https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp en-us 2018-02-21 10:10:23 UTC 2018-04-27 09:27:44 UTC hello@padlet.com mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233660028 In recording class everyone went up to the board to write down which catergory we wanted to participate in. I decided I would be in the original band group along with Phil, Ryan and emmet. My main reason for this is I didn’t want to play covers.]]> 2018-02-21 10:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233660028 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233660539 All four of us went to Ryans house to jam, we came up with the basis of our first song called "Craigavon to miami", Phil recorded his mpc parts that day so he could bring it to class when we practise and ryan filmed some of our rehearsal on his Ipad and uploaded it to the group chat. ]]> 2018-02-21 10:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233660539 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233660814 We decided to drop Craigavon To Miami because when we went to revisit it we all agreed we didn’t feel excited enough about it to continue, Emmet had some great bass line riffs, so we spent that day coming up with guitar parts along with emmets riffs which where leading us down the funk path! Phil reworked the drum beat and added some synth parts. This was taking myself out of my comfort zone because im used to playing rock/metal and dont play funk so this style of playing was definitely a change and challenge to me. ]]> 2018-02-21 10:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233660814 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233661937 We went into the studio with our track and outlined the verse and prechorus. We added a tr8 to a mpc drum beat, we came up with several different ideas for synth parts on a rhodes piano sound and moog little fatty. ]]> 2018-02-21 10:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233661937 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233662106 We went into the studio again and we wrote the chorus, we recorded the parts in the song again to get a basic structure outlined. ]]> 2018-02-21 10:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233662106 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233662318 After having a rough outline of the song recorded, we went away and came up with vocal melodies and lyrics, we then recorded some of the lyrics and melodies and phil came up with an idea for the chorus which was a brass section. ]]> 2018-02-21 10:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233662318 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233662552 We worked on getting the rest of the song structure sorted including the solo which I will improvise. We went over Phil parts to see how they flowed with the song. Unfortunately we could not go over vocal melodies as Ryan was not in to sing, so we focused on the instrumentation. ]]> 2018-02-21 10:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/233662552 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/239065685 We had a full run through of the song with all the instruments, Ryan wasnt there so Phil had to fill in on vocals. We did a performance for the class and got feedback. We had good charisma but the song needed a bit more practice. ]]> 2018-03-07 10:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/239065685 mcdaid_124 https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/239065828 This was the performance day. Ryan came in so we spent that morning going through the song and vocals tightening up the structure. Our performance was that afternoon. I was pretty happy with how it went but I couldn't really hear my guitar and some of the lyrics where song wrong/forgotten however this was handled well live as Ryan just improvised. On the day we never really had a soundcheck because of time restrictions therefore the volume of my guitar was not loud enough during the solo. To avoid this next time I will try a boost pedal and definitely have a soundcheck. ]]> 2018-03-07 10:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdaid_124/k1ztu8oijcbp/wish/239065828