Mateus Silva

Student Portfolio - SAE Byron Bay - 2021

Studying at SAE Byron Bay is being an amazing experience in my life, and a huge step in following a career in the Music Industry. After 5 trimesters at SAE I could learn and develop my skills to become an industry practitioner, getting proper instructions from highly qualified professionals who are helping me to develop all the necessary skills to build a successful career.

Since last year, we could have great experiences when learning about numerous relevant topics, and developing our own projects to apply and achieve all the learning outcomes.

Below there's a selection of the most relevant projects that I got involved in this trimester, as well as some previous work and other music projects that I run, out of uni time.

By working together with people from all over the world, I could build great relationships and see their creativity, culture, and all skill sets together! It was always incredible to find out brilliant talents to collaborate with, building great relationships and future partnerships! After all the efforts, I feel satisfied, proud and happy with the results, my learning process, the friends I made, the staff members I could engage with, my improvement in the industry, and the development of my creativity and techniques!

Big thanks to my family and all the friends who support it!

I hope you enjoy!

Student: Mateus de Macedo da Silva

Bachelor of Music Production & Songwriting / Audio Engineering

Campus: SAE Byron Bay, Trimester 5

Online Portfolio: www.MattySax.com

Suite of Songs

Suite of Songs - A collection of musical pieces which are played in a sequence together one after another. The final piece leads to a journey, going through numerous emotions that induce happiness, joy, nostalgia, sadness, and fear. I explored Electronic Music and some sub-genres, creating an audiovisual experience for the listener, using genre tropes and the right elements to create each of these emotions.

These were the first tracks that I have ever produced in these genres, and there was a big research process to find out about numerous techniques to achieve the results I wanted. I have collaborated with other musicians and it was very important, they added positive results and color to my final music pieces.

Concepts such as music literacy, recording techniques, timbres, song structure, arrangement, scales, chord progressions, mixing, automation, harmony, melody, synthesis, analysis of reference tracks, and video editing are the main concepts that I explored through this project. I also tried to practice my multidisciplinary skills once again, working on as many tasks that a music production scenario has, developing my hard and soft skills within the whole creative process.

Dot Points:

Collection of original production compositions in collaboration with various performers;
Exploration of Electronic Music Genres;
Associated emotions and genre tropes;
Production & Recording Techniques in Electronic Music;
Collaboration with a bassist, guitarist and a vocalist;
Remote and presencial collaboration with musicians;
Selection of visual material to cause impact.

Henry - Bass

Collaboration

Dudu Martins - Guitar

Anna Tomaszewska - Vocalist

Track 1 - When the Sun Comes

Genre: Disco / Funky house

BPM: 122

Key: G

Time Signature: 4/4

Instrumentation: Electric Drum Kit, Percussion, Electric Piano, Hybrid Keys, Recorded Bass, Sax, Recorded Vocals, Organ, Strings, Recorded Guitars, Synth Pads, Lead Synths, FX.

Lyric Content: "We go when the sun comes", Friendship, Happiness, Unity.

Chord Progression: Em - Em Em7 Am7 Am7 - Em Em7 Am7 Bm7

Breakdown: Em7 Em6 Am7 Bm7

Track 1 - Project 1 FINAL FINAL BOUNCE.wav

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TRACK 2 PROJECT 1 FINAL FINAL .wav

Track 2 - Sweet Melodies

Genre: Deep / Melodic House

BPM: 122

Key: G

Time Signature: 4/4

Instrumentation: Electronic Drum Kit, Electric Pianos, Hybrid Keys, Bass, Vocals Samples, Strings, Synth Pads, Lead Synths, FX.

Chord Progression: D9 Bb7+ C9 G9 and other chord variations/extensions.

Track 3 - Into the Dark

Genre: Dark Progressive Trance

BPM: 134

Key: Fm

Time Signature: 4/4

Instrumentation: Electric Drum Kit, Synth Leads, Synth Pads, Bass, Synth Vocals, Noise, Noise and more Noise, Fxs.

Chord Progression: Fm F°

Track 3 Project 1 FINAL BOUNCE.wav

Project 2

PROJECT 2 - MATEUS 21T3 FINAL BOUNCE.wav

Genre: House / Lounge

BPM: 120

Key: Ebm

Time Signature: 4/4

Instrumentation: Electric Drum Kit, Acoustic Drum Kit, Percussion(Shaker, Bongo, Tambourine) Electric Piano, Hybrid Keys, Bass, Sax, Organ, Synth Pads, Lead Synths, Arpeggiators, FX.

Song a Week

1Chill Hop Sax Beat.mp3

Genre: Hip Hop / Sax Chill Beat

BPM: 76

Key: Bbm

Time Signature: 4/4

Instrumentation: Electric Drum Kit, Lofi Piano, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Hybrid Keys, Upright Bass, Sax, Cello, Violin, Viola, Guitars, Synth Pads, FXs.

Song a Week 21T3 26.11 .wav

Genre: Hip Hop / Pop

BPM: 75

Key: F

Time Signature: 4/4

Instrumentation: Electric Drum Kit, Piano, Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Hybrid Keys, Upright Bass, Sax, Cello, Violin, Viola, Guitars, Synth Pads, FXs.

Mateus IDP Talent Submission .mov

Exploring loops and House Music

No Eyes - Claptone (Reinterpretation)

MALUCO PEDACO FINAL 3.mov

Exploring loops and Hip Hop

Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Cover)

Collaboration with Trimester 4 Music Production Students - Luke and Hannah.

Matty Sax, Crafting Sounds & Inverted Minds

These are some music projects that I run, where I am able to apply what I have been learning at SAE, developing new ways to produce and perform live music.