The sound composition I made was pieced together by items around my household, that I feel I hear quite often in my day to day life.

The sounds you will hear are: a sink's garbage disposal, seashell and oyster chimes I have on my back porch, the lid of a jar holding some homemade granola, the sink water turning on and off, and two whiskey bottles clinking together for a cheers.

While it was my first time using SoundTrap, all of the edits I made onto the original audio was repeating, reversing, and manipulating the pitch. Specifically, the whisky bottles clinking and the seashell and oyster chimes were the two objects I felt could be best pitch adjusted for a range of sound, since they were looped the most.

The whisky bottles was the last audio I imported, but actually the first I decided to use as the base sound for my composition. By changing the pitch every few loops, I could make it so that the bottles clinking was played throughout the whole audio, while other sounds came and went.

The beats and loops I made on SoundTrap was definitely a playful experience! After my Sound Composition, this is only the second time I am using SoundTrap, and trying to make some cohesive beats and loops and rhythms was a bit challenging, but fun!

My favorite part of the piece was definitely the EDM bass. I used a loop called Gritty Bounce, which I felt was a perfect rhythm to the "verse", and then overlapped it with one called Flashy Dance, to create a more upbeat, and textured chorus. For the cohesive and consistent sound, I used a bop guitar.

Definitely not perfect, but it is all about the fun and the learning experience behind it!

Chord Play was probably my favorite SoundTrap assignment so far. I had a lot of fun coming up with a simple, but rhythmic drum beat with the Clean Black set, and letting that loop for about 8 sessions, and I actually loved the way it sounded!

Then, I found loops of guitars, focusing on the acoustic fingers collection that was used for an example in the assignment video. I chose to use 5 different pitches, and in the second loop, switch up the order to create more differentiation. I was sure to trim the last two pitches of guitar in half, into one session.

My Song Analysis was on rising star, Olivia Rodrigo's Good 4 U, off her recent album SOUR.

Although the analysis was complex, I am proud of my creativity and I think that definitely shined through my infographic. I used cover art from the album and behind the scenes photos from the music video of Good 4 U, and places them into oval bubbles alongside the analysis for a nice imagery. I also used key palette colors of her album, as well as white glitter as the background of the title that I felt matched well with her album cover and aesthetic.

All in all, I am extremely happy with this infographic. Even if some of the definitions I analyzed were off, I think that it definitely helped me reflect and apply these terms I'm learning and analyze it through a song of my choice on my own terms.