| Candidate Name – Adam Stothers | |
| Candidate Number – 10626679 | |
| Pathway – Music Performance and Production | |
| Project Title – Writing and recording an EP | |
| Section 1: Rationale (approx. 100 words) | |
| Throughout this year I have learnt many useful skills and learnt a lot about music. I have learnt about live performance, composition and songwriting. For this final project I want to combine all of what I’ve done to create the best final project that I can. I also would like to improve what I’m not too confident in, such as recording and songwriting. As well as using the skills that I am good at, such as drumming and some aspects of production. Some skills that I have learnt throughout this year that will help me with this project are the producing skills that I have gained in project 2 and 3. As in project 3 I did the producing for the song we created, and I can take the skills I learned from there and improve upon them. | |
| Section 2: Project Concept (approx. 200 words) | |
| For my final project I am going to write and record an EP with my band from project 1, Millie and the Floor Gang. I decided to do this as I really enjoyed working with them in project 1, and we worked really well together. So I thought it would be a good idea to work with them again. However this time, I am going to write and record a 3-4 track EP with them. Our roles aren’t fully decided yet, as they will develop as we learn who is good at what parts of this process. However what we have so far, is that me and Ben will be the co-producers, and we will work on producing the tracks together. We will most likely be using the softwate Ableton, as both of us have it. Ben will be the guitarist and the main songwriter, however we will all help. Tom and Millie are the singers and Tom will be the main lyricist, however we will all help, especially Millie. I will be the drummer, and I will be writing the drums for the songs. The genre of the EP is not decided as we all like different styles of music. We will find a way to make it to a genre that we all like and something a bit different. We will have weekly band discussions, where we talk about what has happened in the past week, what we need to do to improve, and what we’ve done well. I will use my weekly evaluations to give me an insight on these things so we can keep improving. | |
| Section 3: Evaluation (approx. 50 words) | |
| To write a detailed evaluation, I will have to evaluate weekly on the progress we have made. There are many ways I could do this, however I am going to do a write up, as that is what I am most confident in. I will evaluate what we have done on that certain week, good and bad, and what we will do on the next week, also saying how we can improve. These will also not just help me and be part of my project, I will talk about them with my band during our band discussions so we know how to improve. Then at the end of the project I will do a project evaluation as well as a evaluations on all the final versions of the songs. | |
| Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format) | |
| Week | Date Week Beginning | Activity / What you are intending to do – including independent study | Resources / What you will need to do it – including access to workshops |
| 1 | 8/3/21 | Context, proposal and presentation. Write a presentation, present it, and evaluate it. As well as writing a proposal. | Computer/mac. |
| 2 | 15/3/21 | Research and first ideas for songs. Work on the first song. Starting the weekly band discussions and having the first one. Start working on the cover and hopefully finish it. | Computer/ mac. The instruments but it isn’t necessary to be in the live room or together. |
| 3 | 22/3/21 | Keep working on the songs, chord progressions, lyrics etc. As well as having the band discussion, and making notes throughout. As well as the weekly evaluations. Try and have a song finished so production work can be started. | To be in either the live room or other room to play together. A notebook or something to make notes on. A computer/mac to write the evaluations and to do production work. |
| 4 | 12/4/21 | The same as the week before, just keep working on the songs and seeing what we can change and improve, this includes playing, recording and producing. Also have a mock, so at least 1 song finished so we can get feedback on it. | To be in either the live room or other room to play together. A notebook or something to make notes on. A computer/mac to write the evaluations and to do production work. |
| 5 | 19/4/21 | Keep working on the song, using the feedback as well as evaluation to keep improving. Try and get even closer to finishing the EP, as well as keeping on evaluating. Whenever a song is finished, production work will be started, by this time 2 or more songs should be finished. | To be in either the live room or other room to play together. A notebook or something to make notes on. A computer/mac to write the evaluations and to do production work. |
| 6 | 26/4/21 | The same as last week, so keep working on the songs and keep improving using the band meetings and evaluation. Try and get even closer to finishing the EP, as well as keeping on evaluating. songs should be finished by this point, as we are hoping for a 4 track EP, however if we are a bit behind then a 3 track EP isn’t the end if the world. | To be in either the live room or other room to play together. A notebook or something to make notes on. A computer/mac to write the evaluations. |
| 7 | 3/5/21 | This should be the final week on the EP, finish all the songs as the showcase week is next week. All the production work should e done as well as finishing the songs. | To be in either the live room or other room to play together. A notebook or something to make notes on. A computer/mac to write the evaluations and to do production work. |
| 8 | 10/5/21 | Finish any non practical work I haven’t done, so research or evaluation. | Computer/mac to do written work. |
| 9 | 17/5/21 | The same as last week, finish any written work I haven’t done. | Computer/mac to do written work. |