COM381soup Assignment 11

I wanted to start with my favorite instrument, the Piano. I played some notes, got some inspiration and a little melody came through. I feel it is rather melancholic, and honestly if a future assignment includes adding a second instrument, I am all in to add a Violin and make the Piano and Violin duo make a nice song together. #COM381soup

COM381soup - Assignment 1 - DOWN

For this version, I improved a few things. First, on the first version I was using one of the pre recorded MIDI tracks for Piano, which did not give a very natural piano sound. For this version I switched to the Grand Piano and it sounds so much more natural. I used an actual Piano to record this, and for some reason while recording some notes that I should not have pressed recorded and make a few bits of the song sound unnatural. For this version I went and fixed those bits so that it sounds better. Finally for the end of the song I slightly modified the ending so that it sounds a little softer and not too rushed. 

COM381soup - Assignment 2 - DOWN improved version

I used a song I love called Nocturne by Paul Mauriat. However I gave it a dark twist. Imagine you are sleeping and are having a sweet dream, until you aren't. It becomes a Nightmare and you are jumping back and forth from dream to nightmare back to dream and so on. 

COM381soup - Assignment 3 - Nocturne Nightmares

Honestly I didn't know what to do witih this assignment, then this clip came to mind, and I edited it a bit. 

COM381soup - Assignment 4 - AceTUHminofen

COM381soup - Assignment 5 - Simply Beat

COM381-SOUP Assignment 8 "Halloween remix"

For this assignment I was absent upon group choosing, but was able to join a group later to create this piece. Incorporates some guitar, a beat, and a few background instruments to add to the vibe. 

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Instruments: Basic FM Bell, Upright Bass, Magnetic Strings, Music Box, Basic Nylon, Oracle Halo.
I started off depressing and lost in the woods, and then somehow stumbled upon a club. 
Arrangement view penciled in. I have no musical talent, so I resorted to old reliable.

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COM 381 Soup Assignment 11: Flutter

I made this piece with multiple sessions of work and utilizing almost exclusively ableton sounds and effects, besides for a couple of the drum sounds that I imported from a drum kit online. I knew I wanted to make a trap beat to compare to my first pieces for this class, so I wanted to find an instrument that was pleasing to hear in a loop throughout the whole beat. I first started with the jazz master instrument and made the main loop/melody heard in the background. I added the 808 bass after, making it contrast with the melody by moving in opposite directions but resolving at the same point. After this, I added the drum loop (first starting with the snare + kick, then adding the clap and hihats. Percs were added at the very end for finishing touches). Once this was done, I wanted to add more to the melody without making it too busy, so I lowered it an octave and played the same loop under a different instrument. At this point the beat started to sound repetitive. I didn't mind because i feel like the simplicity was making it a very good freestyle beat, so instead of changing up any melodys or having a switchup, I decided that I could reset the vibe with breakdowns everytime it got too repetitve. This made it more of a cypher beat and definitely broke the repetitive feeling. After this, I sidechained the kick and 808s and eq'd the rest of the track to make sure that everything sounded in balance. Sound effects for the breakdown segments and at other moments were added in at this later stage to add a little more flavor. This was also one of the first tracks where I spent a lot of time compressing the drums, and I feel like it made a big difference in the quality of the individual hits. Using the mixing skills I learned in this class to fine tune the sounds and instruments to play how I heard them in my head felt incredibly rewarding!

COM381 SOUP - CYPHER BEAT assignment 11

A song where i was experimenting with trying to create a certain feeling through tone. This one was made by layering sounds and adding audio effects to the master track to create a unified tone to evoke feeling.

Com381 SOUP-Assignment 11-Etherium

Before the semester had even started, the main melody of this song had stuck itself in my head when I was messing around with my keyboard at home. I've tried several times to incorporate it into the songs I've made over the course of this class, but just wasn't able to, either because of restrictions, or other song ideas being a better fit for the assignment. Now, I've finally got the opportunity to make the song I've wanted to make all this time. It still doesn't sound exactly how I wanted it to, aside from the melody, I had no other real ideas for what I wanted this to sound like. I certainly wasn't expecting it to sound so dreamy-like, but after much trial and error with the bass and electric guitar, as well as the spontaneous inclusions of the choir and bell instruments and the laughing track sampled from the video game Deltarune, I'm very happy with what I've made. I believe this is the best song I've made so far :]

COM381Soup Assignment 11 - Cloudwalk

For this Final assignment I did a one minute piece by first creating a steady Cumbia beat. To that I added some custom bass, synth, and electric guitar. I made a simple melody but combined the 3 instruments so that its clear that multiple performers can play this song. Additionally, it gives room for improvisation as for Cumbia, any instrument be it strings or winds sound good with the Cumbia beat. Allows for so much improv. 

COM381soup - Assignment 11 - The Final Cumbia

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