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When hearing the client brief I was at first apprehensive as I had little knowledge writing music on my own or collaboratively. However, the premise of writing a radio jingle sounded like a unique way of getting us to work together. The part of the project I found most interesting was listening to each group’sContinue reading “Evaluation”

03/11/10 Our recording slot for our jingle was at 11am. I came to the session over an hour late due to some issues at my flat, which resulted in me missing most of the session.Lewis, the bassist was also absent as he fell very ill two days prior. By the time I arrived the groupContinue reading “Recording Session”

28/10/19 This session was very uneventful as we already had the structure of the song worked out, so we spent our time rehearsing the jingle as much as possible so that we all knew exactly what we had to play for the recording. I believe this session went well because by the end of itContinue reading “Day 5”

23/10/19 By the time this session came along Lily had the lyrics finalised and Dan came in with a backing track that he created for us to play along to, as we couldn’t get a drum part figured out. As the session went on and we got more comfortable, James decided that he would hopContinue reading “Day 4”

17/10/19 During this session we decided to work on the second section of the jingle to further develop it. At this stage we pretty much had the whole structure of the song sorted out and decided. During this session Jordan was playing drums, so that we could add some percussion into the track. Being aContinue reading “Day 3”

10/10/19 Having missed the first rehearsal session due to illness, this was the first time I played with the group. Dan had already put together an idea for the jingle, which included the chord structure and drum pattern. They showed me how to play it and we started practicing it. Lily started working on lyricsContinue reading “Day 2”

27/09/19 In our first session we were given our task and were split into random groups. We came up with a band name and started to discuss what instruments we would be using for the jingle. The original ensemble included: Vocals, Bass and guitars. I was looking forward to starting this module as it wasContinue reading “Day 1”