BLOG 20 – GREEK POP SONG CONTINUED Because we have both decided to go down the root of creating a Greek Pop track, below are some song examples that we will use as track references and that I will be able to show to Connor who is not familiar with Greek pop music. Connor’s OnlineContinue reading
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BLOG 19 – POP SONG CONTINUED Now that me and Connor have formed the basic structure of the pop track in terms of instrumentation, it is now about forming the lyrics and vocal melody. Below is the starting point of lyrics that have been put together and can be heard in the track below asContinue reading
BLOG 18 – NEO-SOUL OR GREEK POP Now that we have created 3 tracks in the styles of House, Reggaeton and Pop, we wanted to further experiment with two other genres, Neo-Soul and Greek Pop. Although this was different to our original plan in blog 6, we now have expanded our thoughts and ideas! BelowContinue reading
BLOG 17 – POP SONG: [LOGIC] IDEAS Now that we have the first initial ideas for the house track, we now wanted to move on and begin the main ideas for the pop track. To start off, we firstly looked at some pop songs that are currently popular or have been in the charts inContinue reading
BLOG 16 – COLLABORATION PLAN CHANGE Due to the issues with COVID-19, me and Connor will not be able to work or meet together in person. Although this may be an issue with the collaborative side of things, to resolve this, we will now be working online through social media (Facebook and Soundcloud) to communicateContinue reading
BLOG 15 – WORK-IN-PROGRESS PRESENTATION Presentation Script INTRODUCTION – SLIDE ONE: Hi everyone and welcome to my work-in-progress collaborative and contextual presentation! PROJECT OVERVIEW – SLIDE TWO: For this module, I will collaborate with a music producer to create an EP of 4 tracks, working to create songs in a variety of styles. I willContinue reading
BLOG 14 – HOUSE/DANCE SONG – LYRICS & MELODIES Now that the track idea has been created in terms of instrumentation and structure, we decided to work on some lyrics together. It was also important to form a melody together at this point, however, as I have more experience with creating melodies and because myContinue reading
BLOG 13 – EP COVER CONTINUED Now that we have our main ideas for the EP cover, we have further created various previews/drafts. Below also demonstrates further research that we have both taken into consideration for my EP cover. Further Album Cover Research: I have further research into relevant album covers. For example, Helena Paparizou,Continue reading
BLOG 12 – REGGAETON/POP: LOGIC For the pop song of this EP, we have decided to create it in Logic instead of Ableton. This is mainly due to the more extensive sounds (e.g. strings) that Logic provides. However, the pop song that we have started to create shows some exploration and influence of Reggaeton style,Continue reading
BLOG 11 – EP COVER CONTINUED This is the first preview/draft that Alex has created with the illustration, Greek border, colour and font. We have chosen the colour purple, mainly because it fits really well with the border, plus purple is my favourite colour. We have also explored Greek and English letters for this preview,Continue reading