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After we decided the earlier eras were not fitting, we decided to create songs from the other eras, we decided to go with songs that would compliment and go with each other, these songs had a heavier edge and when that was not included for example in the instrumental we did, we created guitar patterns with similar structure or chords. We started with making guitar patterns, then added bass, then added drums. I saved lyrics until we had a basic instrumental structure completed, then started on a chorus since I find writing choruses a lot easier and adding verses later on. For the instrumental I decided it would be better without lyrics and so instead of that I played piano which also made up for the fact we had no bass in the song by using the lower notes on the piano.

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Our group after deciding 60's and 70's music was not right, decided that we would do songs that complimented

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the tuning was in standard. the song was in the key of C and the song uses the note/chord E as a drone through the song.
the structure of the song was: intro, chorus, verse ,chorus, verse 2, chorus, build up, chorus then the intro was re-used but shortened for the outro.

Intro: E, E, D, C

Chorus: E, D, C, B

build up: E, D, C, B

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The evolution of our music creation- Shannon

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The evolution of our music creation- Shannon

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Creating our music we all decided to go for genres we knew best or we related to such as pop punk and punk rock music. We chose these as a group and decided that picking the music we related too would be the best for us as it would be more personal creations we made instead of any random songs that didn't make much sense to our tastes.

I think this worked well as the music we created this way seemed easier and seemed to flow better than the music we tried to make with the genres we didn't relate too very well. I think this is important as creating the genres we related to showed in why we created and overall made the songs we created better

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the evolution of our music creation- Rayanne

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the evolution of our music creation- Rayanne

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first and foremost our group was in agreement that we would create for the eras and genres that mean the most to us personally, this making the creation process easier and much more enjoyable.

our group started completely different from how it ended, having completely different members and a different way of working. our first group worked on songs from the 70's and 60's but we decided after this that when our group changed, we would go in a total different direction and scrap those decades as they did not speak truely to what we wanted to create.

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In what ways has your band developed over the course of the assignment?

My band developed quite dramatically over the course of the magnet sessions, from changing the line up of the band to learning how to work together better and learning how to throw idea's out to the group without feeling like it wasn't good enough. I feel like the overall group I ended up with developed into a well rounded group towards the end, with me, Rayanne and Tom being able to create and write with each other and bounce idea's off of each other quickly and professionally to where we would have the structure of a song in 15 minutes to work on the rest of the lesson. I also think no one was a specific leader of the band and everyone could have a say with what sounded good and band and pitch in ideas which I think created a nice environment in our room towards the end.

How have you contributed to that development?

I think I contributed by trying to direct people the best I could. For example, if we needed someone in the room I'd try and get them as quickly as possible and whenever they were available to try and practice. This didn't always go to plan however which was frustrating at times. I also tried to throw as many idea's as I could to the group to help us write the best that we could. I feel like this benefited me because I didn't take a backseat in the group project like I usually would which helped my teamwork skills for further magnet sessions.

What have been the best tools you have used to plan your time?

The best tools we have used to plan our time has been facebook. We have used facebook to contact each other outside of confetti to plan what we were going to do in magnet the next day or send each other different song idea's using facebook's video options. This was helpful as we were available to give each other idea's throughout the week which helped us be more prepared for the other magnet sessions.

What will you do differently next time?

I think next time I would like to plan better for each lesson coming up. Although we did on facebook we could of planned out time management better, for example when we got into magnet early we could of planned what we were going to do for that magnet session, like when we would have breaks and get different members of the class into our room to help us.

Write a review of each song your band wrote.

The first song my band wrote was a country song, aimed to hit the 60's genre option. I think this song was a bit too basic although it did reflect how to guitar sounded in the 1960's as we used clean tones. I think it was too basic as we didn't really focus on the chord patterns that much and just ended up using a basic four chord pattern. I think we could of built on those four chords and added in a second guitar to help give melody to the song and could of spent more time trying to write lyrics instead of leaving it instrumental which in the long run made it not get chosen for the gig.

The second song my band wrote was from the 1980's and it was a short punk song which we thought reflected the genre well as we had distorted guitars and decided we would keep it under 2-3 minutes which reflects the punk songs of the 1980's as they were often shorter than 2 minutes. Overall In really liked this song and was glad that we decided to carry on working on it after half term, although we didn't get a chance to perform it at the gig i'm still proud of the song we ended up creating in the end.

The third song we wrote was a modern day song that was pop punk based. I think we did well on this one and captured the essence of the pop punk genre with catchy riffs and a lead guitar all the way through, with distortion on both lead and rhythm guitars which are the main characteristics of pop punk. For this one I also think we did well on the lyrics and was pleased that we decided to perform this one at the gig. Although there was feedback issues at the gig I was still really proud to play a song we had all written together.

The final song we wrote was from the 1990's and was grunge based. For this one I think we captured the grunge feel well by creating a moody feeling song with a slower tempo in some parts which is one of the main characteristics of grunge. I also think Rayanne did really well to write the lyrics in the short time she had which had been a struggle for her during the first few weeks of writing in the band.

How do you feel the performance went?

I feel the performance went well considering the sound issues we have, from the feedback during our original song which kept happening throughout and the small mess up's we had during all I want. Overall I think we did really well on stage and everyone had great stage presence and were excited to play instead of being nervous. I think we also did well considering we only got to sound check one of our songs which meant some of the instruments were unable to be heard during some points in the songs we did but we all kept going which was amazing, I think that the performance all in all was a success as we didn't have to stop or restart any of the songs and we played them with very few mistakes which are key components for a good performance.

Did it reflect the development which has taken place in your band?

I think it did reflect the development we had in our band. Our band lost some members before half term but we decided to play and borrow each other from our different rooms to still play together. I think this showed as we still managed to play with each other despite not working in the same room any more in magnet which I don't think showed during our performances. I think this also showed that we continued to develop the band even though we fell apart before half term but spoke to each other and agreed to play together despite the room/ band change.

How did your plan include logistics and instruments for your performance?

Our plan for the performance was to bring our own instruments so we knew how to set them up and how to fix it if a problem happened. We all spoke about this before hand in magnet and tried to help each other out by offering our instruments to each other in case of guitar switches. I needed a guitar switch so I decided to bring two guitars and rayanne offered to help me carry it to and from the venue which showed great teamwork. I also leant out my tuner to multiple students during the night and to whoever needed it which I planned for also in case any of my group forgot theirs.

Did it go according to plan?

I think overall it went according to plan apart from a few group change hiccups and the running order during the gig was only told to us a few minutes before hand which panicked a few people in our band as we played first. Other than a few minor things such as arguments and equipment not being brought for different reasons I think magnet went to plan and we came out with great results of our time working together.

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The completed final draft for the lyrics to the song 'anything'. Written for the modern era under the genre 'emo pop'.

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Magnet Gig Rehearsals:

in magnet this week we decided to try and write a brand new modern song which worked out well because we ended up with a brand new song we want to play at the gig.
We decided to run through the 80's song (same me) and the modern song (anything) a bunch of times of we ended up with a great end result and I personally feel ready for the gig.

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this weeks session we started a new song for the live performance. I took on the drums again as in recent weeks my drumming has been improving massively. However,beat that I made for this song was short lived as I soon forgot what I originally did. This caused a few problems and shortly after i was replaced by Calum for that song, but I will still be performing on the drums for the song "Save me" which is the 80's genre song. The beat for that song is simplistic but has a few complex fills in which helps broaden the songs overall feel.

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Chorus :F,G,A F,G,E

Verse:F,C,G,F,E,F

Structure: Intro , verse,chorus, 2nd Verse, Chorus x2.

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lyrics and influences within the song- 80's

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lyrics and influences within the song- 80's

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For the 80's punk song my lyrics were heavily inspired by the simplicity and harsh sounds of punk band Green Day and their 1986 original sound, their music releases running over into 1990 with the release of their first album 39/smooth. Simplicity in punk lyrics is an important aspect of making an original sounding punk song and gives it an unstructured DIY influence to, stepping away from the well structured sound of other genres.

Other than the lyrics for this song, i also contributed to the sound of the guitar, giving my opinions of what notes should be used and what should be swapped around to give the song a true to punk sound and giving it a final tune that i could work my lyrics into.

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For the 80's song I wanted to keep the chord sequences simple, moving around the fret board very little to keep the song sounding the same but different at the same time, keeping it simple like most punk songs.

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While working on the new song I decided to go ahead and create a simple 16-beat to work with the fast paced tempo of the guitars.

The song remains consistent of its fast paced tempo so throughout the song I am playing the 16 beat at an accelerated pace.

Although I'm a guitarist I decided to switch to give myself a bit of variaty due to being quite bored of always being stuck to the guitar. I started listening to various bands that play in a similar fashion to see what type of playing people can pull off. I noticed usually during the verses of songs, some drummers would switch from hitting the high hat to the ride to be slightly quieter in order to hear the lyrics being

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After half term songs. Picking the best.

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After half term songs. Picking the best.

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As soon as we got back from half term we started picking the songs we want to refine. we started out with the 80's punk one which we decided to keep short to under 2 minutes. We decided on this as most punk songs from that era didn't last long at all which is what we decided to go for with our song to keep to the genre we chose.

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for next week we are planning on writing a modern song, we figured out some basic guitar this week and we are going to use that as a base for a pop-punk/alternative rock track. I created a basis on the lyrics but these may be subject to change, they need to be refined and added to to create a full song. I will be uploading a picture onto this padlet that shows the basic lyrics and also the completed lyrics for the 80's punk song that we had been working on in the session too.

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After half term we need to work on the idea's we have for the other 3 genre's. We need to work on the 60's, 90's and modern idea's we already have and make them into good enough songs to play for recording.

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In this weeks session we continued the 80's punk song from the previous week and i worked a little harder in this session than I did the last time. i finished writing the lyrics and figured out the structure and melody of them, i found this session much more productive and managed to complete the lyrics to a good standard.

i will upload a picture of the finished lyrics.

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This week we decided to continue the 80's punk song. We had tom come in and help us figure out some drums at the start and then Josh came in later and helped us further with the songs. OveralI think the work we did was really good as we didn't take many breaks and focused on the structure of the song and how we could improve/ change the guitar parts as we went, having almost a full song by the end. We reached a time of 2:18 and hope to get it to a standard song length of slightly over 3 minutes next week.

9th of june;
We have almost finished the song ,It will be about 2 minutes long. The intro and Verses use root notes C and D. The chorus uses the root notes, in order, C, G, D and then goes back to G. Every other time instead of going back to G we play a fill using the notes D,A and C.
The song is in the key of C major.

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we had some trouble with opur group, and so the memebers have changed.

members were-
Josh (guitar)
Calum (drums)
Tom (bass/guitar)
Shannon (guitar)
Rayanne (vocals)

the members are now-
Ben (Bass)
Libby (vocals)
Tom (lead guitar)
Shannon (rythm guitar)
Rayanne (vocals)
(session drummer when acquired)

we think the new group will work well and we are all willing to cooperate and input to the group. This will work better as the last group tended to have issues cooperating and getting work done.

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60's Country
80's Punk rock
90's Grunge
2000's Pop punk

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we are currently deciding which decades to build on, we will be revisiting songs we already have and trying to more well define them, clean them up and practice them, rather than trying to make another brand new song. we currently have pop punk, punk rock, grunge and country.

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are prototype lyrics for the punk rock/pop punk influenced song. the lyrics need revising and defining into something performance worthy but they are a great base for this type of song.
i have the lyrics now completed and will be updating them soon.

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Punk rock 1980s- Green day Influence. /changing groups.

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Punk rock 1980s- Green day Influence. /changing groups.

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This week we had our group moved around which ended up with me, Rayanne and Tom making a song together. we decided to go with punk rock from the 80's and used green day as an influence, mainly their earlier work. Overall I think this went well and we succeeded in planning and playing 3/4 of a song on bass and guitar with the drums still needing to be written and the lyrics needed to be finished. I think this week was one of the best weeks in terms of the development of a song.

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This week we decided to try the 90's. within the 90's we decided to try grunge which we started out by listening to grunge bands to get some ideas. We chose to pick the grunge sound of the foo fighters and try and base a song off of that which I think we did successfully. First of all we started playing a basic rhythm on a guitar and Josh joined in with lead which sounded pretty good. We then had Tom joined in on bass whilst Rayanne wrote lyrics as we played. We then had tom come in which i think worked well with drums and then we ran through it a few times. Overall i think this went well and would like to put this song forward to work on it after half term.

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For our second song we decided to look in the 60's and the type of music they used to play & what tempos they use.

Within a few minutes I began to start playing chords that gave off the jazz elements that was once found in the 60's. Within a few minutes we eventually had ourselves a drum beat to help give us a solid basis and a shell to begin progression

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Shannon.

This time in magnet we decided to start trying to write a 60's inspired song. We decided to go for the cleaner sounding 60's song just using standard chords like an A chord to create a classic 60's sound. We decided to go for a jazz and funk 60's vibe which i think went well, although just like last week I do think we need to co-operate as a team more and I think that we all need to support each others creative idea's so create a better idea overall for what the song should be. I think that this time we should focus on the 60's again to try and get the song complerted and all try and focus on the lyrics this time as we already have the shell done, this will allow us to finish the song and get it to a performance standard.

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A massive inspiration to me is Joey Jordison. the reason i play Guitar and Drums is because of him. He is the former drummer of Slipknot and the former Guitarist of Murderdolls.

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When we got into our room and began working I feel we really kicked off fast and successfully by getting straight to coming up with a rhythm and late again with the lead and the drum beat.
FOR NEXT WEEK
I hope we can continue or consistency and good working together.

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Since I started playing guitar I haven't been too involved with heavier things up until recently. I used to play thrash metal and those types of heavy songs up until about 2 weeks ago when I detuned my guitar to drop C To play a genre known as Pop-punk.

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Next week I think we need to get straight into working on the song and only have one warm up cover practice instead of a couple which distracted from our time. I think that we should run through it a few times and then start woprking on the lyrics as they are one of the most important things about the song. I think that we should also schedual a break to stop people from wandering in and out of the room at random times.

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I think that the rehearsal went well and that we progressed as a band to go from playing with a backing track to playing without. We also worked on timing and the solid bond between the bass and the drummer

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What have I been inspired by/ what went well- Shannon

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What have I been inspired by/ what went well- Shannon

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The guitar that inspired me for creating the 90's to modern song were the guitar from fall out boys infinity on high and guitar from a day to remember songs.

So far this week I think we did well by creating the shell of the song. I started by playing some guitar idea's I had and calum started playing drums along with it. i feel like we did really well by using our time differently, first starting with a cover song which then inspired us to create our modern song. i think that we could of procrastinated a little bit less and focused more but overall I feel that we did pretty well with creating the overall melody of the song. having some lyrics we only have to fit in.

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What do we have so far?
Shannon-
Intro, Verse, pre chorus and Chorus for the rythm guitar, drums and lead guitar. We currently need to finish a bridge and add lyrics.

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Planning!