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Even though this was not my favorite starting point I still enjoyed researching and incorporating techniques that were used within the decade. As it was my first project ever using Logic Pro, I think I did i good job with respecting the elements of 1950s music.
My 1950s Style Song
My 1950s Style Song
Within my rendition of a 1950s jazz piece, I have included a walking bassline, which was prominent in the 1950s, within jazz and rock n roll tracks. The walking bassline was well-liked because of its smooth rhythm and low tone. I wanted to take on the jazz genre, by including other instruments such as the trumpet and keyboard to create a Little Richard-style song. To resemble Little Richard the tempo should have been quicker and more energetic, but I like what I did with the trumpet filing in the gabs to the piano; going up and down the first, second, and third piston valves.
Soul captured the spirit, emotions, and chaos of the 1960s civil unrest that continued into the early 1970s. After listening back to my 60s track, the bass and drums stay consistent throughout, while the saxophone performs its solos, which I liked the grooviness.
An even better if would be to use more instruments, such as the guitar, and have it plugged in and record the 60's R&B guitar style is strummed 16th-note figures and double-stop licks using hammer-ons and pull-offs to add flavor.
My 1960s Style Song
My 1960s Style Song
In the 1960s, the genre that was emerging into this decade was Motown, the genre brought black artists into the mainstream music industry and brought together both white and black listeners. The rise of black music was developing from blues in the 1950s. In my transformation, I have made the fingerstyle bass the key piece to the song. The genre was all about groove and rhythm and I wanted to incorporate those themes. Along with the saxophone, Junior Walker was a popular saxophonist in 1960s Motown, famous for sax solos.
An even better if for this starting point, I aimed to create a disco peice and I think the only thing that seemed wrong would be the piano. I understood disco and groove music as its one of my favorite genres but i found it difficult getting the keys right and i should of turned the harshness down on them and maybe used paino with reverb to add a dreamy quality to it, such as 'Wake up Everybody ' by Teddy Pendergrass. I love the keys in the opening and could of liked to try and replicate that sound.
My 1970s Style Song
My 1970s Style Song
In the 70s, disco was a highly popular genre, as the film 'Saturday Night Fever' was released in 1977. The film popularized disco, involving people going out to nightclubs and dancing to rhythmic and funky music. Artists such as Chic were highly popular and I wanted to incorporate Nile Rodger's sound on the guitar. In conclusion, I think this starting point went well and I aimed to make the bassline, as groovy as possible and I think I achieved that, as at the end all the other instruments stopped, leaving the bassline to play out.
I would say that is my least favorite track and should have done more research on the pop rhythms in the 1980s. But I featured synthesizers as the main instruments of the track, which would have been common in the 1980s, as technology began to takeover real instruments.
My 1980s Style Song
My 1980s Style Song
During the 1980s, the development of technology was rising. Artists began to experiment with synthesizers and drum machines in or to create electronic dance tracks. Within my starting point, I used different types of synthesizers, to create different layers. Such as along with the bass, I wanted a deep synth to match the same characteristics as the bass. The genre intended was along the pop and electric dance music route, which I think I accomplished. My even better if, would be being careful with keeping instruments in key with one another, as listening back to the track, the keyboard sounds off in the verse.
My piece is dynamic with the use of drum track machines and R&B drum sets, creating an authentic tone. The voice effects I used were on Logic Pro, and embedding tactics from the 90s. An even better starting point would be making my layout clear about what is verse and chorus, as at the start of the project I just wanted to get ideas down and then worry about the structure, where I should plan it out more. But ultimately there are no strong weaknesses as I have had positive feedback about the track.
My 1990s Style Song
My 1990s Style Song
My favorite starting point would be my '90s, as I turned this track into a fully composition song based on the hip-hop movement. I wanted to experiment with mixing and using voice effects in my work and I found by listening to hip-hop and R&B, that musicians' use of samples from other songs, particularly from funk, soul, and jazz records, was a key feature of '90s rap music. Producers would take short sections of music and loop them to create a new beat, giving the genre a distinctive sound and paying homage to its musical influences.
Normally, within this track, for vocals, I would use harmonies in the chorus or doo-wop backing singers from the 1950s, to enhance the combination of vintage and new music that Amy Winehouse inhabited.
An even better if for this project, would be to make the piano and trumpet less harsh, especially with the piano. But being more comfortable with mixing, I would make the piano and guitar "lighter" and more gentle, as heard within some of Amy Winehouse's tracks such as 'Stronger Than Me'. The plucking on the guitar is such a lovely sound, and next time when i tackle this genre again i would like to use real guitars.
My 2000s style song
My 2000s style song
My 2000s starting point, I wanted to create a pop and R&B-inspired track. Following the 1990s with the rise of Hip-Hop and R&B, the 2000s was a vibrant era that seamlessly blended the heartfelt emotion of traditional R&B with the emerging influence of hip-hop, pop, and electronic music. In my track, I wanted to use the R&B drum set, which was quick and fast tempo. Anniosioulsy I wanted to create an Amy Winehouse-inspired song, where she combined soul/jazz with R&B. In my starting point, I began with the drums the piano, and the trumpet in the verse.The guitar the came in with the chorus and the insenity of the drums grew.
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