First Solo Songs and Feedback – January 2021

“music” by craigCloutier is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Requirements

Choose verticle or horizontal composition:
- VERTICLE IN SOUNDTRAP: Create a singular song ARRANGEMENT SECTION (Chorus, Verse, Intro, Bridge, or Solo) with at least 4 layers (Guitar, Voice, Drums, Bass, Keyboards, etc.)
- or…
- HORIZONTAL IN SOUNDTRAP: Create a SINGLE TRACK of a complete song form arrangement (Chrous, Verse, Intro, Bridge, Solo) Example form: ABABCB
Blog post with the material listed in the Steps section below
- Use the Song Feedback TEMPLATE

Student Songs and Feedback

Matthew: 34 Seconds of Anxiety
Micheal: It’s Time
Jaden: Wavey Beat
PJ: An Eerie Beat
Liam: Song of working on I am Song
Brenna: (Need to publish post)
Jackson: Lofi Type Beat
Hayden: Strangers Song
Tristan: 6:07 PM
Ethan: Creating Song Elements
Connor: Prison March
Marius: Some Emo Song
Hank: Psycho Kid
Fernando (Need to post feedback)
Briley: Time Stop Override
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Michael: got em
Marius: Gone Astray
Jo
Rahi
Jack
Addy
Deaundre
Giovanni
William
Ari
Jordan
Leo
Rowan

Steps

Inspiration
- Research some songs
Intention
- Set an Intention (Goal) for your composition
  - Be specific: what do you hope the audience feels, learns, experiences, etc. by listening to your song?
Pre-production
- Write a logline
  - EXAMPLE: “SomeONE or THING fighting someONE or someTHING for SOMETHING.”
  - Use the logline creator: https://capitalcomtech.info/2020/12/09/logline-creator/
- Brainstorm ideas
Production
- Record tracks in Soundtrap
- Share your song with Mr. Le Duc in Soundtrap
- You may collaborate with other students if you want
Post-production
- Edit your tracks
- Publish to your Google Drive or Soundcloud.com
- Publish a blog post at your Edublogs.org account
  - Copy and paste the Song Feedback TEMPLATE into your blog
  - Title your post Your Composition’s Name Feedback
  - Embed your song from your OSD Google Drive or your Soundcloud.com
  - Under the Summary heading…
    - Write a brief description of your project
      - Include your logline
      - Include your intention/goal
Questions and Feedback
- Under the Questions heading…
- Write a few questions for the audience
  - What feedback do you want from the audience to help you improve your skills?
  - We will post these to the chat before listening, for people to respond
- Under the Peer Feedback heading…
- After you receive this feedback, add it to your post
- Cite the sources with their first name only