I decided to try and make this more simpler than my previous project. I’ve come to the realization that I tend to overthink and try to make these projects way more complex than it needs to be. For this project, I started off by taking vocals from Tan’s 10 Second Project. I added EQ Three to get the most isolated vocals I could, faded it in and out, and placed it at the beginning and end. Next, I found two piano loops from a website called Looperman. I did some subtle panning to these loops and turned them into the melody of this song. Then, I sampled the first four measures of Ariana Grande’s song, “Needy”. I faded this in during the middle of the first piano loop and kept it going because I liked the eeriness it emits. Lastly, I added in a percussive beat in the middle of the second piano loop. To give it some variety, I transposed the beat to -35 and had it gradually rise to -10 and then gradually back down to -35.

Lively Loop

Updated Proposal:
Objective - To have the aesthetic of bedroom pop and a tune from animal crossing
Constraints - use one other students project, to use any 3 previously learned effects, to sample any sound or effect from youtube
New Technique - to use compressor

Originally, I wanted this project to sound like a bedroom pop song similar to Clairo or Family Vacation. However, it didn't really turn out that way and started to sound more like a tune from Animal Crossing, so I just rolled with it. I took advice from classmates to help me finish the song, by adding reverb to the marimba, a second kick drum on top of my first kick drum, and I added an ambient sound/effect to the background of the entire song. For the ambient sound/effect, I went to youtube and found a 2 minute long clip of the sound of rain. I also added some subtle panning to the rain effect and I faded out the beginning and end of the clip. For my new technique, I used the compressor on the brass melody that is underneath the marimba melody. I set the compressor to the random selection and made it slightly dry.

Andy