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1. Experimenting with second track idea from week 4

2. Example of replicating melody on guitar with chords as well

3. SMART Targets for Summative Submission

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1. Guitar Harmony

2. Song with Guitar Harmony

3. Idea submitted for formative

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1. Track 2 - My Proposal

2. Revisiting an old idea

3. Project Planning: Timeline

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1. Performance Workshop - Developed Idea from formative submission

2. How is my whammy bar usage innovative?

3. Justifying both tracks

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1. Second Track Idea

2. Track Idea

3. Reviewing my ideas

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1. Programme Notes

2. Press Release for Track 'Remember Me'

3. Innovation Justification for both tracks

4. Final Submission - 'Remember Me' (Track One)

5. Final Submission - 'Floorboards' (Track Two)

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1. FINAL Project Proposal TRACK ONE

2. FINAL Project Proposal TRACK TWO

3. Extra point of innovation

4. Reflecting back on SMART Targets

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1. Performance of idea around week 5 second track idea

2. My final proposal of tracks

3. New Track 2 submission

4. Whammy Bar use reference video

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Innovative Exploration - Yellow

Professionalism/Academia/Reflection - Purple

Research - Blue

Contents - Green

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1. Initial Ideas of Innovation

2. Example of previous Innovation

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*Woods Video - Example of Innovation I have done before

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*Woods Video - Example of Innovation I have done before

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1. Guitar Innovation - Amps & Pickups

2. Amps & Pickups Reference Video

3. Initial Ideas for tracks

4. Reviewing Innovative Tracks

5. Small Pond Rehearsal

6. Reflection

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Guitar Innovation - Using Pickups & Amplifiers

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Guitar Innovation - Using Pickups & Amplifiers

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Exploring how I could use pickups & amplifiers in order to innovate on my electric guitar.

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See "Guitar Innovation - Using Pickups & Amplifiers" for reference to above video.

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Jake Kiszka's Pedalboard in Stereo | Rig Rundown Trailer

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An idea I came up with a couple months ago that I'd like to workshop as a part of this innovation assignment.

This audio is an audio of me playing the song solo at home with an electric guitar through an amp, and a microphone.

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We used a technique where Oliver lightly knocked the body of his bass while holding down an Am chord. I then did the same on my electric guitar holding a high Am in the Eminor chord shape.

I then played a part of the guitar melody over Oliver's bass chord drone.

Furthermore, this section we have written in 4/4, the rest of the song is in 6/8.

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Innovation idea - demo of song 'Underwater'

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Innovation idea - demo of song 'Underwater'

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A demo of a song I had come up with a verse of a while ago. Oliver and I took the verse and original melody/guitar riff and created a demo of a song.

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Making Percussive track sounds with guitar

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Making Percussive track sounds with guitar

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I used an acoustic guitar, placed a dynamic 57 microphone into the sound hole, and used the sole of my palm to bang the back of the guitar body to make the snare sound.

The snare sound was made by holding the dynamic 57 at the strings on the acoustic guitar and hitting them with my fingers flat, and holding them down so the strings didn't ring out.

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Trying out a 7/8 recorded, acoustic guitar part, layered with a 7/8 bass part. Then added a 4/4 higher lead guitar part on top of another lower lead guitar part that was recorded in 7/8.

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A DAW recording of our idea 'Underwater' that Oliver and I made this week. We are yet to add vocals. The time signatures in this switch from 4/4 in the intro, to 6/8 in the verse.

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I'm considering replacing the scraping sound effect that I made on guitar in our song 'Underwater' with a different sound effect made by pushing down the E, A and D low strings on my guitar against the bridge pickup.

I quite like that this sound is a bit more subtle and less harsh sounding, therefore, leaving room for emphasis of the heartbeat sound effect that Oliver is creating on bass.

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Small Pond Practice - Live version of 'Underwater'

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Small Pond Practice - Live version of 'Underwater'

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We explored a new innovative idea in this rehearsal - creating a harsh sounding noise by scraping the guitar strings partnered with a heartbeat sound made on bass - I think we should bring these sounds back at the end of the song - particularly the heart beat.

We also discovered that if when we do the second intro section where we hit our instruments to create an Am drone, if you hit the guitar further away from the pickups, in the corner of the guitar where your arm usually rests, the tone is the most consistent and dynamic.

We are hoping to be able to perform this track in the Performance Workshop Class next Thursday.

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This week has undoubtedly been a week of exploration and experimentation. The track that I have been workshopping; 'Underwater', I like, and I think I would like to take forward for a bit longer and continue to work on - perhaps trying it out in an alternate tuning after next weeks 'spark' class on alternate tunings.

By week 4 I would like to have narrowed down all of this exploration into 2 clear innovative ideas that I am going to explore. I would also like to work out my press release project/concept that I am going to link to the tracks I submit - perhaps a concept, innovative EP that features the tracks.

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1. Invention VS Innovation

2. Guitar Innovation - Alternate Tunings

3. Idea for Project

4. Project Proposal

5. Album Reference

6. Exploring Track live at Small Pond

7. Innovative Ideas

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Invention is creating something that has not been thought of and created before. However, innovation is building upon an already established idea. Invention can inspire Innovation by combining already established products/ideas to create newer/developed ideas.

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My idea is to create an EP of atmospheric, ambient bass & guitar music. I am going to work with Oliver to create this EP. We are going to limit ourselves to Bass, Guitar and Vocals only in this EP. Our two tracks for this module will be taken from this EP.

The concept of this EP is going to be very innovative, with the limitation of any instruments except bass, guitar and vocals. Therefore, there is going to be a lot of experimentation needed to come up with ways to fill songs/spaces in tracks with such limited resources.

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I am going to make a playlist of songs that I can reference when thinking about creating atmospheric, guitar focused music. However, this album in particular has stood out to me, specifically tracks such as 'Two Wrongs Make A Right' and 'Dial: Revenge'.

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Exploring performance of our track 'Underwater' at Small pond

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Exploring performance of our track 'Underwater' at Small pond

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Another idea I came up with in our Small Pond Rehearsal, I started looping these two open voiced chords and Oliver played some bass chordal parts on top.

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1. SMART Targets

2. Performance Workshop

3. Performance Reflection

4. Track 2 - Updated Proposal

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Performance Workshop - Using Pedals & Effects to innovate

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Performance Workshop - Using Pedals & Effects to innovate

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Working with vocalist Sky to develop this track using pedals and effects to create innovative tones.

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Innnovation Track Development - Week 3 [Pedals & Effects]

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1. Performance Workshop

2. Updated Proposal 2

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Week 4 Performance Workshop - Working with another vocalist, using a loop pedal to keep continuity in the heartbeat sound effect originally made by Oliver on his bass. We also added periodic percussive sounds that Hope played on the kit using a microphone and aiming it towards the bottom of the ride cymbal - catching the low, ominous frequencies, paired with a crescendo on the top of the ride in the chorus section.

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I think that for my second track, I am going to use my proposed idea of a song, recorded on DAW, with many layers of guitar parts, using innovative techniques such as...

Whammy Bar usage

Harmony layers on guitar

Parts where I limit myself to one string

Hybrid picking

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Using the whammy bar to create a sliding, crescendo pitch bend in the context of a guitar part for an original track.

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Example of Replicating Melody on guitar with chords

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Example of Replicating Melody on guitar with chords

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An interesting guitar technique I have been exploring in reference to my spark lessons

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I have been working on a song recently that has an instrumental section which heavily uses harmonies on guitar. I layered 7 guitar parts, each of which were harmonies of an original melody that I originally came up with on my voice.

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In the performance workshop this week, when thinking of ways to innovate more and build upon our guitar & bass instrumental part, we revisited a previous technique from our "week 2 'Underwater' track at Small Pond". This technique was where we hit the body of our instruments while holding down a single chord to create a shimmering drone sound, next week we will be performing the track.

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An idea built upon my guitar idea from week 4

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Track One:

My first track is going to be a live performed original song with a band, of which, I wrote the instrumental part (chords, rhythm).

The innovative aspect of this track is a combination of my limited use of pedals and the sound effects I make with my guitar itself, rather than the pedals. For instance, there are parts where I hit the body of my guitar, roll the tone completely up and down and the way I use my right hand to create different tones when finger playing.

Track Two:

My second track was going to be an original track recorded on Logic, however, in my next post, I explain my new track 2 submission, and how this is going to be innovative on guitar, and why I decided to change to this idea for my final submission.

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Performance Workshop - Developed Idea from formative submission

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Performance Workshop - Developed Idea from formative submission

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Innovation Justification for both tracks

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Innovation Justification for both tracks

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My project proposal for track one: 'Remember Me'

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My project proposal for track two: 'Floorboards'

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Unusual way of using whammy bar (see attached)

Subtlety compared to extremity of pitch bend

Use on a chord change rather than singular notes

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The whammy bar could be the key to unlocking your voice on the guitar – learn 5 ways to make it work for you

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We look at the whammy bar styles of Duane Eddy, Steve Vai, Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour and Jeff Beck – and how you can incorporate them in your own playing

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Final Submission - 'Remember Me' (Track One)

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Final Submission - 'Remember Me' (Track One)

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Abi Hutchings, Sky Nutley, Oliver Mitchell, Ameera Malik Take 4

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Final Submission - 'Floorboards' (Track Two) 

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Final Submission - 'Floorboards' (Track Two) 

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In this video, I was very inspired by the way that Jeff Beck utilises his whammy bar. Though it is different to the way I am using it in our track (I am using a pitch bend on a chord, and he is pitch bending singular notes), I found that the way he changed and manipulated his dynamics by altering the strength in which he bends his pitch very unique, and this is something I would like to build upon in my final submission of this live track performance.

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Jeff Beck - Where Were You - (Live at Ronnie Scott's)

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I would like to take this idea forward in our performance lessons and see what kind of original track we could create with this part.

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Extra point of innovation that has been carried throughout this process

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Extra point of innovation that has been carried throughout this process

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One point of innovation that I have been consistent with throughout this process, is that each week when creating and exploring track ideas, the instrumentation of my band has been purely myself on guitar and Oliver on bass. I think that this aspect if having only one guitar and a bass guitar is very unique and forced us to innovate in ways we wouldn't have had our lineup been bigger and more traditional. I was forced to really think about how I was making my tone fill space and feel large while also staying true to the genre we were working in. Furthermore, the parts I wrote had to remain simple enough to work as stand alone parts without any rhythm or lead backing it up, but also be engaging and interesting enough to be the only melodic/harmonic instrument other than vocals that is heard.

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You can see in this video the development of this track since week 4, the idea I spoke about on week 7 where Oliver and I hit the bodies of our guitars has been incorporated into our performance, and the song has a much more solid structure. I also feel like I am really delving into how I innovate to manipulate my tone throughout the song - through using my right hand in different ways (e.g. finger picking, playing the guitar like a bass and plucking gently upwards), to alter the timbre of the notes I'm playing.

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In week 6, I wrote a couple SMART Targets for my summative, one of which was that by week 9 I would like to be ready to fully justify my two tracks in terms of their innovation. I feel that I am definitely at this point now, and I can confidently justify why my tracks are innovative as a guitarist.

My other SMART Target was was to develop upon how I am innovating in track One. This is definitely clear and apparent that I have done this when I watch back our performance videos from then until now. Over the weeks I have found new ways of creating soundscape and sound effects with my guitar, through hitting the body of the guitar to create a drone effect, to using my tone knob to create drastic tone differences without altering my pedals.