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Week 13 (05th-09th June) Live Performance

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Week 13 (05th-09th June) Live Performance

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The last week was when we had our gig, it went very well, I performed my first track named 'Cried so many Nights'.

(There if more information about the gig on my reflection word doc in the Research, Feedback & Lyrics padlet page.)

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During Half term I only worked on my written work as I didn't have access to logic from home. I made sure all my written work was done and had all the detailS needed.

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During this week i worked on mixing my track so that it could sound its best for me to record vocals over, I didn't fully mix it because i wanted to leave that for when i recorded the vocals.

On the Thursday of that week (25th) I recorded my vocals in the studio and in the afternoon i began choosing my takes and the full mixing process.

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In week 10 i finished composing my second track in order to prepare for recording in week 11.

I also wrote my lyrics for the second track, The concept was also love but this time in the aspect of childhood.

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Week 9 was when i did my first studio session. With help from my tutor (Richard) i recorded vocals for my first track. we used a AKG C414 Condenser mic. I chose a condenser mic as they are really good at capturing detail and i recorded using a Cardioid polar pattern because i wanted the mic to pick up my voice very clearly and crisp without catching too much background noise or echo.

After recording i went o to choosing my takes and started mixing ( I talk more about this in my mixing padlet page)

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This week was all about getting my lyrics finished as during week 9 i will be recording in the studio.

I was struggling at first because I didn't feel inspired at all but I got through it after i took time to really think about what i wanted to write about. The concept of lyrics i went for is love, for track one I wrote love lyrics in the aspect of being in a relationship. I had a little help from my brother which was great. (He's also into music)

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In week seven I began working on my second track, I did run into some trouble because I had asked someone in level 2 to create a guitar loop for my second track and I asked Graham to create a bass line for my first track however, there was a misunderstanding. The person that i had asked to record a guitar loop asked graham to help her record however, Graham helped her record a guitar loop for the first track, Although the guitar loop fit really well with my first song I did decide to use it for the second track instead. I have started working on my second track but i am a little stuck on what to do with it but hopefully I'll have it figured out by next week.

In week seven i also made minor changes to the structure of my first track

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This was the first week back to college after the Easter break. During this week I worked on my track that I came up with ideas for in week five. I also began lyric writing for my first song during this week. Once i had the general foundation of the song built i then started to add structure to the song as you can see in the picture above.

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Week five was the second week of my easter break, at this point I was back home. I used Soundtrap to gather up a new idea for track number one, At this point I had pretty much started my project all over.

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During week four I was on Easter break, for the first week I didn't get any work done because I was away with my family and the place we were staying at had no access to any work material for me to carry on with my project.

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Week Three was a little stressful because as I stated above, in week two I thought I had an idea of what I wanted for track one however, I realised it didn't sound as I wanted and it wasn't to the standard I was aiming for so I ended up leaving that logic project behind. Doing this in week three was risky because we had the easter break coming up the following week and at home I had no access to a DAW. But then I remembered Soundtrap, which is a free online DAW and I used it during the Easter break.

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For the second week I continued with my logic project for my first track. As of week two I do have a better idea of what my track will end up sounding like and it is coming along nicely. I also worked on getting my research written down and  as time goes by I'll keep adding to my research notes.

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During the first week I focused on finding samples and loops online that I thought could work well with the Bossa Nova sound, once I had found a few good loops and samples I downloaded them. I used some of the downloaded loops and samples to start a rough skeleton track on logic for my first song.