Music
Chapter 4
Durning this projected I decided to recreate a Chainsmokers song "all we know" I knew this would be challenging but I wanted to do this instead of a mashup to challenge myself. This project completely changed my outlook on the creative process and I found tons of new ways to do things by watching youtube tutorials. First in this project I searched the cords to the song and how to draw them in on the piano roll feature, I used this process to set down the base cords that play almost through the whole song. Then I made the basses as well as the bells and whistle sounds you hear. Next I created the piano in the building up which was very challenging and I used a tutorial to learn how to make this as well as parts of the drop. The hardest part of this project was not drawing in the chords but creating the sounds to make the song sounds similar to the original but also putting my own unique touch on it. This has by far been my favorite project and I look forward to doing similar things very soon.
Artist Statement- During this project I used alchemy to design my own sound and put them into place in my song. I edited sound to make them my own. I also discovered a feature to logic called cord trigger which I used during my project. During this project I discovered new sounds as well and made my own. This project was difficult because it is hard to design your own sounds that sound as good as ones already made in logic, but it was also fun to be able to make your own sound. This project was an exciting new twist to logic and I really liked it.
During this project me and Danny recorded Audio using the Microphone and software instruments. We ran into trouble while trying to have a consistent concept throughout the song, in some parts we overcame this but in other our struggles continued. Our song at first had a laid back sound, but at parts we had trouble continue this theme. We did a great job editing the sounds and recording raw audio. This is one of my favorite projects so far even though it was by far the most challenging. Fining sounds that worked well with the song was hard and playing on the keyboard was hard also. Overall this project was successful and I am excited for other like it to come.
Artist Statement- During this first Music Tech two project we used logic and pretty much redefined loop as I knew them. During this loops project we did a similar thing as we did in Music Tech one but took it a major step farther using our knowledge of editing. I used things like reverb, and compressors to make my loops project better. I also used things like option drag, panning, the O key to have the loops library pop up, command d to add a knew track, command f to zoom in and zoom out as short cuts to be more efficient when working. I used a verity of things to make this project my own. During this project I had trouble manipulating sounds and making them my own, panning was also a struggle during the project. Being persistent and spending time working on making each track sound the way I want it proved to be am advantage during this project. During this project I enjoyed using new features that Logic offers such as sound effects like reverb. Overall this project was exciting and gave me more freedom when using my music to tell a story, which I am excited to do throughout Music Tech Two.
Artist Statement- In this project I explored using several different melodies, they all had a electronic sound to them. This project challenged by making making me create my own melody vs using apple loops, at first I was not pleased because I could not make my music sound as good as the loops but i think i found my own sound in this project. I made some of the melodies run together and had others that sounded completely different from the others. Overall the project was a new exciting experiment during this class.
Artist Note- In this Project I stayed focused on EDM House music but tired to add in a grooving feeling. This project was difficult because I had to use the iPad there were also limited loops on the iPad. During this project I pushed myself outside of my comfort zone by using the iPad and the FX feature on it.
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Artist Note- The inspiration for my EDM House Loops track comes from artist like Thomas jack, Kygo, and the Chainsmokers. This track used relaxed house loops mixed with loops that add more of a EDM feeling to try to create a mix of House and EDM and even some Tropical House mixed in, in attempt to do this I tried to keep the tempo of the song high while using loops that were not as intense as some EDM and House songs. Trying to mix two genres of music was a challenge that I attempted to overcome.
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In this Project I took sounds that I thought sounded different or interesting and tried to edit them into a "song". During this project I had trouble keeping my sound levels out of the red when I was chasing the EQ of the tracks and or putting things like reverb edit on tracks. I also had a problem when my project was deleted and I was forced to start over. During this project I enjoyed editing tracks and enjoyed the challenge of editing individual tracks.
Cycle Feature Project
In this poject I had struggles finding sounds I liked and making them my own. I had trouble with new ideas and not using too muc repitition. I focused on the EDM side of music for this project and treid to have a veriety of differnt sounds. Overall i enjoyed this project because it challenged me to do new thing use the Cylce feature and pushed me out of my comfort zone. Even though I had struggled during this poject it was a great project. This was by far my faviorte project and the most challenging for me which I loved. This project was differnt for me every time I worked on it sometimes I could just not think of ideas and sometimes I was killing sections. Overall this project was great