My reflection: The musical track I used from the options was the song Suliman Excerpt. This choice mostly came down to personal preference, I just liked the sound of the beat the most about of this. It was a simplistic rhythm that gave many different sounds to choose from for looping. 
I mostly just counted out a measure and clipped it at the appropriate length. I copied and pasted it four times. For the vocals, I used my computer mic and compressed some of the background noise to the best of my ability. If I had a better quality mic in more of a "studio" type of room, the background noise would be less and the quality would be better.
My loop sounds complete because it is a repeated sound that does not have any kinks or unnatural stutters in it, so it sounds like it will continue the repetition forever. There are no spots in the music where everything doesn't repeat exactly, giving it the completed illusion.

Audio Loop - Music In Multimedia

My reflection: The song I covered was Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen. I kept the vocals, and the arrangement of the first 2 verses and courses the same as the original, though I changed the accompanying guitar to play the chords as one, instead of scaling them. Also I added a background rhythm to add some stability to the song. 
The song is pretty simplistic, so I wasn't surprised by anything musically. Though I did start my project in the wrong way, and discovered that it is very important to record your layers while a metronome is playing! 
Overall I really enjoyed this project because I got a chance to get familiar with the software and had to find good spots to record myself. It also helped push me outside of my comfort zone a little and try new things, as I do not normally sing at all.

Hallelujah Cover

My Reflection: I feel as though syncopation and adding to the variety of the rhythm can add a lot to the energy of a piece. 
I mostly chose this song because it is one that I like, though it did not come down to much more than that. I definitely had to mess around with the tempo a lot, because there is a major tempo change in the middle of the original song. I tried to retain the course and several of the breakdowns in the song. I also added some electronic themes. I think it adds a different vibe to how the song sounds. 
Lastly, I usually listen to remixes with an open mind, though I usually prefer originals. Contrarily, I have heard many remixes that incorporate styles of music that I like more into my favorite songs and I think the alternate renditions can actually sound better sometimes. I usually look for some aspect of the original song, like it's course, and I like when someone expands upon it in a different direction. I have always been a fan of someone building a remix's background rhythm off of the original beat, rather than doing something completely off the wall. 
I definitely have a lot more respect for the art of remixing. There's so many out there, I think it's easy to think that they can't be challenging to make. This project was a bit of a struggle for me and definitely opened my eyes to that.

Take Me Out Remix

In this podcast, I used music from both the new Star Wars the Old Republic, and the original game: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, to add a sense of nostalgia to listeners that have had exposure to the games before. Hopefully to help draw them in. I gave my overview of how the game worked and some of the stuff that I thought was really cool about it.
I downloaded a Creative Commons Star Wars song compilation and pulled from that. The synchronicity I used was mostly in where the level of sound faded or grew to not overpower my voice. I also, ended it on a more solid note, that was a good break in the music. There is also a bit of an intro, spliced from another Star Wars song. 
Citations: Both portions of songs that I used came from the same place
Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic - The Sith Lords Theme
Star Wars The Old Republic Main Theme 1
Uploaded to Youtube under a Creative Commons licence by The Scoundrel's Cantina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPidZc_t-1o

Star Wars the Old Republic Podcast - Faith Mysak

My reflection:
When I was making my commercial, I wanted to keep it simple, easy to understand, and catchy. I tried to use a very upbeat series of notes in a major chord progression so that it would be easy to remember and used the jingle to add some kind of anchor to remember my "company" by. When one thinks of the catchy jingle, it's supposed to remind them of the company and hopefully motivate them to buy more from the company.
 My topic was rocket boots. I just thought my product would be fun to talk about, and I could have a lot of different angles for ways to advertise it. Plus, it made it easy to catch people's attention because who wouldn't want rocket boots. It's obviously not an entirely practical idea, but definitely a fun one. My product was really targeted at the general population. It opens asking if you hate really common things like traffic, something most people can get behind. I also pitched it with not having as much maintenance, and really, being a very fun toy if nothing else. They are even advertised to be water proof.
I made the jingle myself in a program similar to Garage Band.

Faith Myšak