SUMMARY I know it’s been a while since I’ve been blogging, but summer is for vacations, right? Well, doesn’t matter, ’cause I’m back for Year/Round 2. So what did I do this time? I started swinging on my most recent assignment: find a video on Youtube with little and no sound and make a theme […]
To be able to record better, and have a heck of a good time.
Summary Hey guys! I know it’s been a while, but the past three weeks have been very busy for me. I have been in 2 different studios, one where I’m writing this and one in Everett. I recorded the song in the podcast down below here, and that song and three others in Everett. So […]
Summary Favorite Arrangement Project https://soundcloud.com/tristan-pratt-456805564/favorite-arrangement-project Terms and Concepts What I Learned
Summary So I have now left the creational aspect and entered the technical realm of music with microphones (or mics, for short). So I learned about mics this week. Mic Audition Project https://soundcloud.com/tristan-pratt-456805564/mic-project My Favorite Mic Specs: Shure SM58 Microphone Type: Dynamic. Polar Pattern: Cardioid. Frequency Response: 50Hz-15kHz. Output Impedance: 150 ohms. Color: Black. Connector: […]
If you grab one not off of a record, then it’s technically copyright infringement Sampling looked at lazy When sampling, you can go as fast as a guitarist or a drummer Drumbeats essential to samples Started underground, then rose, then started lawsuits to no end So do I approve of Sampled music? No. If […]
Summary Everyone knows the saying “drop the bass” right? Well, if you hadn’t guessed already, this time I’m working on – you guessed it – the bassline. My First Bass Line https://soundcloud.com/tristan-pratt-456805564/bass-thingamajig This is a 8-measure bassline just off the top of my head. It’s not the best in the world, but it’s a start. One […]
Summary Well, I have reached the point of no return. I now know the secret of the biggest foundation of almost all genres: the rhythm, the pulse, the backbeat. So I studied and created a beat of my own. But little did I know that there is a lot more to making rhythms than the […]
Summary I told you guys that there would be more rhythm stuff! Here’s all of the recording techniques and terms for all stuff rhythm! Recording Techniques Terms and Concepts Meter – The “heartbeat” of a song. Pacing – The speed of a composition. Tempo – The speed of which the notes are being played. Beat […]
Summary Remember that second melody I composed called “Country in C Major”? Well, I was feeling so inspired by that melody that I decided to write a harmony to accompany that. While I was at it, I discovered how to create a proper melody and wrote my own harmony. Check it out: My First Harmony https://soundcloud.com/tristan-pratt-456805564/harmony-thingamajig […]
Creative Commons image Keep calm and achieve greatness by Koka Sexton at Flickr December 28, 2016 @ 11:00pm Before we get on with today’s show – an encore presentation of one of our most popular episodes ever, “How to Become Great at Just About Anything” — I’ve got a quick favor to ask. As you may […]
Melody Definition Basic Ideas Theme “Formula” Establishing Tonic Scales Establish motives and home key Process for writing a Basic Idea Non-Chord tones (Passing and Neighbor tones) Variety Development Techniques
Melody is soul of music. some melodic principles are universal. notes you choose, pattern, and pitch are 3 simple ingredients of melody. every system in the world uses same 5 notes. pentatonic songs use only those 5 notes. Think of melodies as a ladder: rung=a note. singers like to use whole tones(whole step) more than […]
Goal My goal is to create an original song and upload it to SoundCloud. Why? This is my goal because I am efficient at drums, guitar, keyboards, and songwriting, so I feel that I am ready to get into the studio at last. How? I already have all of the guitar parts written, and I […]
Summary Remember when I created a motif out of C Major? Well, I was so inspired that I decided to write a melody out of the same key. Since it is in the key of C, the Tonic note is C. At the end of the 4th measure, I end with the Leading Tone, B, […]
Summary As you know, I had a motif using the C Major Triad. So I decided to elaborate on that with a beat, and change the instrument from piano to guitar using GarageBand. If you also want to do this, I also made a screencast explaining how to use GarageBand and where everything is. GarageBand […]