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song evaluation -Aint it Fun

“Ain’t It Fun” by Paramore is a pop rock / funk rock song with a confident, energetic feel . The song has effective structure, moving through verses, pre-choruses, and choruses, with a gospel-style middle eigjt that lifts the energy. The tempo is mid-paced at around 104 BPM and stays consistent throughout, with a 4/4 time signature and a straight groove that still feels funky . As the song progresses, it starts to builds from clean and tight to full and thick, especially in the chorus and middle eight.

The lyrics focus on growing up and dealing with real-life , it is written in second person, which makes the message feel direct and personal. The wording is simple which makes the song easy to follow and memorable. Repetition is used a lot in the chorus, especially with the line “Ain’t it fun…” and dont go crying, which helps reinforce the main idea of the song. The verses set up the message and tell the story, while the chorus delivers the main point in a catchy way. The middle eight changes the feel completely by adding a gospel vibe, making this section stand out from the rest of the song.

Melodically, the song stays mostly in F minor. The vocal melody in the verses is lower, calmer, and almost spoken, which contrasts well with the chorus, where the melody becomes higher, stronger, and more powerful. This change helps build excitement and makes the chorus feel bigger and more impactful. The repeated chorus and middle eight melody acts as a strong hook, supported by both vocal lines and instrumental elements like the bass and claps.

The chords are simple and mostly stay the same throughout the song, mainly using Fm, Db, Ab, and Eb. Instead of changing chords between sections, the song changes the rhythm, dynamics, and texture to keep things interesting. Vocally, the main role is to carry the melody and message of the song, using clear articulation, strong dynamics, and some spoken-style singing. Overall, these elements work together to give the song its confident energy and make its message clear and effective.

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I have chosen this song as it has value to me on so many different levels. Mainly the love of the song comes from the appreciation I share with my friend Morgan over It she is also doing this project with me. Their first performance of this song was shown when they busked on the streets of Brighton and this followed shortly after. It as one of the first busking videos I had ever seen so when I discovered this version it automatically became my favourite. The purity of this version is unmatched they are just happily jamming in car park but creating such beautiful music at the same time.

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Ren & Sam Tompkins - Blind Eyed Ft. Angry Car Park Attendant

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after confusion about booths Scott helped us get a room...thanks Scott :)

We finally have something to show you but sadly cannot upload this to padlet :(.

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hi Scott it won't let me submit at this point but I am going too try on a different computer.just wanted too let you know

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hi Scott it won't let me submit at this point but I am going too try on a different computer.just wanted too let you know

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I was so anxious to perform our 3 songs as i've never really sung infront of a crowd before so it was really nerve wracking but after the first song the nerves slowly passed I was just worried incase I messed it up for the band.

before the performance I did have a little wobble but I got up and done it. Our performance went so well. I feel like next time I will work on keeping my mic close too my mouth but again I think it was just nerves. I really enjoyed the three songs we choose Valerie- Amy Whinehous ft Mark Ronson, Longshot-Catfish and thebottlemen and Hard Times- Paramore and I feel like we performed them really well.

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after confusion with booths and from Scott's brilliant help with getting us a room, thanks Scott :) we have a version for you too listen too over the break!

just sadly this won't upload to padlet

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we got put into our new bands. At the beginning I had alot of different feelings about the new bands but have adapted well. We have choose our two songs. Aint it fun- Paramore and Take Me Away- Christina Vidal and have Sugar Were Going Down- Fall out Boy. We also found out that another band is doing Aint It Fun- Paramore but we rant letting this effect our choice of doing it.

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Our first rehearsal was a little stressful. We had chosen our songs the previous week and agreed that Ain’t It Fun by Paramore would be the first one we worked on. Parts were already assigned for the vocalists, and the guitar group had also organized their sections.

However, things got complicated when another band chose the same song. One of our vocalists decided to tell the other band that we were changing our song—without discussing it with us first. This caused confusion and meant that instead of starting rehearsal right away, we had to stop and clarify what was happening.

I personally felt overwhelmed and ended up going non-verbal for a while. Hopefully, our next rehearsal will run more smoothly!

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aint it fun

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Our performance went better than i expected. Theres still a lot of areas that we need to work on but i think there is a problem in the band with people just doing what they want. We disscuss as a band what is needed/ expected and somehow it always just gets pushed away as if its not a priority and this causes great stress. The original song was written by myself and another vocalist and the lead guitarist and bassist wrote a more fuffiling melody but there was no help or input with any others in the band we constantly asked for help and ideas and didn't ever get any feedback which is also difficult. Myself in the performance i felt i did my best with the situation at hand, its a bit annoying aswell as i was alot more confident than the first performance but due to others in the band my nerves got the best of me and i amnt happy with my overall. I feel as if i was working with others who had the same goals as me in this course it wouldve been better, but thats out of my control.

the timing was off during the majority of the performance wich threw me off a bit as i personally know original timings so to be signing along to a known song at a diffrent timing as we have done every other week or even at soundcheck it was a bummer. i felt i did alot better with actually singing into the mic than what i did in the first performamce. All i can say as an overall is that i hope we perform better next time.

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this project really excited me. I Loved having to come up with different sounds too fit the actions of the man in the video. Unfortunately I have an iPhone 11 so I couldn't grab sounds from around the college but actually had more fun having to figure out my sounds in the little booth I was in using only my mic, a electric piano , a chair and my computer keyboard.

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this is a video of me explaining what we where doing in Scotts class to my foster mum

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I am learning how to compose sounds for a movie ,the movie is called the black hole and it is about a man in an office who has discovered that his printer has magical abilities.

we had to compose together numerous different sounds we could get them online or produce the sounds ourselves to go with the actions on the video I had to be vigilant so that I could get them at the right timings for the movie.I got a booth and recorded all my sounds individually using a mic sitting in a booth with my computer keyboard, electric piano and a chair. I took a different approach to this project than my class peers I didn't take any sampling from online and didn't use any software instruments. I am happy with my overall project , I really enjoyed doing the black hole as it look alot of attention and preciseness .

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Me and the other vocalist from the last band got an opportunity to form our own band, we where both extremely stressed in the last band and we felt as if we couldn't actually show what we where capable off . This new band straight away just fills me with joy! I feel as if I am now in a place where everyone is just as happy as me to be there ,we are three weeks in and we are powering through 5 originals wrote by myself , it feels so surreal for my lyrics too be sung and brought too life I really appreciate that we have been giving this time to do this !

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for my solo performance I performed an Original of mine , I have been really nervous for this performance as I'm still really nervous to perform infront of people. This song means alot to me I started writing it about just over a year ago , I always had loads of lyrics and loads of little Melodys but this was my first song I fully had put together.

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this was just over a year ago when I first started writing the song

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this was just over a year ago when I first started writing the song

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Mixing Project Interview – Sarah and Scott

Scott: Let’s go back to your mixing project. If you open your Logic session and bring up the mixer, we can have a look at what you’ve done. I can see a number of volume adjustments here. Can you talk me through what you were trying to achieve with these?

Sarah: I felt that the chorus sounded a bit raspy and too loud. Because of that, I tried to balance it out so it wasn’t too powerful during those sections. I brought the main vocal down slightly and tried to balance it with the other parts in the mix so everything sat together better.

Scott: That makes sense. I can also see you’ve added compression at the end of the chain. What did you do there?

Sarah: I added a compressor to help control the overall levels. The threshold is set to around -25.5 and the ratio is about 2.8. I left the auto gain turned off.

Scott: Great. Did you add any EQ to the track?

Sarah: I thought I had added EQ to the main vocal because that’s something I feel I understand quite well, but looking at the session I actually haven’t added any EQ yet. My understanding of EQ is that it helps balance and shape the sound so everything fits together in the mix.

Scott: That’s absolutely fine. Thinking back to when you first started this project, do you feel like you have a better understanding of the main elements involved in mixing?

Sarah: Yes, definitely. I have a much better idea of what the different tools do now and how they affect the sound.

Scott: That’s great to hear. The key thing with mixing is practice. The more you do it, the more your ear develops.

Sarah: Yeah, I used to experiment with GarageBand when I was younger. I didn’t really know what I was doing at the time, but I enjoyed trying different things out. I think that helped me understand some of the tools now.

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this is my solo performance , i was super nervous as i do hold this song very close to my heart , i started writing this song just over a year ago when my mum was still alive , the song itself has nothing to do with my mum but she sat and listened everyday for countless hours of me going back forward changing the melody lyrics changing the verses ,there where times she knew the song better than i did so when she passed i hadn’t played it in a while so getting back into it was pretty difficult as i fully completed the song just over 3 months ago and unfortunately my mum had passed by that time so she didn’t get too hear the finished version ,this solo performance really made me think of my mum and how proud she would be at how far i have came , at the start of this course i could hardly hold a conversation with someone never mind sing in front of a whole class of people ,i was a bit shakey when i first started but i don’t think i was as neevous as i thought i would be i think it was because of how much the song means to me. next time i would work again on my volume as a a few of my peers mentioned that they wanted to hear me better but that’s something i’m working on !! ,i’m really happy i got the chance to do this as i am really proud of myself :)

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i have wrote a number of original songs

perfect timings- perfect timing is a song abour meeting the right people at the right time , having opportunity’s and grabbing them i wrote it for the band specifically as i felt it fit the circumstances , we really do feel as if this is an opportunity and we are so glad we are being able too do this.

missing you- missing you has no big meaning behind it , it’s hopefully a song that’s gonna be portrayed in a way that other people can connect there feelings too it i’ve had this song for a little while now so was good too bring it into the band and too see how far it’s came .

birds in the sky- birds in the sky is a song i wrote for my mum that passed away , i wrote it with my guitar but the band have complete turned it into a proper funky piece , i love how i can have a piece of my mum in my journey through college and again it’s amazing too see the difference between my version and now the bands version.

golden haze-golden haze was a song i wrote a little while ago , about being with friends creating memories and music in the summer time ,i only had lyrics so i brought it into the band and they created a really nice melody , it still needs a bit of work but i’m really please with how it’s came out.

Thanks to you- I’ve been going through a really tough time the last few weeks and I wrote this song as a reflection of how grateful I am too have my people around me.

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it won’t let me upload birds in the sky