The weekend and reflection

I tried layering different parts over one another. I tried doing them all together which sounded like a trainwreck and then decided on having "I know what's coming for me" with the chorus and then the "no wars" and verse. I also tried adding background alto parts with "it's the real world" which worked and the ba,ba ba which was just a little too much.

I then wanted a distinctly different end so wrote a few words and sung them without the piano, I then wanted to come back to the organ and the electric guitar as many songs use the same music at the start and the end. The organ shortened worked since I could sing over the top however I decided against reusing the electric guitar as the recording I had didn't finish the song with impact, it was too soft and I wanted something memorable rather than a fade out effect like one strong chord, I couldn't play it so instead I just sung it.

I added in percussion although it's not exactly the correct timing to show the effect with and with instruments on the sounds of the voices.

REFLECTION:

I wanted to think about mistakes I made whilst writing this song that perhaps I wouldn't do in future or how I could develop it further if I had time.

What could I have done differently?

One thing that I would have done slightly differently is the genre I feel like the tempo was still a little slow and it would be more upbeat and fun if it was a little more jazzy. I also should have done all of my recordings in one location as I have varied sounds with soft and loud. Something else is that I should have been more open-minded when writing as I didn't change my concept until much later on so spent a lot of time working on my original song.

What was my favourite effect?

I loved the accappella sound of the different voices and also the concept of solos. Layering the voices on top of one another was the most challenging as I was limited by my vocal range, but trying to work out what sounded good was enjoyable and I think that experimenting this was a strength of mine in this project.

What worked and what didn't?

It didn't work to chop up the music quite like I did which left slight pauses which ruin the continuity and professionalism of the song, if I was re-doing the project I would love to smooth these over or learn to play the piano part myself to compose a solo and play the chords at a desired speed.
Actually using the instruments and the effects on the program wasn't that great and I found it was so much easier to just do everything myself, some things would make a really great club, house or techno song though.