1st July 2010

Well, tomorrow is the last day of this years course. Eek still have a lot of work needed to finish for tomorrow to hand in so I can pass the course. Shall have to work really hard tomorrow so i get it all done. The race is on this is going to be interesting -_- oh well once tomorrow's work is done and handed in, I only then have to focus on the next year of the course in September great :D

Friday 18th June 2010

well, been a few days since the last post. It's the second to last week of this year of college (for me at least) all work practically finished. Will have some more set by Simon on Monday to complete/start over the summer holiday and i now have some inspiration for the next half of the course next year. Had a huge chat with Simon today about everything and a moan about how the year has been seriously disappointing for some of us. Hopefully next year all will be sorted properly and i will achieve the goals i aim for. I'm actually really positive that as long as i push hard enough, i can get the work experience i need, and i can sort out everything i need to. i think next year i will sort out what i need and not rely much on the college at all, every time i've relied upon the college to provide certain things and to do certain tasks, things never get completed. Next year has to change :) positive thoughts flying.... all achievable.... now for success :D

Monday 13th June 2010

so far, since my last post there has been very little to do other than assignments. the showcase didn't go ahead in the end and we are now on the final stretch of assignments for the remainder of the college year. In the form of gigs, there have been a few still at the blue cargo and now the little coffee shop down the road - the coffee republic. These are mainly taken by the bands because they have the most material, for the rest of us are focussing on getting the assignments in on time etc. I have almost completed my single now - containing 3 tracks. This, along with the midi keyboard assignment, are the last assignments needed completed before the end of the course. These need to be completed by the end of this week and then we just go back over all our work and aim to boost the marks up to distinction on those attaining merits and passes.

Monday 26th April 2010

Well, been back at college for a week now, though in my case one day due to illness. We were supposed to have done a presentation on what we plan on doing for our showcase in May, though that kind of went to pot so to speak. Not too sure whether there's going be a showcase anymore, due to the fact that hardly anybody has started writing their plans out. To be honest, nobody really understood what we had to write about, what needed adding and what all the diagrams etc were about, however, it's seriously disappointing that we may not be able to perform, though i can't see us lot doing any better than we usually do. (no offence to anyone, but so far we really haven't been any good).

This aside, we have a new assignment set, which is to produce a single. This is really going to be a challenge for me, so far i only have roughly 4-5 songs and that's pushing it. I really need now to create more songs.

For one of my songs so far - Broken Child - i've decided that the backing vocals don't sound right at all, so i'm having to go back a step to recreate a male backing vocal that will be up-to standard for the song so fingers crossed. I have a lot to complete in the next few weeks.

As for Matt's assignments well...... that'll have to wait till tomorrow when i find out just how many assignments i have to do. : /

Monday 29th March 2010

Well.... two days of college left before easter holidays.... I've now managed to finish writing the backing to my song "Broken Child", with the help of Pete. It was fine until putting it all together - it was all out of time, so have had to cut out the vocals completely and put all the backing instruments into a set time and tempo and make it all fit together and sound good rather than the scrambled mess it was before. Having completed this, i am now looking at what i can add to it, what needs changing, followed by focussing on recording my lyrics.

In terms of the showcase, i have a few ideas as to what i can propose, yet am not too sure whether i can pull it off in time. I have a few songs that i can perform, such as: Coming Home (I may/may not be singing lead vocals, that's to be decided today), can possibly do City Falls (that needs to be sorted between all involved in that song, and needs sorting out to make sure that the harmonies work well with everything else - this was one of the problems we had at the christmas gig, the harmonies clashed with the keyboard) I have this song that I'm looking to finish, "Broken Child", which at the moment is looking promising - only am not entirely sure how that's going to work being performed live. Am looking to write more lyric this easter which i can then write backing tracks to straight after easter when we return. Am not entirely sure if these will be pulled off in time so have my fingers crossed.

Am also hoping that once finished off today - or at least fully recorded - whether it's a draft or the entirely finished product - i'm looking to post it on my blog and hopefully get some feedback on it good or bad. This may take a while though, i still have to work out how to upload music on my blog....

Monday 22nd March 2010

Back again blog with more updates.....

Since we've come off timetable i actually feel i've achieved more than when we were on timetable. This week past where we've had time to catch up with any out-standing work has been a real help to me. I managed to come up-to-date with all my work by friday, leaving me with not really much to do. Friday was a real challenge to start with, trying to think up what i could do for my final developed starting point. Both Larry and I had the same problem of only having two starting points to develop at the moment and needing another one. Unfortunately, Coming Home, although is being developed, will take until after easter before it really gets anywhere and Glyn, Rob and Alex have other things to do at the moment. This meant me and larry had to put our heads together and decide what our best option was. We decided to book out rehersal room A and record one of our own creations. Mine being Broken Child and Larry's being Copycat. It took roughly three attempts but both are now uploaded onto the computers and ready to use. This is really helpful because i have so many ideas for the song that i can start to put in place this week and slowely watch it all come together.

By the end of this week, I want to have written some more lyrics that i can then record and work with also. So fingers crossed :) Am in a real creative mood at the moment - just hope it lasts.....

Three development ideas

ok so i've put one set of lyrics up on here. these are the final two... Coming home - which although me and larry wrote all the lyrics between us - larry and i together wrote the chorus and i wrote both verses - now i know this comment will piss a few people off - such as sub zero - but it's truth therefore i'm using it as one of my developed ideas :) any one with any objections can take them elsewhere.

ok so coming home lyrics....

ch/ 'Mama' i'm coming home,

'Mama' i'm coming home,

I've been away for so long,

But 'Mama' i'm coming home.

v1/ The things i do, the things i see,

Having fun with my family,

Running along the beach in the sun,

I don't remember having so much fun.

(chorus.. with harmony added)

v2/ The places i've been, the people i've seen,

I've been lucky to have followed my dream,

But now i'm back, and that's for sure,

The world will give me so much more.

(chorus with harmonies)

Middle Eight Instrumental (2 cycles)

(chorus with harmonies)

v3/ The things i do, the things i see,

Having fun with my family,

Running along the beach in the sun,

I don't remember having so much fun.

(chorus x2)

And i'm in the process of writing another set of lyrics at the moment so will publish these on my blog as soon as i have finished writing them :)