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https://www.facebook.com/stoponedistribution/videos/one-song-per-week-russ-with-the-free-game-on-how-to-build-a-fan-base-and-stay-in/239095751438217/

"Before I had a Soundcloud I put out 11 projects, I stopped doing that because i made a 12th one. I need to blow up first before I put out another one. That's when I came up with the approach of a song a week on Soundcloud"

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I started off by creating a simple catchy melody using a Rhode one shot sample. I had put the sample into the sampler, playing in a B minor diminishing chord progression.

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One of my many setbacks was mixing and mastering tracks. I'm not that far advanced in those areas yet and I have to say I wasn't confident here, so I have acknowledged that the mixing and mastering could have been better.

My second setback is secondary research due to consistently redoing y surveys to scrapping the idea had flawed my line of thought.

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Today I've researched the psychology behind music and the impacts it takes on the brain. I had surfed the web for useful websites and narrowed down my options precisely to six websites to have a variety of information to document my ideas

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Palladium Private (2018). 6 Benefits Of Music For Your Mental Health. [online] Palladium Private Retreat. Available at: https://www.palladiumprivate.com/blog/6-benefits-of-music-for-your-mental-health/.

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Wong, C. (2021). The Benefits of Music Therapy. [online] Verywell Mind. Available at: https://www.verywellmind.com/benefits-of-music-therapy-89829.

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anderson-music-tx. (2019). Top 5 Goals Addressed In Music Therapy. [online] Available at: https://www.amusictherapy.com/post/top-5-goals-addressed-in-music-therapy#:~:text=While%20the%20needs%20of%20our [Accessed 5 Jun. 2023].

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Music is often perceived as a simple soothing remedy but is accommodated by many complex elements that can be hard define. The melancholic feeling you get when listening to a heartbreak song, the excitement that consumes your body when dancing to an upbeat house tune. All these psychological effects reside in music and have a drastic effect on our mental health influencing our daily activities. These emotions aren't necessarily always positive but can be negative even damaging in the long run. Music. Yes, the music that you consume daily or whilst experiencing certain emotions will impact your mental health. Negatively or positively.

Music is frequently misunderstood as many are unaware of its advantages. Music can be used to defuse anxiety and conquer long- depression. This can be done by music therapy or constant consumption of classical music. Prior mentioned, these two factors aren't equally effective nor are they bound to work for every and anyone. Acknowledging that musical therapy is a clinical, psychological established intervention proven by scientist. There's a higher possibility of success with music therapy than constant consumption of classical music. On the other hand, classical music isn't a clinical tool but does include its advantages such as multiplying the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

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Music therapy is a clinical, psychological established intervention proven by scientist. Music therapy can be utilized in numerous ways; to combat anxiety and depression, to encourage emotional health and many more. They're five domains to music therapy. Social, physical, communication, emotional and cognitive. Music therapy is one of the sources that can be used to conquers mental health, improve lifestyles positively, slowly but gradually promote a source of healing. Music can also be used to amplify self-confidence alongside boosting your immune system. This may come as a surprise to many as this is a rarely known factor to many. Overall music is a tremendously good healer with many healing strategies.

Different aspects of music therapy interventions could involve

Song writing

Vocalizing

Music production

Learning instruments

Music therapy is all inclusive and does not require prior knowledge (the ability to play instruments, sing, songwriter, and production) this structure of treatment is recommended for those that suffer from anxiety and depression no matter the severity.

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Cherry, K. (2019). How listening to music can have psychological benefits. [online] Verywell Mind. Available at: https://www.verywellmind.com/surprising-psychological-benefits-of-music-4126866.

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Music can be useful is numerous ways prior mentioned above. Music is said to be an immune system booster and a confidence maximiser. Enhance ability to work and study there's many sources that have proven possibility of using music to help studying. One of the many genres are classical music this was statistically proven as a study was carried out on students that study economics, they were played the genre for a full 15 minutes and some even in their sleep. The students that listened to the genre preformed 18 percent better in their exams compared to studying in silence/listening to other genres, so yes classical music does boost the focus of the mind. Music can relive stress. Music with a BPM of 60 can help bring relaxation to the brain, this can be achieved whilst in a comfortable position for 30+ minutes. Music can decrease cortisol reducing our heart levels, music can even have the same effects as medication on the brain.

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Brief history and development of R&B Music 

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Brief history and development of R&B Music 

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R and b music originally known as rhythm and blues, originated in the 1940s by the African American community. The genres include elements of Blues, jazz and much more. In 1949 Jerry Wexler created the term Rhythm and Blues as the genre was unnamed due to it being a new upcoming genre. R&B was consistently seen as a lower classed genre solely because of its African American roots and just was not as appealing to the Caucasian society, in comparison to jazz music which was completely accepted. It was only till the 1970s when R&B would finally be recognized which would also constitute genres such as funk, soul, blues etc. Rhythm and Blues were heavily associated with lyrics linked to cheerlessness, heartbreak, triumphs, failures, and freedom.

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In the preliminary stages of r and b the lyrism would often signify the constant hope for change and struggle for freedom, as r and b matured topics such as heartbreak, love, triumphs, failures, and sex became more popular. In the 20th century r and b music has now shifted, becoming more sexually explicit within its lyricism.

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I haven't moved onto anything else as i'm still focusing on perfecting my primary research making sure I've precisely went into detail, along side utilizing my resources (research links) to the best of my ability

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I wasn't a big fan of the Rhode sound and i felt as if the melody wasnt thick and airy enough, so i added the step Fx and phat Fx on my tracks to give it more fullness alongside modern R&B sound.

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A lot of early r and b music links to rock and roll, which explains its association with the guitar. The guitar was r and b main element (instrument) As the years progressed with technology advancing and instruments advancing in the 20th century r&b music has now incorporated keyboards, drum machines, synthesizers, electronic keyboards, software created loops and sampling sounds.

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meditationmoments.com. (n.d.). 3 types of music to reduce anxiety | Meditation Moments. [online] Available at: https://meditationmoments.com/meditation/music-to-reduce-anxiety#:~:text=Classical%20music&text=Classical%20and%20other%20soothing%20music [Accessed 5 Jun. 2023].

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In the early beginnings of r and b music the general influences were from blues. Church music played a drastic part as many r and b singers originated (started singing) in churches, for example Whitney Huston, Mariah Carey, and brandy. Today's r and b music incorporates a lot of rap and hip-hop characteristics such as rap.

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First it's important to establish the bpm, r and b run from 60-85bpm. The second element is to create a catchy chord progression thus can be done by a normal piano or electronic piano which is more popular as of recent, Rhode chords tend to be common when creating r and b melody's/chords. The third element to create a bass this can be achieved by using an electric bass guitar or an 808 bass. This is a crucial point as the bass provides the track with a rhythm a long side the drum groove. The last aspects would be the drums, this is the most complex aspect as you must be specific about the type of drums. Smooth drums would be best as anything harsh could confuse the listener with an indication of a hip-hop/trap beat.

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www.ujam.com. (n.d.). How to Produce Laid-Back R&B | Tutorial | UJAM. [online] Available at: https://www.ujam.com/tutorials/how-to-produce-laid-back-rb/.

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The Music Studio. (2021). Characteristics of Music: R&B. [online] Available at: https://www.themusicstudio.ca/characteristics-of-music-rb/.

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Reflection part 1 (One track a week method)

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Reflection part 1 (One track a week method)

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I have now decided to scrap my 3 track EP into producing one song. This decisions came about as i was researching release plans stumbling across the "one track a week method" the one track a week method was pioneered by American artist Russ. Russ had released an EP noticing that the streams had declined after the first two songs, the attention span was harder to grasp as he hadn't gained a loyal fanbase at that present time. This inspired his One track a week method where he would solely promote one track a week which assisted people to engage with his tracks making it easier for him to release EPs/Albums in the future

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I have caught a a really bad flu and decided to take sometime off doing any work.

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Reflection Part 2 (One track a week method)

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Reflection Part 2 (One track a week method)

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Upon reflection i don't currently have a fanbase meaning releasing a 3 track EP wouldn't be my best move as an artist at this moment. So I have decided to incorporate Russ's One track a week method. From now on i will be releasing a single a week to gradually build up a loyal fanbase.

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Havens, L. (2016). Rising Rapper Russ on His ’10-Year, 11-Album, 87-Song Overnight Success’. [online] Billboard. Available at: https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/russ-success-interview-7624345/amp/ [Accessed 5 Jun. 2023].

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Social media has become one of the most interactive platforms allowing exposure to many body's of work from painters to musicians. As of 2023 Social media has become one of the most effective ways to promote yourself as an artist, most of the time this can be done for free by creating a profile on a social media account such as Instagram. Artist like Doja cat, Ice Spice, Ella Mai and pinkpantheress are all artist that have blown up from social media success. Social media is advancing as the days go by with the publics being able to access your music from your social media platforms in just a click. Social media platform Tiktok has become the most sufficient way to promote music as a upcoming artist. the platforms allows links directly to your music platform helping the promotion of released/unreleased tracks. TikTok incorporates features such as the comment section and replying feature encouraging fan interaction. TikTok also grants visual content such as videos and pictures these aspects are beneficial as they help you convey your personality and individuality as an artist

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Rapper Ice Spice had began promoting her then unreleased song "She in ha mood" on tiktok. the post has received 45.6 million plays, 5.4 million likes, 50.7k comments and 126.6k shares. this is extremely beneficial for her as an artist. as of today the "She in ha mood music video have accumulated over 29 million views. She in ha mood was just a tease single as Ice Spice would then release her highly anticipated EP "Like..?" two weeks after. Due to the success of her EP Ice has achieved her first Billboard hot 100 chart with Lil TJay collaboration Gangster's Boo.

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Pirate Studios. (2023). How to promote your music on social media in 2023 | Pirate. [online] Available at: https://pirate.com/en/blog/how-to-promote-music-social-media/.

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I had conducted a short survey on R&B music asking the following questions

1. Do you like R&B music

2. What's your favourite music genre

3. How do you feel when listening to R&B music

4. How do you feel when listening to your favourite music genre

5. How old are you

6. What do you think the lyrics within R&B music tends to communicate

7. What is it do you not like about R&B music

8. Who is your favorite artist

I had interviewed 6 people

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I am now collecting the feedback from my survey and now getting the information ready for my primary research. I wasn't able to get as many responses as expected, but I did gain enough to sustain my research

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www.tiktok.com. (n.d.). TikTok - Make Your Day. [online] Available at: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJxvUUcU/ [Accessed 5 Jun. 2023].

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Wikipedia. (2023). In Ha Mood. [online] Available at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Ha_Mood [Accessed 5 Jun. 2023].

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to, C. (2023). 2023 EP by Ice Spice. [online] Wikipedia.org. Available at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like..%3F [Accessed 5 Jun. 2023].

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During week five I haven't been as productive due to lack of motivation and stress. As there's 7 days in a week, I haven't decided to have two days off. Currently (day four of week 5) I have now regained motivation and I am now resuming work I hadn't finished during week four. I am now watching YouTube videos on producing beats to get myself back into my element

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Presently I am proof reading the written work I've completed so far (primary) checking for; spelling, grammar, Harvard referencing and word count. I am doing all this now as from now I want to purely focus on the production aspects of my FMP leaving enough time for beat making.

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I have decided to scrap my survey due to many inconveniences one of them being the unreliability of my classmates and the anxiety of the survey not being conducted on time and to the criteria. The second inconvenience was my ability to conduct the survey overall I failed to ask the right questions. I had came up with a solution by recorded voice notes of my classmates to collect information, this made everything straightforward to me.

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Blocker, K. and UCHealth (2021). 5 ways to use the benefits of music to improve your life. [online] UCHealth Today. Available at: https://www.uchealth.org/today/benefits-of-music-5-ways-to-use-music-to-improve-your-daily-life/.

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Im feeling extremely demotivated. I've experienced 3 mental breakdowns. Im now currently overthinking the concept of my FMP. I have not completed any work

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I now feel way a wave of motivation consuming my body making me eager to complete work. I have decided to scrap my 3 track EP about mental health due to a collective of reasons. One being me getting realistic about my release strategy after discover American artist Russ's One track a week method. I have thought about aspects that effect me as an artist such as the fact that I don't currently have a fanbase. I have become more interested in the r and b. I have now narrowed down my options to 1 track

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I have now started the process of my first track, this is not as challenging for me as im really familiar with the r and b genre. Due to my knowledge, nailing the characteristics isn't as complex but more direct and exciting.

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Upon discovering the One track method last week i have now included this method in my research going a bit more in depth. i have also become really inspired by Russ's coming up story o believe i am now a fan of his.

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I learned a lot about how music affects our mental health and how music can help us in many ways. It never occurred to me that music could act as a healing tool for trauma or other instances. In terms of production, I learned how compressors affect tracks and what the benefits are. I found that having a compressor added into every track is essential.

Discovering the one-track method was one of the most significant things that happened to me as an artist. This aspect has saved me a lot of time and made me focus on the quality of the singles and the importance of maximising single promotions. I realised the immense potential of social media and the benefits it brings. I am now educated on the fact that being consistent with online content guarantees public interactions. Social media has become so versatile that even artist surf profiles for potential collabs.

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Making A Simple Beat in Logic Pro X 10.5

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After adding the Fx i could hear a drastic difference and the similarity to modern R&B tracks

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Currently I am now researching marketing strategies. I have decided to use social media as that's one of the most efficient ways to promote myself as an artist for free with a lot of advantages.

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I had added this preset compressor onto my melody to level out the volume variations. This also helps the quiet aspects of the melody sound louder.

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I have now started producing my track so far there’s no extreme complications or minor setbacks so I’m fairly satisfied with the way my beat making process is taking place.

As of right now I do regret not learning a bit more about mixing.

I’ve now acknowledge the lack of knowledge I have within that frame and I’m now finding ways around it.

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I played a ....... and ...... using the Rhode one shot sample as a minor sound behind the melody to make it a bit more interesting. I didn't add much behind the melody as i just wanted to keep the track quite simple but enjoyable

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I am currently conducting my secondary research again for the 2nd and final time. I’m now recording voice notes as I find that a bit more reliable and straightforward than the survey

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As prior mentioned, im not a big fan of the raw Rhode sample so i added the same preset (step fx and Phat) to create a more fuller sound.

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I have finally checked over all my work checking my grammar, making sure I’ve listen all my research links. I’m currently re listening to my track making sure it sound good to my ears and isn’t lacking anything major

I’m now writing my evaluation making sure I touch on what went well, my success and what I could improve on.

I feel extremely relived to be done and over with my FMP, I feel as if a weight has been lifted of my chest with my anxiety levels decreasing.

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Ive created a simple vocal melody using the angelic melody from alchemy to act as backing vocals for an intro before the initial verse

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I wasn't the biggest fan of the original sound is I added on a step fx pre set to get my ideal sound

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Moving onto the drums I've started by adding a rim shot

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I didn't want anything complex so I had just played in a simple hat pattern

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I had put a kick one shot into the sampler and played in a simple pattern

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I've created a simple snap pattern

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lastly I have played in a simple chord progression for my bass

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Despite the my FMP being quite easy, there were still a lot of challenges.

My beat was quite simple, but there were some factors that made it more complex. When I was making my beat, I had a specific sound in mind for the melody, and the Rhodes sample wasn't exactly what I had in mind. I experimented with the FXs rather than giving up until I succeeded in creating the sound I had in mind.

The next component I struggled with was my secondary research. I was extremely conflicted about how to organise my work, so I found inspiration from other websites to get the job done.

Overall, it was relatively difficult for me to maintain my FMP because I also had to manage my personal and work lives. Making an FMP timetable was how I ensured I was completing the appropriate amount of work each week. This has helped me maintain consistency throughout my final major project. This was even more of a help as it enabled me to keep on task and prevent any delays before the due date.

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In conclusion I can conclude that my FMP went well as my tribulations werent server. My problem-solving skills have greatly improved, I have worked on sustaining my time management allocating time for each segment within my FMP.