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hike just 21. So welcome back.
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Hope you got a good Easter break and we hope you're willing and waiting to
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get cracking with this new project.
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S O. I know we've had a week of it in the demo skills.
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There was a bank holiday this week's.
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Unfortunately, some groups might have missed out on some of the interest.
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I just want to make sure
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spend the time today just really focusing on what we need to do what you need to be
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aware of,
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onder, how we can run at the project. So
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this should give you loads of information about the evidence
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that you need to sort of lay out the project,
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how you need to get started.
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So let's begin.
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So
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the project is called musical styles.
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It's about exploring and creating music in a range of styles,
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going to try and use. I didn't buy
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the news elements of music from outside of the foot of Western
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convention.
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So you really want to try and make sure that you're,
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you know,
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extending your knowledge you're trying to push against, You know, the sort of
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music, perhaps that you have been used to
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start creating stuff that
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you know, maybe use influences from outside of that Western sort of influence.
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So you want to try and record some performances
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and get audio recordings of a couple of pieces.
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The brief talks about
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individual work quite a lot,
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So it's important that you remember that this is about you.
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Actually, it doesn't mean you can't work with other people.
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You know, we do want you to collaborate with your colleagues with your cohort,
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but you have to be the person who sort of drives that and be the person who
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asks the other musicians of the other people in your group,
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you know, to perform in a certain way to work in a certain way so
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you can use combinations of live instrumentation,
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DW based music or combination of the two
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together
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you can ask other musicians to perform.
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In fact, we would expect it to be asking other people to perform.
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But
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you need to be,
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you know, showing that you have been directing this
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individually.
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We want each piece to be a couple of weeks to be, you know, proper song.
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So minimum of three minutes, we've said,
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is what we'd expect.
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So the individual element is important.
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You first going to develop a musical style
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you interested in developing Formulate a plan,
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generate musical material for that style.
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We want in the demo school session also to
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get you to work
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with the sort of
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production characteristics of that musical style as well.
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So trying to make sure the equipment and the techniques that
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you use are appropriate for the music that you are making
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on. But
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it says you must work individually.
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Give your musical director working with others.
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You must instruct them, providing materials for document in the process.
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So it's really important that you,
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you know, you take on the charge of the role. It's different from last term.
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You know where you would were working as a group.
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You know, you still can do group work.
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We're not saying you can't do group working for, you know, we do encourage it, but
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every single student has to have their
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own individual songs that they're responsible for
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you. Our musical director, for
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You're telling your colleagues, your classmates, the people within your group,
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how to play it, how t o work it.
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So it's talking about deploying money playing
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musical elements such as manager with,
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um harmony, texture, structure, instrumental and vocal technique
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there are appropriate to your genres.
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So, please,
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do you remember that this individual aspect
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is something that you should certainly be taking
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note of?
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S O You should apply stylistic conventions tiu specific music pieces.
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So it's really important that you remember that part.
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The evidence that we need is performing pieces, recording things to camera.
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We'd like to record things to high quality within the demo skill sessions as well.
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So, you know, you want to make sure you got a copy for the camera,
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but also high quality recording on logic
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on the deal W as well.
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Everyone needs to have an individual submission.
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You know, group work is allowed,
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but it is important that you have to take
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responsibility for a couple of souls for yourself.
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Deadline is quite short this week or this turmoil. There is quite a short one.
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So we've only got seven weeks really before the deadline of the 19th of June.
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So make sure you're planning your time.
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Actually, you know what you're doing in each session.
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It's gonna rush past quite quickly. Ah, lot of criteria in this project.
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So, you know, if you're not careful about planning your time,
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you might find the mist of what you don't do as well as you'd hope
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from
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requirements.
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In terms of this is from the brief, it's asked for video into performance,
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asked for evidence of meetings, Planning's and recap meeting. So
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all the stuff you're doing to develop the project as you go along
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on the log of the composition development,
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including stylistic deployment of manipulation.
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So again, just keep a log of the stuff you're doing,
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talking about the different musical styles, the way you've used them,
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the way you've
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manipulated the stars to suit
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your piece of music
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in terms of technical stuff,
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we're also going to be spending some time looking at music production styles.
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Make sure that you're learning stuff to create authentic sounding music.
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So using some of the production techniques
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that would be appropriate for that music that
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extends to using the same sort equipment as well as making sure that you're using
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you know, the same
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sort of recording and mixing techniques as well. So
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so you know, if you're using, if you're working with Stiles, you know,
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from perhaps further back in time
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than the production techniques that perhaps going to be less
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advanced than there might be if you work with more modern
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musical style. So So it's about trying to make sure you can learn.
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You can find out about producers about production,
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about equipment and techniques.
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That means you could get music to sound
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as authentic as possible
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characteristics.
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You also need to show that you understand
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musical characteristics for a range of genres,
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so you'll be creating a case study on a musical style.
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How showing how things like melody, harmony, rhythm,
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tambor, vocal and instrumental techniques used in that genre.
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So, you know,
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really digging deep into a particular style the styles that you choose to make,
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making sure that you understand what goes into it.
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You know, what is it that makes metal
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into metal? You know? Why is it different from blues? Why is it different from
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quite different from
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various other styles of music?
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So so really starting to sort of dig
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deep into the characteristics of the music and what
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what it involves
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you also,
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we're going to be in the demo skill sessions as to produce
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a report on the produce on a producer of your choice.
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So, you know,
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finding a style of music that you like
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finding a key producer who works within that genre
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on, then looking at the way that they recorded it to mix the music that they create.
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So again,
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you know a chance for you to really sort
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of dig deep into an area that you're interested in
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a genre of music that you're interested in on hopefully music productions and music
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groups that you are interested in, too. So,
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you know, we want you to start really exploring to start digging into this
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on really getting a good grasp of what is it that makes you know metal into metal
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blues into blues.
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So the analysis, part of it, defined the musical style you've explored
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provide research into the style elements. Define it with reference to examples.
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So we're going to expect you to be showing
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the producers and bands and musical songs and areas that
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relevant to your
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given
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genre.
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So, for example, and this comes straight from the brief.
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So this is, you know, stuff that
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you'll be able to see on the brief, but it talks about
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what metal
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makes metal sound the way it does,
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what music elements and lyrical themes and
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harmonic choices make this music effective.
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How is the musical style developed? What sub genres exist? So
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you know, again really sort of digging into it, you know, really trying to shore so
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that you know,
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there's going to be a certain sort of vocal styles that are used in metal.
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There's gonna be some guitar tones that used
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There's often going to be sort of start of production,
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you know, you might well be using quite
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depending on the type of metal, I suppose, to some extent,
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but you might well be using quite sort of fast, you know, blast be sort of drumbeats.
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In which case in there you're gonna need to make sure that they stand out enough.
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You don't want them really muddy sounding kick drums that
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then make it difficult to differentiate to distinguish between those
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faster, sort of kick kick beats that that metal has.
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You know, it's a characteristic of its of its performance.
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So, you know, trying to make sure you were really going into the detail.
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So as well as the musical
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elements
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you know, also production elements, technical elements,
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all the things that make up
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the particular style
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that you have chosen.
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So
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you know, that is
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remain to the focus for the term.
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You're gonna be doing this across all of your sessions throughout this term.
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So you're going to be working in the day w session
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mainly on a music for media projects.
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That's gonna be where you put in music to a film clip.
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You may well need to do some recording for that in the demo skills as well.
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So if you've got an idea of maybe adding a guitar part to
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to add to your film clip, then
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you know you may well spend some time in the skills
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you know, working on that recording. That,
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but also in the demo skills, were going to be setting the things to do.
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We're going to be asking you to look at specific,
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you know, areas of music and getting you to define,
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you know, key examples, key producers, key
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people,
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key songs from within that genre.
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So
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you know, it's a really good chance this term to dig into stuff,
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to really find out more about music and styles that you
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are interested in.
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I'd like everyone
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you know, to give this a really good
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go
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on. Try and really sort of dig deep into
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particular areas of music. So
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this is also remember the last term for you this this year
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s. So this is your sort of preparation to help you to then get ready for
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next year when you're in the studio, you know, want to spend a bit more time
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going through things that mixing mastering
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the whole sort of polishing process for the music
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so that when you're in the studio next year, you can
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really sort of understand the potential.
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Understand the way you can use that to create
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no ultra high quality, professional sounding pieces of music
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you proud of? No, it's really good stuff has come out from you, you and your co cohort.
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This this'll year already.
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But let's just lift up to the next level.
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Once we're in the studio, we can really sort of
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start produced in things to sound,
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you know,
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was good as a record is good at something you'll hear on the radio here on Spotify.
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Whatever. So yes, so this should be good.
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Just be aware you know, last thing to sign off that the deadline is short.
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You know, the 19th of June
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is less than two months away.
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So it please, do you remember that? You'll need to be working efficiently on this.
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You know, make sure you're using the best.
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Making the best use of the time in the demo skills sessions.
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Make sure you've planned out what you need to do what you need to record on.
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Especially bearing in mind that this is an individual project.
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You know, you can't just all submit
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the whole group can't submit the same material.
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You know, there has to be an individual element to each submission.
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So, you know,
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you will need to to make sure you were planning on making sure you're fairly
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dividing up the time
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so that all musicians can be active that'll people in your group can be active.
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Everyone can
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take on the role of musical director
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Bond, have their own version of submissions
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for the project,
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so yeah, should be good. I'm
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really looking forward to teach this one and two, taking you through it.
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Please.
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If there are any questions, then make sure you speak to one of your tutor's,
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obviously, ideally,
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in the demo skills session where that's me or Rob or holy whoever you have in there
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or name. In fact, I think he takes somebody suddenly.
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Yeah, I look forward to getting
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cracking on this,
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you know? Please do start thinking about musical genres that you're interested in.
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Maybe start investigating producers
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on people within that genre
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on, then.
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Yeah, well, link this up to your
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rehearsal sessions as well in the next few weeks,
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because they're going to be focusing on certain stars of
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music and were gonna sort of follow from that.
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Start looking at production from within those styles.
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Looking at the things that make them sound,
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make the songs sound the way that they do.
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So, yeah, should be good.
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So I'll look forward to
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spending some time with UAL over the next
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few weeks under getting to grips getting stuck in
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two this project. So
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all the very best for it on black say there's any problems. Any concerns?
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Any questions?
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Please come and speak to me. One of your teachers t o y in the mouth.
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Okay,
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take a
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seat.