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My aim for week 5 is to complete track 3 that i have colab with a member of my class. I would also like to go down to the studio and mix down the track with our engineer to give the track a professional sound.

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My plans for next week is to finish of track 3 and to also start on my final track of my EP which would be my 4th track

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My plans for next week is to finalise everything and to make sure that all my tracks are finished and submitted

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My plans for week 4 is to work on track 3 which is a collaborative track with myself, AK and Nev which will be a trap genred track. The plan is for me to come up with some melodies at home and for me to email over the melodies to skim for him to then sort out the drum pattern. Once he is finished with his drum pattern our plan is to then go to the studio for the track to be mixed by Nev.

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we added another kick and 808 to the track to thicken the texture and to also give the drum pattern a more detail.

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We went to the studio to mix down the track to make sure that the levels are all good and to also make sure there are not any unnecessary noises playing in the background

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The video Is an appetiser for the finish track as me and my collab came up with drum patterns and melody ideas. In yearns of melody, we decided to go for a guitar sample since we wanted to go for a trap style of music. the video also shows the drum pattern of the snares and closed hihats. The hi hats are playing at an uptempo rate giving the drum pattern a lively feel. The snares of the track are riding on the hi hats giving it a basic but effective rhythm.
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In this video, it Shows the development of the drum pattern as we have added another layer of hi hats to make the hi hats sound more solid. We also added changing effects which gives the track a trap style vibe.

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My samples and melodies for the collab track (track 3)

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My samples and melodies for the collab track (track 3)

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Me my collab partner was on the phone for 3 hours discussing what kind of track we both wanted to make and we decided to collab on a trap beat. He managed to find a sample that we both liked and he sent it to me on email in which I then uploaded the file into logic and started making counter melodies for it.

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For the 8th instrument of the track, i added kicks to give the track a more punchy sound. The kicks changes the dynamics of the track because it makes the  track danceable. For the 9th track, i added the hi hats to give the track a faster feel of the tempo. The hi hats is the main part of the drum pattern  as it is complimented by all the drum pieces added together. The 10th instrument is an open hi hat that comes in once every 4 bars. The 11th instrument of track 4 is the snares which is the leading piece of the drum pattern.

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For the 5th instrument on track  4 of my EP, i added shakers to the drum pattern to give the drums some percussion since it was a latin style of music. The 6th instrument added to the track was the sub bass which stands out from all the instruments being played due to the fact that the pitch of the sub bass is much lower than all the other instruments. The sub bass adds a lot of groove to the track as it plays as a main and counter bass based on the chordal pattern being used. The 7th instrument being used on track 4 is the crunchers which is in a counter pattern to the snares and kicks.

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The 4th instrument of my 4th track on my EP is the logic chimera bells which is used as the main melody of the track. I used the chimera bells in the track because i wanted the main melody to be a higher pitch to all of the other instruments playing in the track.

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For the 2nd instrument of track 4, i added the logic crystal sun instrument which was used to give the track an airy feeling. By me adding in the crystal sun instrument into my track, it has allowed me to have more room to add multiple instruments. For the 3rd instrument of track 4, i used the harp which acts as a counter melody for the wave bass. The harp gives the melodies a more rhythmitic feel and up lifts the track.

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I was researching ways of promoting your music to the world an a website call fiverr came up and it is basically a music distributor that put your music on to radio stations and put your music videos on TV. From the reviews, it was highly recommended as a lot of people gave the website 5 stars. In the near future I feel as if I will use the website fiverr to share some of my music to the open public.

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My plans for next week is to reasearch on the music industry and to also develop track 1 more  as I felt like there was a lot that’s still needed to be added. I would also like to start on my 2nd track for next week.

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I working and a client on a track that I produced for him and we decided to give the track a listen in the studio to give each other verbal feedback to see what we liked about the track and what he could do with it. We were also giving our opinions and coming up with ideas that would benefit both of us. I normally do this with my clients so that I know who I am working with and also so that we are both happy in what we are making

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For the 1st instrument of track 4, I decided to use a wave bass to start off the track since my idea for my last track was to be an alternative Latin track. From my research of listening to Latin tracks, they tend to use the wave bass since that’s what gives Latin tracks it’s characteristics.

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After a long 7 hour journey from Newcastle, I decided once I got home, I’ll come up with some ideas for the 3rd track of my ep. I used my MPC to come up with some sample ideas and decided to chop up a track created by the brand news heavies  called forever and decided to play around with the sounds and instruments being used. In the video I chopped up the ending of verse 1 and the chorus. The reasons for why I chose this track was because of how the bassline is set, it sets the tone for the track.

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I was waking down the street in lewisham going to a friends house when I bumped into a woman who I recognised from a professional producers Instagram. We were having a conversation about how her son got into the music industry and she felt like me and him would work well together and decided to hook us up to arrange to start working on some tracks in the near future with each other.

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I like to have a lot of sounds in my tracks what I find is that older tracks tend to have more instruments being played at the same time. This track was released in 1981 and is a funk track. This track uses a variety of live instruments which gives it a more energetic feeling.

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I was reasearching on how to become a successful artist/producer and how to survive in the industry for a long and this video can up at the top. I found this video very informative as they highlighted the struggles of up coming artist/producers and how to over come your fears by taking risks. They also highlighted the fact that as an artist/producer, you should believe in your music and to not think negative. https://youtu.be/64PAdpdsBYU

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I was curious about how to gain a fan base for my music and to also reap the rewards of having a fans base so I decided to dedicate my free time at home reasewrching and watching videos about how to gain and grow your fan base. I found this video very informative as they highlighted the reasons for why people’s fan base do not grow and what they can do to change that and to actually help producers/artist grow their fan base.https://youtu.be/RiV98fEBmjo

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I was listening to this track on YouTube which is an alternative rnb track sang by and artist called jaqueece who started of his career with young money cash money and rapped on by a rapper called Lil baby who singed with quality control records in 2018. One thing that stood out for me in the track was the chords played on the guitar and on the keyboard and the way they both harmonised with each other.

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The 4th instrument of track 2 is the snares which plays an on and off beat through the track giving it a UK hiphop kind of sound. The 5th instrument of track 2 is the the kicks which plays played on and off beat to the sub bass giving the track a more uptempo sound. The 6th instrument of track 2 is the shockers which plays once every 2 bars making a counter beat for the snares.

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For the 7th instrument, I added hihats to the track to give the drum kits a more out going sound making it stand out throughout the piece. The hi hats also set the tempo and feel of the track as it is played very quick pace repetitively.

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For the 6th instrument, I decided to use an electronic harp for the chorus as it gives the chorus volume which helps it stand out from all the other sections of the track.

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My plans for next week is to develop and finish track 2 and to start on track 3 which will be the the collab track produced by myself and Akin and will also be mixed and mastered by Nev.

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For the 2nd and 1st instruments of track 2, I added a sub bass and a harp to give the track more depth. The sub bass covers a lot of low frequencies since the bells have very high frequencies which gives the track a lot of room for other instruments to be played without clashing frequencies.

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For the 1st instrument of the 2nd track I used steel bells to give the track a UK Style and sound. The bells are very effective because they stand out a lot and will set the tone for the track. The steel bells will also help me come up with more ideas to add to the track since it’s rhythmic and also has an airy sound to it.

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During the week I was coming up with musical ideas for my second track of my EP. This track was inspired by jazz mixed with Afro African genre of music.

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I was on the train listening to a Spotify playlist and a track I have never heard about before came up in the shuffle and started playing. The track was produced by one of my childhood favourite producers called Pete rock who had the the rapper smoke Dza rapping in the track. The track was an old school hiphop  genre of music which had was lyrics contained the new hiphop genre.

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I went to a shop in oxford street and started to hear Alternative Latin music being played on the shop floor. The chords and drum pattern used on the track was very different to all the other alternative Latin music I have heard and I felt I could use some of those elements in my alternative latin track.

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I added another bass to compliment the 1st bass guitar so that the other bass does not have to do much since both software bass guitars are not as warm as a real acoustic bass guitar. I also added 3 more harmonic melodies to give the track a wider melodic range. The instruments I used were the Yamaha piano and 2 steel bells panned towards the left and right side. For the drum kits I added 4 drumkit  instruments which were the shackers, hi hats, snares and kicks. The shakers give the track a smooth sound as it is played softly at a repetitive rate. The snares add dynamics to the track as it sets the tone giving it the unique sofisrucated gangster sound. The kicks give the track more rhythm as it compliments the bass guitars. The hi hats glue all the drum pieces together with it’s repetitive sound.

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I used EQ on the track to give the instruments a much cleaner and clearer sound as there was a lot of clashing frequencies and background frequencies due to the amount of instruments playing in the piece. I found there was a lot of bass frequencies making the track sound muddy so I took out a lot of bass so that it wouldn’t mess up the higher frequencies.

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I was researching music marketing and this was the first link to come up. I learned the different ways of getting your music public and what it takes to become a successful producer. I feel like the information given in this video can help me build myself up in the music industry and make a living from it.

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So for the 1st track, instead of using software bass guitars from logic, I decided to get Tom to do the bass line of the track with a bass guitar to give the it a more human feel as I didn’t not find that the bass guitars on logic sounded as clean as a real bass guitar being recorded on to the track.

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I added the bass line to give the track its groovy soulful kind of feel. The reasons for why I made the bass groovy was so that it could firstly stand out from all the other intruments and also so that it can glue the main melody and counter melody together. I also added bells as I was finding I was using too many low chords so I decided to add bells which were playing higher up the keys to give the track a wider chordal range.

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i was coming up with melodies on the piano to start off my unit 8 ep. The reason for this was so that I could come up with a lot more musical ideas and progress from what I have done.

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The 2nd instrument I decided to use for my 1st track of my EP was the strings since I felt like the melodies needed to stand out by sounding stronger. The strings not only just fills in the empty melodic spaces from the piano from the first track but it also harmonises widening the chordal range.

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For the leading melody of my first track, I used an electric piano which also contains pads to give the piano a more warm sound and to also give it presence in the track.

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1st track my ep I decided to produce the soul hip hop track. This track was inspired by an artist called Rick Ross who is a rapper from the USA. He fuses old school soul funk with modern day hip hop which I like to call sophisticated gangster music.