Thursday, May 17, 2012

Comparing Web 2.0 Music


 Hyper-linked Title Speed (1-5) Needs Flash (y/n)Saving Online (0-5) Saving Offline (0-5) Quality of included loops (0-5) Quality and Ease of Recording (0-5) Social Networking and Sharing (0-5) Total Score
 Aviary's Music Creator y 5 4 3 4 1 22
 beatlab 4 y 4 3 3 4 5 23
Audiotool  2 y 00 3 4 0 9 <-Don't try this,it's sucks and lags
 Soundation 5 y 5 5 5 3 5 28
 JamStudio 5 y 5 5 5 5 0 25

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Copy of Silent Rev 3






What I did in this revision is that i switched the bass line with the ep lien to make the bass sound less loud , no help was needed for this but I liked the way it came out.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Revision Melody







http://soundcloud.com/laurarosario/silent-7#

I added a bass line and fixed my  drumset as my peers told me it wasn't "steady" and more likely to be a melody than a harmony

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

1 Minute Melody in G Major new














I chose through composed because I'm not entirely that creative with certain rhymes in a melody. And it honestly came out pretty good which is why I think through composed it's possibly easier than a certain repetitions. And through composed is easier than it seems you just have to change the way it sounds throughout the melody. I chose 90 for my tempo, because everyone else kept picking the short ones so I decided to take the challenge for the longer one, and my Mr.McCormack helped us figure out how to change the tempo up and have a perfect 1 Minute Melody.The only advice I'd give someone is to be sure the melody you pick is what you want if you want repetition you go with AABA or any other form of repetition or just go with through composed like me.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Drumset for melody in Bb




When I first made the drum pattern I honestly was paying no mind to it but it fit along with the set of the Tuba, afterwards I keep rehearing it to make sure I had a better pattern. In the end I got a better drum pattern so I like the way it came out in total.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Adding a base line to 16 Bb




I chose this bass instrument because the Tuba has always been an interesting instrument for me after I saw it on a certain cartoon in my childhood and it went along with the rhythm of my song.
The only reason I chose to continue with the Tuba was because it actually fit my song after I finished the entire composition.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Harmonizing 16 Bars in Bb Major




http://www.mediafire.com/?bob3o0w3z4l6kba
A triad is a music note that can be stacked in thirds.They go from the major to the minor roots starting with the root,the third, and the fifth. And they are usually referred to as triadic, major and minor triads differ because majors don't have the flat and minors do have the flats which makes them differ from minor and major.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(music)

Friday, February 17, 2012

Harmonize the First 8-Bar Melody

http://www.mediafire.com/?mld2eikt2a2nokn

With Chord Pogression it basically aims to have a musical goal in a harmony of some sort. It can come in a series of basically everything but mostly in Harmonies. I got my definition from certain sources on the wikia and basic knowledge from my pass piano experiences. On other terms, I've learned mostly from McCormack about the basic chords of the piano cause the first thing I ever played was the piano and it was thanks to him so this was a pretty easy task.

Thursday, February 9, 2012


What inspired this composition was pure randomness as you can see. I really didn't know how to start so I just picked a random note to start off and it just skyrocketed off there.

The hardest part of doing the composition was actually following the rules, It was fine till I saw how you were actually supposed to use the notes Mr.MCCormack picked and how you were supposed to end the composition.

I enjoyed how it turned out cause it all has like the same steady beat which is something I'm not very good at so it's an accomplishment for me.

Advice to give is to not stress yourself out when your starting it cause it's pretty easy once you have the hang of what beat you'd like in the composition. 

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Composition Study 1

I'll be doing research on the song "I Need to Know" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers which has been my favorite song for quite a while now.Every now and then when I play Rockband that's the first song I go to cause it's that amazing.

The song composes mainly of the piano and drums you can hear some guitar in the background during its solo.
Tom Petty was the guitarist and lead vocals, Benmont Tench as the organists and pianist , Ron Blair was the bassists and a vocalists too. Genre is mostly rock and blues

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers composed their songs during a legal change in there lives.

Three songs I didn't know about them is American Girl,Mary Jane's Last Dance, Refugee they also composed these songs too mainly cause the situation they were in during that time.

Sources:
Image:Wikipedia - Tom Petty's Picture
Biography of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers :Biography/Songs
Songs I didn't know:Songs/Biography