https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux en-us 2017-10-04 20:26:40 UTC 2017-12-01 20:28:57 UTC hello@padlet.com jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/194083037 As our first stimulus we were given a Djemb drum. We came up with many different ideas from this stimulus but we decided to write things such as lyrics based on things such as a heartbeat. We went for an upbeat rhythm because as it has an influence of African music and African music tends to be upbeat so that everybody can dance along to it.
In rehearsal we developed our ideas by writing down ideas of what's in African music and then we built it up from that and thinking about such influences we could use. We used such things like the 3/2 clave and we also used the bass as a main rhythm in the song as well to give it that rhythm you can dance along to.
Overall i thought that our response to the stimulus worked because our song had upbeat rhythms all the way through and had a beat that you could easily get stuck into your head. This means we responded well to our stimulus because we had a lot of influences from African music and we portrayed it well throughout our piece.
Our feedback from our group and tutor was that the song was catchy and that it fitted the idea that we were going for. We could of improved it by making the vocals a bit louder by maybe either turning the mics up or trying to sing a bit louder.

lyrics

Now everybody let's join in x2
this is the rhythm of the heartbeat
now everybody let's join in 
now do you think you can boogie
Walking down the street we go
Moving fast and moving slow
Listening to the song on the radio]]> 2017-10-04 20:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/194083037 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/198600290 For this stimulus we were given a storyboard of a woman in a car and a truck behind her. We interpreted it as a car crash and we expressed this through the anger in the lyrics. We also made it quite simplistic to add more effect to it. We also decided to make it acoustic as well to make it more effective and more catchy.
In rehearsals, we just developed on an idea that Gina had wrote down beforehand and in the time we had we tried to find ways to make it more catchy and more relatable to people hence using a more poppy style to the sing.
Overall, i think that the song came along and fitted together quite well and that there isn't really to much to work on unless it's maybe looking more confidence while singing/ playing the instruments. Our group and teacher also thought the same things that we did which was having more confidence in ourselves and maybe getting things like levels together a bit better.

lyrics
Chorus:

We collided but survived now i'm numb inside 
So now i'm stranded all alone at the side of the road
You had an impact on me but it ran to deep
We’re nothing more than a car crash 
Nothing more than a car crash to me 

Verse 1: 

I was walking’ around feeling’ down because i was reminded of you
Where did it all go wrong ?
Why did it turn out so bad
I’ll guess we’ll never know

Verse 2:

Why did you ditch me ? 
Was I a mistake ?
Do you know you caused me so much heartache 
You haunt me in my dreams 
And stalk me in the day 
In the back of my mind i still pray we can go our separate ways 

Bridge:
Why won’t you leave me alone
You lingerie in every way possible 
X2]]> 2017-10-19 11:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/198600290 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/202865864 We were given an article on war and the effects on people. Because this is a bit of a depressing situation to write a song on we decided to go down the emo route and make the guitars a bit heavier and also the drums. Lyrically they are still going down the emo route because it is describing the effects and causes of war for example the lyrics "these places are secondary fazes that nobody worshiped at all" is saying that things like religion can cause such bad things and that people can take it too extreme. Overall I think we got the message across about war and it effects people in many different ways and can scare people for life. In rehearsal we came across this style by people just messing around on guitars and then everything else slotted in with the guitars, and then i wrote the lyrics so that they fitted into the song better.
We got the mainly positive feedback like such thing as having confidence when we were preforming, the levels were correct up until the chorus when the vocals were drowned out a bit, and that it was very catchy and easy to sing a long to.
I think if we were ever going to do this song again that it maybe needed to be a bit longer by adding another verse and maybe having a bridge in as well. We could have also added things like guitar solo or drums having a little solo as well due to us going down the more emo route for the song.

LYRICS
Verse
Look at these faces,
It's what you've seen before
These places are secondary fazes,
that nobody worshiped at all. x2
CHORUS
To lose your life or to run and die,
They never said it would end up like this with a bomb in the sky.]]> 2017-11-02 12:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/202865864 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/207620514 We were given the stimulus of a moving image which was this kind of childs cartoon, we decided because it looked kind of happy that we would respond to this by creating a song on childhood memories and what you're expected to be like when you're older. We decided to go for a simplistic style so starting with the uke to make it sound soft and gentle and then slowly build up with the instruments with bass and guitar being quite soft and only the bass drum and a bit of snare then once it gets the the chorus everything picks up then dies down to just the uke at the end. In rehearsals everything got off to a slow start due to having to figure out how to fit things like drums and an electric guitar into a calm song, but we managed. I think that we maybe could have done with some more time because it wasn't quite ready yet and you can tell that by the quick ending of the bass, guitar and drums. I think that i should of done something better with the drums but i hadn't played drums in a long time so i was trying to get used to them again but it ended up in a bit of a mess but it somehow worked.
Our group agreed with the feedback that we got which was we needed to work on timings at the beginning and end because we didn't really know how to slowly fade the instruments in and out to make a smooth transition. ]]> 2017-11-16 12:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/207620514 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/208872013 We came across thing idea by talking to each other on a group chat and Mitch posted a picture of an ashtray which he proceeded to name it Alan, and by looking at this we all immediately though of addiction because of the fact of it being an ashtray and people getting addicted to things like alcohol and how it can slowly ruin your life due to being ignorant on the effect of people that are around you. We thought it would be a good idea to have minimal instruments but still try and get a full sound from it. We firstly started to build up from Matt playing chords on the piano and i followed the chords from the piano and played about with the strumming of the guitar until i thought it fitted to the song and then Mitch came in slowly with the drums.  We had the feedback of the piano being a great start to the song and that the instruments fitted on perfectly and synced well with each other also that the style of the song contrasted well with the stimulus of the song because it's a happy sounding song but with a deep meaning behind it.

LYRICS
why cant i stop being i love with you 
even if i wanted to
its like im attached 
and to me you're so addicting 

this love is so unhealthy for me 
why can't i be free 
why do we have to continue on
even though we know it's so wrong

why can't i let go of you no matter how much i want you to
why can'ti go without you even if i want out
of this situation you put me in 
i know i just can't win 
why do you have to be so tainted
and why am i so addicted to you. ]]> 2017-11-20 19:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/208872013 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/211158844 We came across this idea when we were all ranting about how people our age aren't really heard by politicians and society. So when it came to the next lesson Julia had wrote some lyrics which she wanted me and Gina to sing. The lyrics basically just follow our little rant that we all had about how no matter what people of our age are just over seen and not looked as being important for society. We used a folk style to kind of make fun of politics due to them a lot of the time being against music like this so we thought it would be ironic to base the song out like this. We chose folk because firstly it was kind of irony to use country/folk instruments and secondly it was meant to fit a peaceful protest style of music. We were overall very happy with the way it turned out because we thought we met all of our targets, we also thought that we could have maybe added in a bridge or something like that the maybe add a bit more emphasis to the song and make it more effective. Our group gave us the feedback of that the lyrics fitted with the stimulus very well and that it does show the struggles of young people in today's society. We also had the feedback of maybe all of the instruments should try and be level so that we can hear everything clearly. 

LYRICS
Dreams of today
are the reality of tomorrow 
my view are right but yours 
well there just wrong
but hey it's only a song 
so here let me just carry on 

opinions this opinions that 
we aren't your minions you utter twat
they listen to you 
you think your right 
we all know you can't last the night.

your against this
and against that
but have you thought 
we are all against you... the rat
asking for help to make it better 
so tell me why did you reject 
my letter 

opinions this opinions that
we aren't your minions you utter twat 
they listen to you 
you think your right
we all know you 
can't last the night.]]> 2017-11-28 20:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/211158844 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/211799331
We decided to pick the stimulus childhood memories because we all was talking about how once everybody was so sweet, innocent and unaware of the things that were around us when we were younger so we immediately though of childhood so then we though that we should  make a song about it.  We decided to keep the song minimalist because of the fact of childhood being simple and entertaining so we only had drums, piano and voice in this composition.  We slowly built the song up by first the piano coming in then the voice and than another voice being added in the pre-chorus then drums coming in because it make the song sound a lot more well planned out it can also represent the fact of once you start to grow older there is more layer to life than what you think there is.
We had the feedback of the song sounding very emotional and fitting into the criteria that we wrote the song about. We had the feedback of everything sounding very smooth and running nicely, also that the piano brought the song together a bit more. We also were told that maybe had a bass and and acoustic guitar and it could have made the piece sound more whole but other than that there was no more criticism. Overall i felt like everything went really well in the piece  and i agree that there should have maybe been a bass and an acoustic guitar and everyone else in the group kind of agreed to that as well. 

Verse 1
Stars glisten in your eyes and love blossoms in the sky.
we know they were good time but it all come to an an end.
Pre-chorus
We were happy, when we were young
but we know the worst is yet to come
Chorus
Childhood memories made when we were young. Happy days spent together, but we always thought it would last forever and always
Verse 2
When those memories gave you so much joy, you didn't forget what they were about.
We used to laugh so much but look at where we are now. Back with those child hood memories.
Pre-chorus
We were happy, when we were young
but we know the worst is yet to come
Chorus
Childhood memories made when we were young. Happy days spent together, but we always thought it would last forever and always]]> 2017-11-30 12:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/211799331 jessie_hodges https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/211968933 We decided to go for a heavyish indie style song to suit the style of song that had been written. I wrote a song on about having a love hate relationship in yourself and how it's like having an inner conflict with yourself because your always either having a battle with yourself due to being put down by negative feeling and then sometime you have a good day and start feeling good about yourself and it makes you think of when you were younger and things like this didn't really happen. We built up on a riff that George created and then slowly added drums. Emmie started playing the chords up higher on the guitar the have a contrast with George playing the chords lower down, this kind of represents the moods of love and hate because the higher part is like you are high on the fact that you are feeling good about yourself and the lower chords being about during into the depressing part about hated by yourself. 
We got the feedback of the drums bringing everything in the song together and that the guitars were effective due to the difference in the pitch, also apparently the lyrics fitted in well with the stimulus idea. We could have improved by my voice being louder but our only problem is that the PA couldn't go any louder or it wold have started to feedback.


LYRICS
you didn't think you was loved 
until it was too late
you walked away with no care in the world
and thought it was a mistake 

But it didn't need to end up like this 
with no place to run
Now we are talking about your love 
and hate relationships

remember that joy you had
moments like that gave you hope 
you thought everything was okay 
but look at all the hate now

But it didn't need to end up like this 
with no place to run
Now we are talking about your love 
and hate relationships]]> 2017-11-30 17:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jessie_hodges/27xpbywiu5ux/wish/211968933