BLOG 30 – FINAL REALISATION (PART TWO) SoundCloud Tracks – https://soundcloud.com/georgiageorge/sets/georgia-george Final Outcome: What Have I achieved Overall, I am extremely pleased with the final outcome of this project. Each track demonstrates a different genre of music where I have been successful in collaborating with a music producer to form these tracks and to learnContinue reading
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BLOG 29 – FINAL REALISATION (PART ONE) WHAT HAVE I LEARNT/EXPLORED: Collaboration, Individual & Contextual Looking back to blog 3, these were my collaboration and individual aims and objectives – Figure 29.0. – Blog 3: Aims & Objectives Below are the varying points that have been further achieved in this project, both in a collaborativeContinue reading
BLOG 28 – FINAL CONTEXTUAL STUDY: As I am now coming close to ending this project, it is vital that me and my collaborators consider copyright, royalties and authorship. These areas are vital to consider and to understand who has rights to the EP tracks. This is so that others do not claim credit forContinue reading
BLOG 27 – RELEASE PREPARATION When deciding the track names with Connor, we noticed that all of the tracks were love themed, and we decided that this could be used successfully to tell a story through the music! Below is the track names that we have come up with and in the order that isContinue reading
BLOG 26 – REGGAETON LYRICS & MELODY Below is the final vocals for the Reggaeton track so far. I am pleased with how they have turned out, however, the bridge still needs to be completed by creating lyrics and a melody. Lyrics: Now that nearly all the vocals are mostly complete it was now aContinue reading
BLOG 25 – MIXING AND MASTERING Now that 3 out of 4 songs are done in terms of structure, instrumentation and vocals recorded, it is important now to focus on the mixing and mastering stages. This is so that the overall production sounds complete. Understanding Mixing Mixing, as highlighted by Savage (2014, p,1) is afterContinue reading
BLOG 24 – POP TRACK LYRICS & VOCALS: COMPLETE I have now completed all parts of the vocals for the pop song! I am very pleased with the outcome of these vocals and I have ensured that a good use of harmonies have been used throughout the track. This was in order to create aContinue reading
BLOG 23 – GREEK TRACK: MELODY AND LYRICS Below is the first draft of the Greek lyrics (translated in English) for the first verse and chorus. When writing these lyrics, I have collaborated with my brother, also a musician who is able to write Greek lyrics and play guitar! This was very helpful because beingContinue reading
BLOG 22: RECORDING TECHNIQUES When recording the vocals at home in my own space, it is vital that I am able to produce professional sounding vocals even with a small amount of equipment and in a small space. Below demonstrates a simple set up for recording vocals. Figure 22.0. – Setup and inputs/outputs Source: Savage,Continue reading
BLOG 21 – ALL TRACKS CURRENTLY Below is the progress of each track so far. It is clear that there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of arrangement and the overall quality (the mix). This is due to issues with being able to work face-to-face and being able to communicateContinue reading