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

• Spotify links

• YouTube links

https://www.canva.com/ 

Also the SM58 mic is a common vocal mic used and many venues and live music and also podcasts.

And that finally a condenser mic is to pic up details like in vocals, also a pencil mic is used for drum overheads.

For cable managment you have to turn and coil them in a circle were none are bigger than the other, and that it stays at a reasonably small size, you are to act respectful and carefully around all equipment since its all very expensive and we do not want any of it breaking. and that you should be respectful of the working enviroments and were others are using equipment.

I personaly did find it safe to work in and there was nothing to crazy going on.

Music industry: Requires skills, and understanding job roles and experience. 

Music producer manages the sound recording and production of a band or artist, working to try and improve the songs. Recording right through to mixing and mastering, they oversee the hole project. 

They will need good communication skills, to be able to work well and progressively with the band or artist your working with, they should strive to do the best to there ability=to be ambitious, should also be confident in there ability to produce and need a open creative mindset towards it, should also support  them and be patient, like a role model. Producers will have budgets. 

Workflow: Having everything assessable for you to use at a whim. 

Job roles:  

Mentorship= you guide them, inspire them. 

Organisation= you need your equipment ready. 

Arraigning= how to set up  a studio, composition. 

Managing= managing your money and budgets. 

Communication= creative ideas to share with people, be able to tell people what's wrong and right. (if there being a dickhead or not) 

Collaboration= with gigs, artist, bands and people to work with. 

Music producer skills: 

People skills= to be able to build connections and bond with different people in the same industry as you, positive relationships. 

Networking= bringing musicians and many other talented people together. 

Vibe= a producer needs to set an atmosphere and feel of studio sessions.  

Time keeping= to be efficient and always on time. (if late your losing money) 

Sylvia masse is a top female producer= has worked with system of a down and slayer.

:ROLE OF MUSIC PERFORMER: 

Good at communication, working with  the right people, getting in the right crowd and not being used. Have positive characteristics= are you friendly, are you approachable. 

A performer in the music industry are all types of musicians, they include singers, instrumentalists and support performers, such as backing vocalists. They usually do live performances. 

They can set up stage and perform in big open fields, garages, stage places, at home digitally and promote themselves on social media, in studios and on tour. busking is were people play on or in the streets. And they can play at gigs, funerals, party's and weddings. 

You will need to have a positive relationship with your crew, they make you sound good. Live venues, on radio and tv stations. They have a massive draw, big audience since everyone watches it. 

If equipment is knocked over, unplugged or dropped, the techys will run on stage to fix it, pick it up or turn stuff back on, and performers can be energetic depending on the vide of the song there playing= lots of passion, and crowd will like that and match the energy. A smaller audience while performing can make it quite interment. 

Different performers coming on in a collaboration can make more people come and more variety of people enjoy it, lyrics that are deep or emotional can be relatable to the audience and can mean the song/performance is better and more successful. 

Performers need to practice, to improve technique, and to master what they do, you also need to rehearse before playing, and find locations to perform, find venues. Traveling is also important to be good at, and you have to promote. Your personality has to be a certain way to be successful, confidence, stamina, flexibility, teamwork, musicianship, critical thinking, need energy, being able to collaborate and network, its competitive so you need to do your own special thing and be good at it, be a bit negative to yourself and having a good analysis. 

The second song i like, is Fire starter by the prodigy due to the strange and futeristic eletrical sounding they use in the song, the vibe is odd but exiting to listen to. has a tempo of 142 to 140 this means that its quit fast but not to fast.

Thats about it really.

one of my favourite bands is system of a down, i also enjoy listening to to gorilaz, prodigy, pantera and a bit of metallica. i simply find there music enjoyable and good, but i also listen to other things aswell.

i dont really have "A" favourite song from anyting i have listened to since i find that they are all equally enjoyable to me and that they are all uniquely good with there own strengths and and weaknesses.

i may have gone to some gigs when i was younger but nothing crazy, i havent gone to any reccently but i wouldnt mind going to one as long as its good, i have heard that gorilaz do play in the uk so i may go to one at some point.

thats all really

as stated, a job i would be intrested in music is to make beats for people, gigs or be in a band. or produce my own stuff.

i want to achive these goals because i enjoyment and intrest in them, playing/making music is fun.

and i think that i will achieve them due to my own willingness to learn drums, from studying in this course to create beats and the final stage would be to get accepted into gigs or more importantly in a band.

and thats all really

vicinity of obscenity - system of a down

its a vast thing with many diffrent stuff making it easy to find something that you enjoy or what to become. Just because you're making music doesn't mean you're in the music industry. The music industry is defined as “the individuals and organizations that earn money” by making music their primary income source. That can mean writing and performing.

A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is a software application that serves as an all-in-one music production studio for recording, editing, and producing audio on a computer. It provides a central platform for capturing sound from microphones or virtual instruments, arranging it on a timeline, adding effects, and mixing it into a final track. DAWs are essential tools for musicians, producers, and sound engineers to create music and other audio content

System of a Down's performances are intense, high-energy, and theatrical, characterized by a unique blend of raw aggression and technical musicianship, dramatic stage presence, and thought-provoking lyrics that create an immersive and unforgettable live experience. The band's performances feature vocal versatility, frenetic guitar work, and audience interaction, often featuring unexpected moments and a genuine excitement from the band that feeds the crowd.  

Gorillaz has several celebrated live performances, with the Glastonbury 2010 and Demon Dayz 2017 festival cited by fans as highlights, and their Plastic Beach live performances, including the one with Lou Reed, are also highly regarded. Other notable live appearances include the MTV EMA's 2005, the Coachella 2010 set, and performances on the Song Machine Live tour. 

Gorillaz live performances are a dynamic mix of live music, projected visuals, and numerous guest vocalists and musicians, evolving from hiding the live band behind a screen to featuring a full, visible touring band with extensive collaborative elements. Performances often feature a live band performing music, with a large screen displaying animated visuals, music videos, or appearances by guest artists who aren't physically present. The energetic shows are characterized by Damon Albarn, the band's leader, often playing multiple instruments and engaging the audience, creating a feeling of deceptive chaos and a joyous, collaborative atmosphere.  

A music professional is anyone who earns a living in the music industry, whether as a musician or in a related business, creative, or technical role. While a "professional musician" is someone who is paid to perform or create music, the broader term "music professional" also includes the many other careers that sustain the industry. 

:MUSIC WORKSHEET:

1.Louding up your Daw= digital audio work station needed to mix things.

2.The 3 daws= logic, pro tools and abilton.

3.first thing to do to track before mixing anything is to organise your files by using a bus, in logic its called a track stack, all separate drums in a track stack, same thing for guitars, bass and others in there own bus.

4.you'd organise your tracks/files is to start with drums at beginning of project, organise everything after drums, so drums then base, then guitar and keys, and vocals at the end.

5.you need to do our ruff levels, a proper gain structer, gain structer is volume= how loud your tracks are, need to be a certain volume for buses, buses need a certain volume before going into master fader. Have your master fader sitting between negative ab when coming to volume of buses.

6.start playing around with EQ of tracks if there is something sticking out that's problematic so it can pull it out. Taking out frequencies that are not great in the track, to control dynamic ranges you use the compressor= its best on vocals and drums, Threshold is what you pull down and up to compress.

7.effects can be used to put on reverb on vocals, synths, guitar and high hats it sounds good, no reverb on basses or kicks since it sounds shit/not great.

8.distorshion= using a small amount of distortion can be good as a affect on tracs.

:safety tips in studio:

1. Make sure all nobs are down before setting up drums, have microphone muted before plugging in or it could overloud and proper blow up/not great, no liquids near equipment since noting is water proof or resistant= if breaks then that's 50K out of your bank, keep everything tidy and clean and stuff put away after use and keep it so you can get through the room and all doors cleared, make sure to coil the cables correctly.

:Pro tool stuff:

1.In pro tools to create projects is to press shift control n, make sure buses are stereo because you might want multiple tracks so you can pan them going from left to right, IO means in and out were you do your busing, in is top, out is bottom, to change the input of a bus select the output of the bus and send it to the input, then you can rename the tracks.

Levels/balance= to make sure you can even out volumes and that you can hear

everything clearly or clearer than it did.

Compression= can makes things sound better, more punchy.

Equalisers= used to up different frequency's on highs and lows to make them sound

better.

Affects on Audio= it makes sounds have unique differences, examples being either

adding distortion or reverb to audio.

For levels= level the audio so that the drums are to hit loud with the kick at the

bottom and the snare at the high end, the bass just above the kick, the keys at the

mid and the vocals should be just above the keys at mid/high.

Compression= good tool to make drums sound better, so for a good punchy sound

you will make the attacks slow and the release faster.

Equalisers= to boost the lows and highs so it sounds better, don't add to much

grain or eq because it wont sound good, only add little parts here and there on your

mx so it punches through better.

Audio affects= make sure you don't have different faders on overlapping volumes so there's not clashing, you can use panning to make different sounds come in louder on the right and left headphone and some coming through both so that it sound spaced but good.