I used "Friday" by Rebecca Black because I believe it might just be one of the worst songs ever and to be completely honest I had no clue what to loop.  I though of  many different songs that I could possibly loop but when I tried to loop them it didn't really workout.  After finishing my loop and listening to it I realize the the overall quality is pretty poor.  I definitely could and should have used more sound effects to make the recording sound better.  I believe that a complete loop sounds like one solid piece of music, not just randomly put together but the loop as a solid flow. 

LOOP1

I attempted to cover the song Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker.  I do not have a mac so I could not use Garageband and my attempts at figure out another DAW were basically worthless so I recorded it on Audacity.   I chose the first verse and the chorus of the song because I just like the chorus and the first verse seemed like a logical lead in to the chorus.  The guitar part I attempted to play myself and I believe I did okay.  I think my vocals were actually better than I expected because normally when I sing I sound awful but this wasn't super bad.  I  looked for different country drum loops and was unable to find any that fit with the song well.  I attempted to create my own by beat boxing but that just sounded funny.   

Wagon Wheel Cover by Brett Shockley

I am covering How to Save a Life by The Fray.  I really like this song but one of the main reasons I chose it was because I can play the intro on the piano.  I chose the intro and the chorus because it flows well from the intro into a verse then the chorus.  I think my second cover definitely went better than the first one after I used Garageband instead of just audacity.  I really enjoyed covering this song thought even though I'm not the best singer it was still fun to do.

How to Save a Life Cover by Brett Shockley

I tried for quite some time to come up with lyrics and I really wasn't able to think of anything due to my lack of creativity.  I instead gave up and chose a poem that I though would fit the song and then I read the poem along with the rhythm of the song.  I changed the speed of the original song from 122 to 125 beats a minute.  I didn't change the piano part of the song I just picked a different type of piano to play it with.  I changed the bass line to completely different style with a more laid back hip hop beat.   After doing this song mod it gave me a much greater respect for song writers because now I understand that lyrics are not easy to just come up.  

Merciless Beauty by Brett Shockley

Messing Around by Brett Shockley

Messing 2 by Brett Shockley

I chose the song Am I Alive from Indian Lakes for my remix.  I chose this song because it was on Blend and I figured I could work with it.  I experimented around with several different beats and bass lines and I finally came up with something that sounds decent.  I didn't do much work to the vocals but I did repeat a couple key fazes which added depth.  I think if some one listened to this instead of the song they would still have a pretty good idea what the other song was like because I really didn't change the vocals up to much. 

Remix of Am I Alive

My music did a really good job of just presenting the scene and then it kind of gave a good background.  I really liked using the football crowd in the background because I definitely think it let people know what I was talking about.  I used only 2 different types of music, the 1st being more of and intro and the 2nd being the football crowd.  I really enjoyed making the podcast because I always thought it would be cool to be a play by play announcer. 

Podcast

I decided to do a car commercial because that's what came to mind when I was thinking of a jingle.  Although it isn't necessarily a jingle it is more of a commercial you would hear on the radio and you would most likely remember it because of the music I used and the lines I used when describing the Ford Mustang.  I'm not even a huge fan of the Mustang I just knew it was a fast, slick car.  I just come up with this idea because I knew the song I made would go along with it.  