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WEEK 2 – PROSODY

In this weeks lecture, we spoke about sonic prosody and how/why it is used. So what is prosody? prosody is where you really focus every element of your music to a set theme. For instance, you could want to speak about someone on the beach having a good time, drinking a few drinks. To achieveContinue reading “WEEK 2 – PROSODY”

WEEK 1!

After quiet a few months off university, and secluding myself to 4 walls. I had my first day back! Seeing everyone was so lovely and really propped up my mood! The summer was very much so filled with ups and downs mentally, however I’ve came out of it possibly the most focused and motivated (andContinue reading “WEEK 1!”

GLASS KINGDOM

So for the two years that I’ve been at the University, I’ve been in a progressive metalcore project called ‘Glass Kingdom.’ During this time, I have played shows in: Cheltenham, Birmingham and Leicester. We were also meant to play in Bristol, Bedford and Wolverhampton but unfortunately we had to pull of them shows due toContinue reading “GLASS KINGDOM”

Lead sheet for our piece

file:///C:/Users/haydn/Downloads/wavy-lead-sheets.pdf Here is our lead sheet and i shall provide the screen grabs of it as well.

WEEK 12

Overall, I’m quite happy with the performance. Although, I felt that It could have gone better, I could have worked on the melodies more to get something more concrete. As there’s parts in the performance where I find myself to be quite pitchy, and mine and Zara voices didn’t work to well together because ofContinue reading “WEEK 12”

WEEK 11

This week we had our performance. I was really nervous about this. As singing, in this style is really out of my comfort zone. I’m typically a metal vocalist, so I’m very used to just using the top of my range consistently and belting. However with this project, it was very reserved and held back.Continue reading “WEEK 11”

week 10

This week we finished working on the structure. It was down to the polishing up the vocal rhythms and melodies. To do this, I composed the main melody, and then got Adam to play the note at the octave above. I did this, because me and Zara have different timbres. I personally love the wayContinue reading “week 10”

WEEK 9

The tech spec for our project was really simple. All we needed was: 2 SM58’s, 2 Mic stands, Sustain Pedal, guitar amp. We ended up not using the drum machine, as it ended up not fitting the sound we were going for. We couldn’t really control the dynamics of it. Instead of that, Haydn programmedContinue reading “WEEK 9”

WEEK 8

This week we learnt about lyricism. I found this particularly interesting because its something I’ve been partaking in, and enjoying for a while now. I personally disagree with requiring rhyme. I don’t like writing lyrics that rhyme a lot, as I see them to typically be, entry level and corny. Obviously in context though, InContinue reading “WEEK 8”