thing down which is nice but it might be worth looking at pumping all the way through and shreddin it
good things - really out there lyrics that hook well and grip people passing by, you can imagine people walking outside a club and hearing this and turning their head to check it out due to this. Constructed incredibly well with a neat layout that is hard to fail

DAW Track: cant sleep - Stuff to work on: Might be worth singing this slightly differently as its a bit more of a slower and more meaningful sounding song, it's a bit too punky in the vocals personally. There's a lot of lyrics in verses. This is more personal preference but I would make this song 3:30 and maybe cut one of the verses due to personal overload. I find it a particularly difficult thing to care about lyrics when it gets to verse 3 so shortening it I think would do well if possible. (I want to reiterate again that this may just be me specifically).
good things - Awesome guitar chord progression and sound. Really works well and creates a really unique vibe for your content and range. It builds a melodic empowerment which the keys also really work well with when they chime in. Looking at automating reverb on the guitar may make it a super unique thing that brings it closer and further slightly could make a 'rocking someone to sleep' kinda feel. The second point is once again very catchy lyricism with some of the hooks and a good story to it. The ending of the song in particular is a fantastic finish that still has audiences engaged

Contrastwise - It's clear to see that the main contrast is in your own vocal performance and the tempo of the song. This could be further exaggerated with my first 'work on' comment for Cant sleep. The use of newer instruments is a good practice especially for the DAW constructed song. The layouts seem rather similar but at the same time feel completely renegaded by the difference in their performance.

Credit:
Harry Cooper

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Week 7: Drum Recording in the Studio (LO2, LO7)

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Week 7: Drum Recording in the Studio (LO2, LO7)

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Here is a collage of the Close Drum Mic technique I used for this project and the planning of breakdown of drum parts
Credit - Alex Searle

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Week 7: Vocals - Heart of Gold Cover (LO2, LO3)

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Week 7: Vocals - Heart of Gold Cover (LO2, LO3)

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This is me trying to expand into singing a modern country song 'Heart of Gold' bye Neil Young (Young, N. 1972) as per my 1-2-1 with Jade.
It sounds muffled, this is because of the apartment I live in I am unable to sing without using a vocal dampener as the walls are thing and most neighbours work from home.

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Week 7: Research - Vocal Placement (LO2, LO3)

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Week 7: Research - Vocal Placement (LO2, LO3)

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Vocal Placement

We hear our own voices differently than outers do due to our acoustic perception. This is why hearing recording or videos sound different.

Most of being able to sing certain things or parts is down to mental block and self doubt. Understanding we can work towards this.

‘throat, mouth, chest, face, and head as a sounding board that the sound is bouncing off of. Since you don't have anything tangible to work with as a vocalist (strings to touch/fret on a guitar, or keys to play with your fingers on a piano), we work with our resonance in this sensing-vibrations/focusing the sound type of way..

visualizations can help us to relax parts of the mechanism we use to sing in order to let out a nicer tone

THROATY / SHOUTING QUALITY

NASAL TONE QUALITY

PLACEMENT & MUSCLE MEMORY

Williams, J (2023) "Shays Vocal 1-2-1 with Jade Williams" (Primary) 22 Feb 2023.

Caveness Voice Studio. (2021) “Vocal Placement: Placing the Voice Properly." (Online) Received March 23, 2023, from https://www.cavenessvoice.com/blog/vocal-placement-placing-the-voice-properly.

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Week 7: Practicing the Major Scale Triad Arpeggios in Scale Position (LO2)

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Week 7: Practicing the Major Scale Triad Arpeggios in Scale Position (LO2)

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Major Scale Triad Arpeggios in Scale Position from '100 Rock Lessons' (Mueller M and Johnson M, 2013) to a 120 BPM Click (Curtis, J, 2021).

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week 5 Major Scale Triad Arpeggios in Scale Position

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week 5 Major Scale Triad Arpeggios in Scale Position

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Week 7: Band Practice Vice City - Adding in the Breakdown (LO3, LO7)

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Week 7: Band Practice Vice City - Adding in the Breakdown (LO3, LO7)

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I added on an extra part breakdown and got Jude to play a solo - LO7 being that I communicated the progression to the band and how many bars and how I would like the solo / build up.
Credit:

Bass - Jospeh Butler

Drums - Alex Searle

Guitar - Jude James

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Here I am just talking about the recent updates of the live and DAW tracks.

Live track: is going great, got the song finished now, just need to refine and tighten for live.

DAW track: recordings from small pond were corrupt, they had been cleared off their system before I had realised, so we are booked in to re-record next Thursday.

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This was trying the song fully with the House Band and Jude James (my band mate).
Credit
the House Band
Jude James - Guitar

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Week 8: Performing Jude's song - I co-wrote (LO3, LO7)

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Week 8: Performing Jude's song - I co-wrote (LO3, LO7)

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This is a song me and Jude James wrote for his CPW live track. He wrote the music and I wrote the lyrics and melody. This helped me with working on songwriting on lyric making only.
Credit
Jude James - Guitar
The House Band

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Week 8: Vocals - Caro Mio Ben Cover (LO2, LO3)

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Week 8: Vocals - Caro Mio Ben Cover (LO2, LO3)

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This is me attempting to sing a opera song 'Caro Mio Ben' by Pavarotti (Giordani, G. 1720). It sounds muffled, this is because of the apartment I live in I am unable to sing without using a vocal dampener as the walls are thing and most neighbours work from home.

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This is me having a A Minor Pentatonic Jam to a Hard Rock Backing Track (Arlington Guitar Trader, 2015).

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Week 9: Diary Entry - My Reflection (LO2)

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Week 9: Diary Entry - My Reflection (LO2)

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Here I just talk about how things are going well, although the Small Pond engineer has postponed drum recordings till next Sat now (due to illness) that I will make sure the rest of the track is recorded and mixed to near enough finished and get the drums recorded to the rest of the track.

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Week 9: Active Listening - DAW Track 'Can't Sleep' (LO2)

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Week 9: Active Listening - DAW Track 'Can't Sleep' (LO2)

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Week 9: Active Listening - CPW Track (LO2)

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Week 9: Active Listening - CPW Track (LO2)

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I tried using both SM57 and my Rode Condenser Mic on both the 9th and 14th Fret and the 9th.

I ended up using both the Rode recordings and panning them either side as I felt that was a clearer and more full bodied sound. (Anderton, C. 2020)

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I have a Rode NT1 condenser mic and portable 'vocal booth' which I tried with both open and with a towel over to try to stop the natural reverb so that I could add later on. (Ditto Music. 2021)

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Week 9: CPW 'Vice City' Play Through (LO3, LO7)

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Week 9: CPW 'Vice City' Play Through (LO3, LO7)

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This was the final CPW of 'Vice City' I was very happy how it came across. Although Tutor Joe stated we needed to practice to a metronome as it wasn't tight enough from mine and Judes prospective.
Credit:

Bass - Jospeh Butler

Drums - Alex Searle

Guitar - Jude James
The House Band

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Week 9: Covering Bass for Class Mate (LO3, LO7)

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Week 9: Covering Bass for Class Mate (LO3, LO7)

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me covering Bass for Harry Cooper.
Credit;
Guitar - Jude James

Feedback - Harry Cooper

The House Band

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This is me practicing a variation of Caged and 3 notes per string scale over a GG major Pop Backing Track (Gene2020, 2016).

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Week 10: CPW - Practice Final Run Through (LO3, LO7)

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Week 10: CPW - Practice Final Run Through (LO3, LO7)

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This was us playing to the film crew and class presenting my live track ‘Vice City’.

The feedback I was given was to play the part more of the punk to give the message and present more ‘intention’.

Credit;
Guitar - Jude James
The House Band

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Week 11: My DAW Track 'Can't Sleep' Summative (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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Week 11: My DAW Track 'Can't Sleep' Summative (LO2, LO3, LO7)

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Credit:
Alex Searle - Drums

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Shay Barker WB03 Summative DAW Track 'Can't Sleep'

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Shay Barker WB03 Summative DAW Track 'Can't Sleep'

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Week 11: My Live Track 'Vice City' Summative (LO2, LO3)

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Week 11: My Live Track 'Vice City' Summative (LO2, LO3)

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Credit:

Bass - Jospeh Butler

Drums - Alex Searle

Guitar - Jude James

Feedback - Harry Cooper

The House Band

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Week 11: Performing Jude James Summative (LO2, LO3)

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Week 11: Performing Jude James Summative (LO2, LO3)

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A song I co-written

Credit:

Bass - Jospeh Butler

Drums - Alex Searle

Guitar - Jude James

Feedback - Harry Cooper

The House Band

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Week 11: Performing Harry Coopers Summative (LO2, LO3)

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Week 11: Performing Harry Coopers Summative (LO2, LO3)

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Credit

Harry Cooper
Jude James
Finn (Houseband Drummer)