{"id":1495,"date":"2019-01-28T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/?page_id=1495"},"modified":"2019-02-11T14:08:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:08:04","slug":"introduction-10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/introduction-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my final extended project, I would like to do something that explores the ideas of Jazz improvisation.<\/p>\n<p>I currently have four different ideas for projects that I could potentially undertake.<\/p>\n<p>The first one is very similar to last year in that I would undertake a repertoire of classic Jazz standards within a band and organise towards a final performance\/ a few performances at a venue within Bradford.<\/p>\n<p>Although I really enjoy playing Jazz standards such as Autumn Leaves etc, I have recently began to expand my listening to more abstract areas of Jazz such as contemporary and fusion, I would be very interested in potentially writing and performing a number of tracks in a style such as Go Go penguin. I would love to record these and create a high quality video so as to release one song as a single.<\/p>\n<p>The third option is to use technology to improvise live Jazz, by creating a number of loops and using effects to build up a composition live. I would be taking heavy influences from artists such as FKJ and could potentially collaborate with a number of artists.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth option would be to arrange a variety of different popular songs in a jazz style such as the youtube sensation postmodern jukebox. This would see me potentially working with a range of musicians to create a final performance and potentially a video of one of the songs.<\/p>\n<p>Potential professional crossovers:<\/p>\n<p>Musicians<\/p>\n<p>Venue staff<\/p>\n<p>Recording technicians<\/p>\n<p>Videographers + Photographers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Initial Project Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmQ_RAJtTpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reflections On My Initial Idea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After presenting to the class, I had a long think about what I would like to do for my final project and ended up leaning towards a mixture of my first and second project ideas. I personally didn&#8217;t feel very confident about the technological focus of my third idea and I feel that my main skill set lies in my skills on the piano, therefore it would be nice to use the piano in this project as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore for my final project idea, I have decided to put together a Jazz band to play a mixture of Jazz standards,arrangements and at least one of my compositions.<\/p>\n<p>The feedback given to me in this presentation cemented some of the ideas that I had for musicians to collaborate with. I am hoping to put together a quartet , including the same rhythm section as last years final project , Darren Dutson Bromley and Fraser Allan as well as a jazz violinist. I could potentially look at adding a singer, scaling back to a trio or using a mixture of musicians on different songs at the final performance. However I would prefer to have a solid lineup playing throughout the entire performance.<\/p>\n<p>Nick also picked up upon my need to establish a well organised rehearsal structure. The musicians I am hoping to collaborate are all very busy people, therefore I will have to work out what works best for everyone. I will also need to pick a venue to rehearse and perform that works for everyone logistically.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my final extended project, I would like to do something that explores the ideas of Jazz improvisation. I currently have four different ideas for projects that I could potentially undertake. The first one is very similar to last year in that I would undertake a repertoire of classic Jazz standards within a band and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/introduction-10\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Initial Concept&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1495","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1495"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10577750\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}