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Performance was good

Held the rhythm and the chord changes well. Everyone knew the parts well and enabled us to put in a good performance.

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Here are my SMART Targets for this assignment, they are based off of the previous assignment (WB03) and things that I would like to achieve this year.

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Rehearsed Star Man - David Bowie

Played it as the original
Tried to change it but found it quite awkward so left it as original
I played rhythm and let Lewis Huggett play Lead

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Here is a Gibbs Reflective Cycle on the feedback from my Formative Assessment

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Gibbs Reflective Cycle Formativ Feedback

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Track Analysis:

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson

We looked at analysing the above track, to see what we could learn from the structure and the production, so that we could incorporate it into our own tracks.

One of the main take aways for me is the way that something new is introduced every 2 bars to keep it interesting. Ultimately there isn't too much going on in the song, but by adding a new element or layer to the song it keeps it interesting to listen to.

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Funk:

For the stylistic development we looked at Funk.

We started off by looking at the history of Funk and its origins in African music and how they tried to use some of the same rhythms. Its purpose being to be dance music that is enjoyed and how we can take some of the rhythm techniques forward in our guitar playing.

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The performance was ok, but not as good as I would've liked. We played with 3 other people that we hadn't rehearsed with and so the performance wasn't as smooth as I would like.

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Here is the plan that I made for WB05 and how I would like it to go. I will use this to help me develop my tracks and make decisions on whether I progress with them.

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Rehearsed Dua Lipa

We originally tried to change the track to a more progressive rock version of the song.

We only had 2 guitars and a bass, no drums and no singer so the rehearsal was a challenge.

We ended up doing the original version.

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Evolution of recording:

- Looked at how the recording industry has changed
- The rise of home studios
- How producers work now

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Blues 1

The history of Blues music and how it came about

- The use of dissonant notes and how it comes from trying to recreate the sounds from a different musical scale
- How bending is used in blues
- The importance of phrasing and vibrato

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Performance was good. We were given a bassist to play with and Phoebe (the sound tech) had the idea to use swells at the start of the song.

This worked really well and gave a different feel to the song and the way that the song built was really good.

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Here is the Song Analysis for War Eternal by Arch Enemy

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Rehearsed Naive - The Kooks

Rehearsal went well. We realised on the first play through that there weren't any dynamics, so we focussed on addressing that.

Craeg had an idea to do a more stripped back version of the song, so we worked out the guitar parts to be more mellow and build to more of a crescendo at the end.

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The new recording industry:

- How do artists work now
- What new approaches are they taking
- What can we learn

- People don't need to record in the same room now
- Greater use of file sharing

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Acoustic

- How it differs from playing electric
- Looking at the scale under the chord and how you can use it to create melodic lines under the chord
- Different patterns that you can use to play through the chord when playing fingerstyle
- Looking at artists that play acoustic and how they do it
- The different styles associated with acoustic

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Performance went well. Had to sing louder for the backing vocals as I was a bit too quiet. We played well and had a good vibe on stage. To improve we were told to try and add a bit more energy to the performance and as a guitarist to look for some other chord shapes so that I am not moving around the guitar as much.

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Having reviewed my plan for WB05 I am on track for the schedule that I set myself.

- The orchestral track is written and a demo has been made on Logic
- The metal track is written and a demo has been made on Logic
- Both are ready to be handed in for the Formative Assessment

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Rehearsed So Lonely - The Police

We didn't have a bassist again for this song. We changed the key of the song to make it a more comfortable song to sing and shortened the ending so that it doesn't keep on going and fatigue the listener.

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Getting the most out of sessions:

- Turning up with a plan
- Making sure everyone knows what they are there for
- If they don't need to be there, don't bring them in

We also came up with a plan for WB05

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Blues 2:

- Blues scale
- Blues Box 1
- Albert King Box
- BB King box

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I need to produce 2 tracks for this assignment, this could be originals or covers

Originals:

Symphonic Metal
Metal
Orchestral tracks
Cinematic tracks

Covers:

Amorphis - Amongst Stars
Amorphis - House Of Sleep
Nightwish - For The Heart I Once Had
Eleine - Die From Within
Powerwolf - Armata Strigoi

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An Initial idea for the guitar song

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The full song tracked on guitar that I will look to use for this assessment

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This performance was a fun challenge to do. The song built quite well and approaching it from a different instruments perspective was quite fun.

The feedback was good, for me on bass it was to play more simple lines and not get too bored of it to make sure that I don't clash with anything, but they liked the way that I would walk around the notes.

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Here is an interview that I did with Lewis Hugget in the Project Management class, talking about my inspirations and influences

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We rehearsed Rehab by Amy Winehouse.

Had a good rehearsal. I had to play bass as we didn't have one, which was a fun challenge as I didn't know the bass part so was looking for a way to play around with the chords.

We decided to start the song with an a capella section, which was quite fun to do.

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Pre Production

- Getting ready to record our summative
- Making sure everyone involved is as prepared as they can be
- Everyone understands the vision and final outcome

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Jazz:

Using syncopation and swing in your playing
Accenting the up notes
Adding in chromatics to the scale
Changing with the chords

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A demo of the orchestral song, placed across the whole orchestra

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Song Analysis - All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Blue

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Song Analysis - All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Blue

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Here is the Song Analysis for All The Works Of Nature Which Adorn The World - The Blue by Nightwish

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All The Works of Nature Which Adorn the World - The Blue - Track Analysis

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Here is the Song Analysis for Amaranth by Nightwish

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Here is the Song Analysis for Instinct by Arch Enemy

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Producing Drummers/Drums

- Listened to a lot of different songs with iconic drums
- Looked for what we thought made them iconic
- What could we take from the way they were recorded and mixed

- Making sure that the drums have space
- Getting everything set up at the start
- Thinking of the different mics we might use for a particular sound

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Jazz 2

- Ways to play outside of the key and bring it back
- Lead approach
- Using chromatic walks to the resolution
- Different patterns that you can use
- Passing chords as well as passing notes

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This was a bit of a challenging performance as we had a few issues in setting up. Liam was using Dan's Quad Cortex to play through and his jack is really buzzy, which was a real problem that we were trying to solve. He switched from DI, to running through the amp, but by the time we'd done that it meant there was no sound check which made the performance a real challenge.

When we got to the part that we had added it worked really well. It is just a bit frustrating that we didn't get to check it properly. Next time we will make sure that we only use equipment that we have rehearsed with.

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Here is the Pitch that I did in the Project Management lesson

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Barracuda - Heart

This rehearsal was a lot of fun. The song is good and fun to mess around with. We changed the tuning to B standard and added a part at the end that allows it get really heavy and riff out.

Lewis is singing on it and is trying to do it in a more minor way to add to the darker element that we are looking for.

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Producing Guitar and Bass

- Making sure to record a DI track so that it can be re-amped if we want to
- Knowing the part so that you do not need to edit much
- Knowing the tone you want when you start
- Thinking of the different mics you might use to create a certain feel

- We listened to some different songs that had iconic guitars and tried to think of how they were recorded

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Rock

- The variety of rock
- How it is rooted in blues and how it has then grown and changed
- The attitude of rock
- The use of power chords
- Other notes that you can use to change power chords
- Spreading a triad across another octave so that it works with distortion
- Different rhythms that are used in Rock

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This performance was ok. Eden and Brad didn't show up so we had to find other people to fill in for us and the session it self over ran so we were performing to the following class. I felt quite exposed on the opening rhythm, but much better through the rest of the song. Ultimately the performance was ok, but I would have liked it to have been better and for that we needed some more run throughs.

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Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

This is a really fun song, however it was a frustrating rehearsal. Myself and James were referring to different sections of the song and so it took us a while to work that out and get on the same page. Eden was also learning the track during the rehearsal which meant that we didn't have bass for several run throughs.

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Producing Vocals

- Listened to songs that had iconic vocals
- Thought about how they might have been recorded
- Tried to think about what made good vocals

- Talked about writing a vocal part so that you leave the space for a vocal
- Making sure that the vocalist is comfortable and able to deliver a good performance
- Understanding the story and emotion that they are trying to convey

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Rock 2

- The importance of muting
- Muting with both the fretting and picking hand
- Different phrases and licks that are used in rock
- Getting more towards metal and how that changed the way that we think of and play rock
- The way that Iron Maiden approach rock music

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This went well and we got good feedback. We have a gig coming up on the following Monday, so we used this as an opportunity to rehears our set. The opening song, Annihilate, is the one that I am going to put in for assessment.

Pat really liked the songs that we performed and was very complimentary about the way that we performed it, which was really good to hear.

Phoebe said that we need to keep in mind how we are spreading the sounds out across the mix so that everything is in a different range and doesn't get too muddy, which is something that we will be sure to look at.

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Here are the Programmes Notes for my tracks

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Mixing techniques

- Looked at the mixing techniques that we use
- Top down versus bottom up
- The importance of gain staging
- using parallel processing

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Pop

- Being able to lock in with pop music quickly
- How the guitar takes a step back into the mix
- Understanding triads and different places to play them
- Looking at different chords that are used
- The importance of timing in pop

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Creating space in our mix

- Making sure that the parts have their own space and can be heard
- Thinking about the space that we want the song to exist in and how we want it to feel and sound
- Comparing our songs and mixes to our arrangement analyses

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Country

- The size of country music
- Different ways of playing country music
- Chicken Picking
- The country scale
- Different arpeggios used in country

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A video of the Live Assessment Performance at the Prince Albert on the 5th December

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Here is a Gibbs Reflective Cycle for the uploading of the Formative Assessment

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Here is the Score of my Orchestral track exported from Logic

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Here is an idea for the orchestral track, sketched out on the piano

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Here is the orchestral piece unmixed

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Here is the Orchestral song mixed but not mastered

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Here is a link to an unlisted YouTube video of me going through my mix and master of my DAW track

It does work, I'm not sure why it shows the I'm not a robot thing

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A video for WB06 showing me playing a live gig with Séance

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Luke, my mentor, gave me a brief to write a piece inspired by Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: 2. The Death of Aase.

Here is the piece that I composed

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Here is the track Annihilate that I helped to write with Séance. We are going to play this live and I plan to use it for my Summative Assessment.

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I put together a playlist of some of the songs and artists that have been important to me over the years and act as influences and inspirations