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Artist name: 'PEACH'.

Working/ writing as solo artist, collaborating with peers for assistance with instrumentals/ recording/ performing.

Developing original material.

Potential obstacles:

Using Logic.

Writing instrumentals.

Networking.

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1. Academic - I intend to work on a new song idea every week for the first few weeks of term, simply for the sake of creation as I tend to overthink things. I feel working this way will really help me to get the ball rolling and will enable me to focus on my favourite idea for my summative assignment.

2. Musical - I would like to improve my ability on Logic as currently I have very little experience with it. I endeavour to be constantly building on who I am and who I want to be as an artist. By the end of the term I want to have a solid, polished track for potential release.

3. Professional - I want to set up social media platforms for my music & start posting on them and be actively working towards writing an EP.

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This week I began working on an original track called 'too much 4 u'. I was inspired by the song 'Hungover' by Eloise (Eloise, 2021), particularly how the melody flows and builds into the chorus. I started by creating a new chord progression with some of the chords from the song, ending up with; Bbm7, Eb7, F7, Fm7. Humming over the top of these chords I gradually pieced together a top-line melody. I had an impulse to write to about finally finding my voice and realising my worth after going through a bad break up, forming the idea for foundation of my lyric writing.

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The completed first verse, followed by a chorus melody idea.

'I didn't change my number but I'm
Tired of being your other and I've
Tried to give myself love through the times where I don't feel enough for you
I'd lie
Like the nights spent undercover
Hide all my sides that didn't suit ya
Die living a script written by another
Why, oh why?'

Here I'm speaking on how I'm bored of being accessible to someone who doesn't deserve my energy. 'Lie like the nights spent undercover' having a double meaning - both lying in bed & also living a lie with someone who wasn't right for me, linking to the 'script' line where I'm relating this feeling with living someone else's narrative.

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'Cus I'm too much for u
Can't handle what I do
You're a dime and I'm a dollar baby
Don't you even bother
Yeah I'm too much for u
I'm above all that you do
I am gold and you are copper baby
Don't you even bother'

Really happy with this chorus on the whole, especially the jump in the melody at the metaphors 'dime/ dollar' and 'gold/ copper'.

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'You'd rig your games so I would lose them
Play with my mind then go make excuses
I've tried to give myself love through the times where I don't get enough from you
My time shouldn't be free, no I'll be selective
My life is a gift, yeah I'm fuckin treasure
And I'm living my truth now I'm doing better
Cus I'

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In class this week we discussed the 'melody skeleton' and the importance of verses having the a similar vibe but having  slight differences to keep the listener interested. I made sure there were subtle changes in the repeated phrases in the second verse - 'get enough from you' rather than 'feel enough for you' to highlight my evolving confidence throughout the song. However I feel the timing/ lyrical rhythm might need some more work as it feels quite busy.

In my second songwriting lesson this week I developed the song's chord progression with my tutor. We came up with the following instead as it fitted the melody better:

Gm, Cm7, Dm7, Dmaj7 - verses

Ebmaj, Dmaj - pre-chorus

Gm, Bbmaj, Cm, D - chorus

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Things I'm happy with:

Chorus melody.

Use of lyrical metaphors.

Chord structure.

Still to do:

Needs a bridge.

Lyrics/ timing in verses needs adjusting.

Track it.

Overall this week I feel I worked really well. I'm excited by the ideas I have come up with and am looking forward to working on something new next week.

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[1] Eloise., 2021. Hungover. Available at: <https://open.spotify.com/track/58z2lQaugyYqDausYuYvev?si=b3c4272abb8d49cd> [Accessed 8 December 2021].