{"id":840,"date":"2020-12-15T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2020-12-16T20:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T20:52:00","slug":"week-five-composition-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/week-five-composition-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Five Composition Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Roll - Abigail Swift by Abigail Swift\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F948869071&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=840&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my final piece of work for my Logic composition. I am extremely happy with how this turned out; being the first actual song I have produced in this way, I&#8217;m really proud of the fact it sounds professional and of a high standard. It resonates with the intended genre as this is actually how a trap producer would make their composition sound as it has many stereotypical features of this genre like a sub-bass and complex drum beats. I think my favourite parts of the song are the hi-hat rolls because I learnt how to make them myself, they are really effective and very typical of a trap song; this is why I decided on calling it &#8216;The Roll&#8217;. I am also really happy with the overall structure of the song; it has an actual set structure that I planned before and it doesn&#8217;t get boring or repetitive. This is what the composition looked like after the final week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-1024x359.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-882\" width=\"846\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-1024x359.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-768x270.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-1536x539.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-2048x719.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshoth-2020-12-15-at-12-1200x421.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, I added another recorded sound, this being a guitar melody in the choruses and breaks. This is because I wanted to add a new melody and I had this idea in my head, but it just didn&#8217;t sound right on any of the midi sound packs. Recording it using a guitar was a lot easier as I am more confident in playing that over a keyboard, so laying it down was quicker. It did take a few takes and some quantizing post-recording, but I think it adds a whole new texture to the song which is unexpected and breaks the conventions of a trap song. I said last week that I wanted to add something to the chorus and bridge, and I think I did this fairly well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as a melody on this guitar, I also decided that a solo at the last chorus would be beneficial for the song as Guitar solos can really make a song unique and keep it interesting, especially when the song is close to ending; as the last chorus wasn&#8217;t different to the other ones, I found it quite boring towards the end. The solo took a lot of takes to get perfect even though I was just really going up and down on a pentatonic scale, it was more of a timing issue more than playing the right notes. Recording on time and to a metronome is something I&#8217;m looking to improve on, especially when we will be recording in the next project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After recording all the guitar parts, I started to add some final touches to the composition. I knew I needed some effects on the guitar to get rid of the raw sound, so the pedal plug-ins I used can be seen pictured below. I decided to go for an airy feel, so using chorus effects like &#8216;The Vibe&#8217; and &#8216;Heavenly Chorus&#8217; was vital. To add to this, I used the &#8216;Tie Dye Delay&#8217; pedal to add to this atmospheric feel. As you can see, I did experiment with a wah and distortion pedal but soon realised it did not really fit with the song. I think adding these effects made a dramatic change to the sound and I am interested in buying an actual chorus pedal for my guitar because I loved the modulations it made. I think having pedals will also help when we get to project three so we can easily change the sound of our song whilst in the live room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-1024x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-1024x441.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-768x331.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-1536x662.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-2048x882.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-12.16-1200x517.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If I was able to have more time working on the track, the first thing I would have done is sort out the timing for the guitar. I am happy with the actual melody and its effects, however, I think it could be synced to the metronome better and it sometimes starts too early. I could have just taken out the guitar but I had spent so long working on it and it is just a small error which I have then identified and could be fixed easily by quantizing the recording a little more, and moving the region so it matches perfectly with the start of the beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have said this a lot in my previous targets; I want to get to the point where I can spend time on mixing my track, therefore making it sound more professional. As much as I wanted to do this to show my knowledge in mixing a song, I unfortunately didn&#8217;t get enough time to do this! Even though it already sounds good, I am quite disappointed because adding effects like an EQ and compressor would help the song so much more and I feel like this is a vital part of producing a song. I also wanted to add panning, like I said last week, but I didn&#8217;t have time to. Panning would have helped this composition as it has so many drums and complex rhythms going on, which I could have moved to different positions in the speaker or even used automation to change the panning of an instrument during the actual song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is my final piece of work for my Logic composition. I am extremely happy with how this turned out; being the first actual song I have produced in this way, I&#8217;m really proud of the fact it sounds professional and of a high standard. It resonates with the intended genre as this is actually &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/week-five-composition-evaluation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Week Five Composition Evaluation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":885,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840\/revisions\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}