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this week i performed with the band i also asked Josh Burton if he would be kind enough to play sax on my live song as there is a trumpet solo and not a trumpet player in the uni. He said thats fine but when we got to practise he said he didn't feel comfortable as what i wanted was very prise and he doesn't normally play with sticcato notes. so therefore going forward i am going to play with the stems from the recorded version of the song along with the house band as the trumpet solo is one of the main parts and we would loose the feel of the song without it.

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this week my main focus was getting a new track down for the recorded song as i already had the lyrics but needed to write a new track that would fit the genre and who i am as an artist. I went onto splice using the describing words i took notes from an earlier week to find loops that would work well with what i am trying to go for. This then made it easier to find exactly what i want. I also came up with A BPM that i thought works perfectly with this song and search loops in this BPM. I decided to go with a Minor key as this is something my case study's have done in the past.

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this week i got to go up with the band unforchantly the band has changed so certain band members had to learn on the day meaning we didn't get a full 20 minutes to practise and get it sounding tight. so therefore going forward i am going to send the stems to the house band so they can practise and play through. so next week we know what is going on and where each of the parts are meant to start.

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week four i went up with the band i found this quite easy due to the fact the song is already recorded and the band can hear the parts clearly. This week i didn't write the structure down but it is defiantly something i will for the next time i go up with the band as we are cutting some verses short due to not having the structure written down.

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i looked over techniques that my case studys use and took notes on the instruments that were used in their tracks, this then made it easy to take the parts that have inspired me and then make a track with the parts that i like. I also looked at the tone that they both sing in and how they use their British tone to the best of their ability. I also wrote down describing each instrument and how they are played i noticed when i did this most of the tracks have either a saxaphone or a trumpet solo and the bass moves the songs making them both the main instruments.

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I looked over lyric ideas and came up with a concept about going back to someone just because you have had a drink when the relationship was toxic, this is something i believe is relatable as i know many who have gone back to an ex once they had drank.

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this week i decided i was going to perform my song Messy Nights as i have only ever recorded it and have not played it live so wanted to see how that would work. I then decided i was going to write something new for my recorded track. I want to try something different so i could learn some new skills so therefore i am going to use splice where you can buy loops and write your own track with them.

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Mondays - sing covers and practise pitch and breathing
Tuesdays- go over techniques and practise harmonies and scales
Wednesday- record and come up with new ideas
Thursday- sing live at open mics and come up with new concepts
Friday- whatever i want to carry on with from the rest of the week and recording

Saturday and Sunday I work but when i have free time i will practise some songs i try to get at least 30 minutes of practising in.

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I emailed another idea over to future cut, who gave me feedback which is really helpful and useful as they understand my sound and work with the people who inspire me.

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I emailed another idea over to future cut, who gave me feedback which is really helpful and useful as they understand my sound and work with the people who inspire me.

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https://www.umusicpub.com/uk/Artists/F/Future-Cut.aspx this is a little bit about Future Cut who work with both of my case study's Lily Allen and Caity Baser i have also contacted them myself about wanting to work with them in the future. They like my song Messy Nights and want me to send any ideas over in the future to them to hopefully work with them and home in my sound and craft, what i have learnt when looking at my case study's it is really important to find producers who write in the same genre as you to add a little bit of flavour over your tracks, as both my case study's work with future cut it would be really cool to work with them in the future as i believe i would learn a lot from them.

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They have worked with the likes of Lily Allen, Olly Murs, Little Mix and Shakira has seen them contribute to 35 million album sales, three UK #1 hits and a further eleven international chart-toppers. Meet the production team of Future Cut - Tunde Babalola and Darren Lewis - two men whose musical journey has taken them from kings of the underground drum 'n' bass scene to curators of some of the pop world's biggest hits. "The general public don't know who we are," says Lewis. "But they've definitely heard us."

As promoters in Manchester's drum 'n' bass community of the mid-nineties, it was inevitable that that the duo would meet and subsequently embark upon the touring life of superstar DJs. This evolved into Un-Cut, a band project uniting Future Cut on a full-time basis with Jenna G landed them a recording deal in 2002 with Warner Bros. Records. and that turned us from being beat makers to record producers."

While the finished album, 'The Un-Calculated Some', earned positive reviews for its fearless hybrid of genres it most importantly lead to them being introduced to a young singer-songwriter by the name of Lily Allen.

"We got together in a basement studio in Manchester & the first song we wrote together was 'Smile'" exclaims Lewis. We set Lily up with a MySpace and the rest is history." Future Cut produced and co-wrote the bulk of her 4-million selling debut album 'Alright, Still' including its two hits 'Smile' and 'LDN'.

Eager to capitalise on their moment in the spotlight, Future Cut's new priority was to make progress in America and they soon did exactly that, landing high profile production work for the likes of Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger, Shakira and MIA to name but a few.

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They have worked with the likes of Lily Allen, Olly Murs, Little Mix and Shakira has seen them contribute to 35 million album sales, three UK #1 hits and a further eleven international chart-toppers.

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What do you feel like you have learnt about yourself as an artists?

To have the demo recorded before taking it to the band also that I should stick to to the genre I am writing in as it is slowly coming back around.

What Aspects am I most proud of?

My lyric writing and getting more ideas down and coming up with concepts for songs

What aspects do you need to improve further?

I need to work on harmonies and my production skills need more work and also just being confident writing in my own genre, before I came to Waterbear I had only written one song so I am still not very confident in my writing.

I also need to work non My origination skills with time management so that I can utilise all the time I have.

What new skills have you learnt?

I have used spice which I never used before so that was fun working out how to use that and get my ideas down a little better I have also homed in on my sound this term and have come up wot more and more concepts to then work om.

If you were to repeat the process what would you do differently?

If I was to repeat the process I would collaborate with someone who plays guitar so I can have a idea down on the guitar and then add loops so that others don’t have the same track as me or can’t copy the track using loops this will also help keep me authentic and will stop my song sounding similar to others.

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when using splice i first picked a key that i think the song would sound good in, I then looked up different instrumental parts in this key, i found a bpm that worked perfectly for the style of the song, i then found some packs on splice that i really liked and it turned out most of the pack had really good stuff on it that worked well together so i ended up using most of one of the packs on. there. I then took the loops from splice and put them into garage band to make a track i then cut them up in garage band to have them sounding how i wanted them to.

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This week i looked over some lyrics by my favourite artists

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This week i looked over some lyrics by my favourite artists

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I also looked at some concept ideas for my own lyrics, when listening through some songs i also listened to the arrangement and the instruments that were used and had a little think about what i may want to include in my own work, i also thought about what software i wanted to use, I decided to use the app splice for Love drunk as it is not something i have used before and is something i want to explore future, i also decided to for my live performance i wanted to perform a song i have already recorded but have never played live. This could be a challenge in itself due to the fact you can record a part multiple times to get it perfect but when performing live you only get to sing parts once.

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I love how Lily Allen uses sounds from the streets and nights out in this song and how the video is included in the music. this is something i would love to do with my song Messy nights when i record it and go to make a music video!

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I love how Lily Allen uses sounds from the streets and nights out in this song and how the video is included in the music. this is something i would love to do with my song Messy nights when i record it and go to make a music video!

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I took inspiration for the lyrics also from this song by Lucy Spraggan called bear fear about getting drunk, I also really like the creative Eq she uses at the start of the song, this is something i want to include in the future in one of my tracks

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I took inspiration for the lyrics also from this song by Lucy Spraggan called bear fear about getting drunk, I also really like the creative Eq she uses at the start of the song, this is something i want to include in the future in one of my tracks

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Lucy Spraggan - Last Night (Beer Fear) (Official Video)

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on the day performing with the band was fun, I played through with the band a few times along with stems from the recorded version of my song to help fill the song a little more, I sent all the stems to the drummer who put all the Bv's on a track for us to play to he put some of the stems on the track that I didn't want to play to on the day but was fine as I asked him to make two tracks one with the Bv's and one without just incase that happened. This worked well and was easy to work around the problem in the future i will also do this and make multiple tracks just incase so i can get the best performance possible.

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my influences for the song messy nights are Lily Allen and Lucy Spraggan as well as Caity Baser i wanted to write a song about drinking but it also educate people when listening to it, most of the songs i've heard about drinking have all been about good nights out and i thought about writing about nights out that go wrong or where the drinking effects your body and mind on a nightout. The song Love Drunk is inspired by Caity Baser and is about someone going back to an ex when they are drunk but only caring about them once they have had a drink, i got this idea from some of my friends on a night out and how they always call there ex's towards the end of the night and as soon as they say come over there in a taxi straight away. I think this is a fun funky song, i would like to explore in the future with a producer as the song started out in a whole different genre so it will be cool to see where it goes.

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over the weeks with the band i have felt like there are some parts missing in my track that really help bring out my sound so there for i am going to take the stems from the demo recording and make a track so the band an I can play with it. I can then listen back to a video that i took in the lesson to listen back to see what else i may need to add and i will also then be able to look over any mistakes i make and then find the right warm ups so i use the correct technique and mistakes.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsK6ULp55NQ this is how i inspire to be and look on stage!

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messy nights link to stems and structure

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messy nights link to stems and structure

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https://we.tl/t-pLK8wryLJq

Bb and Eb 98bpm

Intro

Verse (8bars)

3 Chord turnaround (pre) (2bars)

Chorus (badadadadum) (8bars)

Verse 4 (4bar)

3chord vamp (2 bars)

Chorus (8bars)

Solo (8 bars)

Bridge (8bars)

Verse (8bars)

3chord vamp (2bars)

Chorus

Chorus

End with badadadadum

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N50kF0FE3hM

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10 Minute Daily Vocal Workout! ADVANCED Level

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i got drunk to get you off my mind
somehow messaged you hoping your be fine
got a taxi right away
when you asked if i want to stay
got a taxi right away
when you asked if i want to stay

the drink got me forgetting all the bad
forgetting all the times you made me sad
got a taxi right away when you asked if i want to stay
got a taxi right away when you asked if i want to stay

you got me only feeling this love drunk
you got me only feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk

i got drunk to get you off my mind
clearly that didnt work well this time
got a taxi right away when you asked if i want to stay
got a taxi right away when you asked if i want to stay

you got me only feeling this love drunk
you got me only feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk

trumpet/sax solo

you got me only feeling this love drunk
you got me only feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk
you got me only feeling this love drunk
you got me only feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk
feeling this love drunk

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I picked up this bottle and it left me in quite a mess

The next day I stumbled out the wrong side of the bed

When the days are fading by I still catch you in my eye

And I’m lifted

Still hung over from last night oh what a sight

An I’m fragile

Got this liquor in my belly

My mind feels kinda heavy

Got to leave you behind

It left me in quite a mess x2

It was fucking with my head

It left me in quite a mess

I drank too much I forgot half of the night

From what I remember it was quite a sight

There were people who were frisky

Doing things risky

Oh through me another whisky

It left me in quite a mess x2

It was fucking with my head

It left me in quite a mess

Instrumental/ trumpet solo

My mum says the dark is trouble

I got to watch out on the street

Now it’s 4am in brighton

got no shoes left on my feet

Got to get home on the double

Got a deadline left to meet

My mum be up at sunrise

Best pretend that I’m asleep

Remembering that bottle that got me in quite a mess

I went full throttle

Got some issues there too address

As the day drifts by I hope to catch you in my eye so I’m lifted

Still hungover from last night oh what a sight and I’m fragile

Got this liquor in my belly my mind feels kinda heavy got to leave you behind

It left me in quite a mess x2

It was fucking with my head

It left me in quite a mess

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the structure of this song is intro verse 1 verse 2 chorus sax solo bridge verse then double chorus, this works perfectly and is something the artists i picked for the case studies do.

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with my recorded version of this track the trumpet is a lot more sticcato which helps give the bounce and the energy where as josh played the solo so it felt a lot more relaxed and not actually how i wanted it to sound so this is something i want to work on so that it all fits together. although this time was great to get the structure down and everyone to know when to drop in and out. we sadly got about 10 minutes each time we performed due to tim wanting everyone to perform in the classes so don't feel like we get enough time with the band to make it perfect.

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we didn't get enough time to go through everyones songs and josh the saxophone player went off to work on his own stuff so sadly i couldn't play with him, although i did show him how the solo went and he said he could play it.

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i took a track from youtube and wrote some lyrics over it i then took them lyrics and made a chorus and a whole new track to sing over in the style i actually want to perform.

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this is the newest version of love drunk im still not happy with the chorus and feel it could go in another direction, although saying that i am happy with how the track is sounding as i put together loops from splice which is something i have never used before but am loving getting getting my head around it and what i need to do. using splice i have learnt that if i am writing a whole track it is easier to make the backing track all together rather than making parts then putting it together hoping it will sound good. This helps the song flow better than putting the parts and sections together at the end, doing this though has also made the chorus and verse sound simuliar so going forward i think i am going to re write the chorus so it stands out.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0K5KjxVhEc

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62LAVCbgoW0

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPr5PrOVfZo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XHXezdnL0A

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10 Minute Daily VOCAL WORKOUT! Vocal Exercise (subtitles)

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the things i feel that need improving the saxophone solo isn't as sticcato as i would like, this changes the feel of the song, i would love to play this song at a festival in the future and want the whole song to be upbeat and happy sounding, where as at the moment its losing some of that feel, this could be because there are multiple guitar parts and key parts that we have not gone through yet.

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working with the band this year has been a lot easier, especially as i have a demo of the track so it has been easier to explain and show what i mean in each part where as before i was trying to explain it and don't have the best theory knowledge. I also haver stems of each part of the song so its easier for each band member to hear what they are meant to be playing. Going foward i want to get my confidence back on stage and actually perform instead of standing there looking awkward.

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when writing love drunk i found a backing track on youtube and wrote some lyrics over it as this track wasn't going in the direction i wanted it to go i decided to make a whole new track and a write a new melody over the top with the lyrics that i took from that first track, splice isn't something i have used before so it was good to get a bit more confident with. This gave me more control over where i wanted to take the song although i realised that if i write a verse then write a chorus and put it together it may not blend as well as i wanted so there for going forward if i work with splice i am going to make the whole track to sing to not sections.

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I picked the song messy nights as it has been produced but has never been played live, so is something i want to look at, so that when I am ready to perform them live i know what directions to give. The Song love drunk is something i have come up with this term, i came up with a concept for the lyrics about going out and calling your ex as you have had a drink and running back to them but only showing them love as soon as your drunk. Both concepts are something i believe Lily Allen or Caity Baser would write about, messy nights was inspired by Lily Allens song Friday Nights and Knock em out and the instrumental parts where inspired by STD by Caity Baser. I Also took inspiration from my own experiences with the lyrics, messy nights was written about drinking every day when great escape was on then looking back realising how much drinking every day fucked with my head.

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In week one I looked over my lyric and melody ideas and some half finished ideas to see which ones I wanted to focus on to home in my craft and sound. The ones I picked to perform are inspired the most by Lily Allen and Caity Baser, picking these artists and breaking down there tracks has given me a good idea of what instruments I should include, both artists sound like they have written most songs in there bedroom and it’s not live instruments, Most of them have been programmed.

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I wrote in 4/4 as most contempary pop tracks are written in 4/4 i used there basic pop structure to put my songs together, this works well as theres history showing it in the industry.

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One of the reason I picked these songs to perform and record is because they are both about drinking but different Sanrio’s ones about going out on benders and it messing you up mentally but you being aware of that but Not changing your habits. The other is about drinking then going back to an ex but only wanting them once you have a drink. I think both chorus ideas give you a strong idea of what the songs are about. I wrote the lyrics first then came up with the melody alongside and then took the song I’m doing live to a producer who helped me finish the idea.

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In my song messy nights I wrote the lyrics and the melody apart from the bridge and then Alex pick who was a producer from BIMM helped me write the rest of the track.
In the other track I wrote the lyrics and melody and then found loops on splice which I have never used before so had to get my head around how to use it and make a track to sound half decent. I found a track on YouTube to write some lyrics to and take ideas from to then write my own track to put the ideas over.

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Week 5

1. Who first inspired you to make music?

Lily Allen, Lucy spraggan, Kate nash and mae muller, Taylor swift

2. Who are your current biggest influences

musically? Lily Allen and Lucy spraggan and future cut

3. Of all the ways to express yourself creatively,

why music? The lyrics speak to me more than talking and I couldn’t imagine doing any other job

4. What or who motivates you? Documentary’s about songwriting and live gigs and also seeing people who I know doing well.

5. What are 3 of your biggest strengths? Lyric writing is a strength of mine also melody writing and catchy choruses

6. What are 3 of your biggest weaknesses? Not being able to play an instrument and not having much theory knowledge or knowing the words to describe certain melody’s or instrumental parts.

7. If you could make and perform music

anywhere in the world, where

would this be and why? Any festival or I would love to perform at Amsterdam as I have never been there and have seen some live performances there and the crowds look good there.

8. If you could make and perform music in a

different time in history,

when would this be and why? Around 2006 as this was when Lily Allen and other people like Kate nash first came on the scene and Brit pop was popular

9. When did you last feel proud and why was

this? The other week when I got nominated for an award for my singing/music

10. How do you know if a song is good? Feedback from people but also if I enjoy it myself and want to dance/bop to it.

11. What time of day are you most creative? In the night or late evening as I am most chilled around this time

12. Who is your music for? I write my music for myself and anyone else who enjoys it I don’t really write to an audience

13. Which present/past musician/producer

would you like to collaborate

with if you had the chance? Future cut who are caity baser and lily Allen’s producers I have contacted them in the past and they like some of my songs so I’m aiming to work with them in the future. also Kate nash as I love who she is as a person and what she stands for and that she’s a female in the industry who has spoken out about what has gone wrong. She’s been very real throughout her career.

14. Has the internet impacted the music

industry for better or worse and

why? I believe it gives you a platform to network on but also disconnects people from the real world and people are so quick to cancel someone if they don’t like what has happened or what someone has said.

15. Who are you? (Values/Mission Statement)

I am a singer/songwriter who loves Brit pop I am inspired by artists such as lily Allen and caity baser who sings about real life experiences