Who you are and your interests and hobbies

• Do you play, sing or produce music?

• Favourite bands and artists

• Favourite songs - explain why you like them

• Have you been to any gigs? Who would you like to see perform live?

• What you did

• What you learnt

• What went well

• What you could improve on

• Include screenshots and videos from your own projects and performance sessions

TIP: You should make us of at least 2 research sources to help you gather your information (websites, articles, videos etc)

• What are your aspirations in music?

• What job in music would you like to have one day?

• Why do you want to achieve these things?

• How do you think you will achieve them (college study, making beats, university, playing in bands etc)?

• What it is you like about each song

• The types of sounds and instruments used

• What the lyrics, vibe or mood of the songs mean to you?

• Live performances

• Recording studios

• Theatres

• Music Festivals

audition for positions in orcistras

practise

reherse

location

travel

promote

• Spotify links

• YouTube links

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my favourite bands consist of : Queens of The Stoneage, Dinosaur jr, Sonic Youth, Portishead, Pixies, Radiohead, Wet Leg and The Smashing Pumpkins. but that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I think that it is impossible for me to name a favourite song as it can change depending on mood, time of day, and what's going on in my life but here's a list of songs I love and why i like them :

- Between the bars - Elliott Smith, helps me reflect on life

- Little furry things - Dinosaur jr, happy yet sad lyrics

- Wild wood - Paul Weller, depicts the urban world as a forest

- Hey - Pixies, about an unstable relationship

- Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins, unorthodox guitar chords

- Wondering Star - Portishead, chill with a dark undertone

- Palo Alto - Radiohead, hating normality

- Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbrogh, reminiscing childhood

- Liquidize - Wetleg, getting on the train to college

- The Overload - Torus

the bands I've been to see:

- Queens of The Stoneage at Sheffield stadium

- Pixies at the o2 forum

- Amyl and The Sniffer at the roundhouse

- Viagraboys at Sheffield stadium

- Wunderhorse at the o2 forum

- The Pale White at the o2 forum

- Torus at the crawlford arms

- Deadletter at the crawlford arms

sorry it wont let me do youtube links

- I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges

- Only - Nine Inch Nails

- Bone Machine - Pixies

- Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Q.O.T.S.A.

- The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails

- My God is The Sun - Q.O.T.S.A.

- Mexicola - Q.O.T.S.A.

- Broken box - Q.O.T.S.A.

- Trogalodyte - Viagra Boys

- Slow Learner - Viagra Boys

I would like to go into the studio industry while I try to find my sound and my audience as a musician so if all else fails, then I have something to fall back on.

All I've ever wanted to be my whole life is a musician and that's the dream. Hopefully I will turn it into a reality using my good social skills to navigate the industry

and my technical music ability, whether that will be used in a band, a solo project, or both.

This song is about a young man, who is an outcast from society and is academically challenged. he isn't bothered by anything in the world but, at the same time, isn't pleased by anything, just numb.

This song consists of a simple drum beat, a very constant rhythmic baseline, a guitar that is used for offbeat accents, a synth that has a staggered chord progression, a very sporadic saxophone solo and a lightly distorted and aggressive vocal that almost has a flanger quality.

The song is 152 bpm and time signature of 4/4 and is in the key of A.

Song two is a song called Broken Box by Queens of The Stone-age.

This song is about lead singer, Josh Homies, ex wife and is sort of a disstrack aimed at her and highlights her disloyal qualities and toxicity towards Josh during there marriage. This is frequently shown in lyrics such as "go and find yourself another slave" and "tears from the sky and pools of pain, well baby tonight I'm gonna go and dance in the rain"

The song consists of a piano with one chord playing throughout the verses, a distorted baseline that follows the rhythm of the piano, clapping to replace the snare drum, which adds more sonic depth to the song, a guitar that has a wah pedal being used to make almost dj scratch's with in the chorus and a distorted vocal that uses allot of falsetto which is josh's signature style of singing.

the song is 132 bpm, is in the key of D and has a time signature of 4/4.

Sound and lighting technician: these guys make sure that the lighting is perfect for the audience to see the performers and get the best perspective on the act that's in front of them.

Stage manager: a stage manager is the one who is in charge of all of the things to do with the stage whether its the safety of lights, speakers, staff and making sure that the act is within there allocated time slots.

A great example of a producer would be the legendary Rick Rubin who's known globally for his incredible work with bands such as slipknot, Red hot chilli peppers, Johnny Cash, Run dmc, and Eminem.

https://youtu.be/ABTbvfkYKBg?si=4QHEZf7gnXAzrfFl

What makes Rick Rubin an exceptional producer is his creativity and perspective. Rubin believes 'what makes (people) interesting is... the imperfections' that make us 'human'. Rubin finds creativity through others imperfections and unique tastes.

a great example of a performer is Ed Sheeran who uses the power of looping his guitar to make the backing track to his live performance rather than having a band.

Noise levels - noise levels should be monitored throughout a live performance, which includes sound checks and rehearsals, because anything over 85dB are harmful to human ears however most performances are 120dB and above.

Crowds - planning for crowds is important as overcrowding can cause suffocation and other injuries. Also, it can make it difficult to get to exits, which is an issue if there is an emergency.

Recording studios -

https://celiamellowsrecordingblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/health-and-safety-in-recording-studio.html

Trip Hazards - as you're in a confined space, it will be a lot easier to trip on XLR cables, amp leads etc. To prevent this you should coil leads to keep them and short as you can in order to keep them out of the way.

Food and drink - if any food or liquid spills onto electronic equipment, it can damage the equipment and cause breakages or electrocution.

Hearing Damage - working in a small environment with loud equipment, such as drums, can cause damage to your eardrums, which is why you should wear ear protection.

Theatres -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zr96jhv/revision/1

Warm ups and Cool Downs - for performers, warm ups and cool downs are important in order to prevent vocal injuries.

Props - designers should wear protective equipment, including ear protection, gloves, and goggles. This is to prevent injury when working with materials such as glass.

Music Festivals -

we could have improved on communication, but we did only meet last week, and our friendships became stronger as the weeks went on

there was a slight feud in the band with one particular member but it was kicked under the carpet and we all moved on

i think my group have really good listening skills when it comes to fine tuning mistakes and problems when performing, i think we're all feeling prepared and ready for Monday's performance

^ We were asked to do a cover of a song and we picked to do glory box as we all had interest in it and it was of every ones taste so we didn't have to compromise.

What did you hope to achieve and do you think you've achieved?

^ I hoped to learn more about communicating in the environment and work together and how to work under pressure and i believe that the performance was executed to a decent standard were we were all happy with how it sounded in the end

What went well?

^ We worked around a group disagreement fast so it wouldn't put us off working it didn't take away the practice time. we had a band member leave and worked without him and then got someone to help us in some practice sessions and for our performance.

What could you improve?

^ I think i could improve on being braver and putting myself out there more by doing some vocals as well as guitar, i think this will help a lot with my confidence

What would you do differently?

^ I would of been a bit more organised on what pedals i needed and what kind of tone i was going for, eventually after trying a few combinations of pedals i came to a conclusion that the boss TR2 tremello pedal for the verses and the big muff fuzz pedal for the choruses and solo were the perfect combination to add some texture and depth to my parts that i was playing

What have you learnt?

^ I learnt how to work with a band better and communicate to make the band work with every ones opinions and ideas

together. this would help us work with other people quicker as we got on very well and also again to boost my confidence with my stage presence.

How does your project support your future progression?

^ I think this project will support me with my future in the music industry because it has shown me how to work with other musicians at a professional level and getting my course work done before the deadlines has tested my ability to work on demand and to stay motivated which is a really important part because it shows reliability weather your going into writing producing and many more branches of the music industry

what did you enjoy about the course?

^ I have enjoyed everything about the course so far because it is my greatest passion and i love to perform practise compose and write but i also love the theory side of things such as the different elements of music.

then for the synth i used two simple chord progressions in a early 2000s stabby rythem, i used the bitcrusher plugin for some slight distortion, the E.V.O.C. track oscillater which i used to add a 7th to the chords and a high pass filter to give the synth a lofi quality

The vocal sample is from the song one for the trouble by the New York rapper A.D.O.R. then i chopped it up into phases a Rythmic sounding noises to go along with the chopped up drums and then just before the beat drops i cut out the all the tracks apart from the vocals which i move onto a separate audio track and use chromaverb reverb plugin and a bitcrusher plugin to get a low quality but ambient sound that's soft just before all the components come back together so then there's a big contrast and you feel the energy of the song exploding and the textures of the components all working together.