Category Archives: MD4316 Songwriting & Performance

This week we learnt about the shape of songs. Shape meaning structure and layers. The layers we spoke about were as follows: Explicit Beat layer, Functional Bass Layer, Melodic layer and the Harmonic Filler layer. A point taken away from this layer which interested me, was the fact that any instrument could fill the requirementsContinue reading “WEEK 3”

For this week, we were put into groups and were challenged to create a song with an AB structure. AB simply meaning two differentiating sections. So we wrote a song that had a verse and chorus that looped, with the lyrics and musical themes within the different sections being significantly distinguishable. For the verses, IContinue reading “WEEK 2”

I was nervous going into this lecture, having not really spoke to anyone else on my course. I’m typically a nervous person, and I struggle to talk to new people. The lecture consisted of ice breaking exercises as a whole class. For instance, we had to sit in a big circle, and create a continuousContinue reading “WEEK 1”

Hello, I’m Haydn Brine! I’m a musician from Leicestershire currently studying Popular Music at the University Of Gloucestershire. I’m relatively new to playing live and being in bands. In fact, I joined my first band ‘Enemy Of Atlas’ In September 2018. In this short time, I’ve achieved things that I never could have dreamed. MyContinue reading “Who I am”