Dylan Daniels. Assignment Three. The first thing I did when creating this assignment was search youtube to try and find some kind of blank vocal track that I thought would work for this piece. I found a lot of vocal tracks but the one that stuck was “Wonderwall” by oasis. After settling on the vocal track, I went through my iTunes library trying to find a song that I felt matched well. There were a few songs I considered, but eventually settled on an Eminem song. I found a karaoke version of the song. However, when I went to actually make my project, it failed. So I once again looked through my library until I found the other song I eventually settled on, “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Green Day. When I first listened to the song, I didn’t think that the Green Day karaoke track would work well with Oasis’ vocals. So I went online and found a Green Day vocal track and an Oasis karaoke track. At first I just laid down the karaoke track, matched the time to logic, and started messing around with the two piece. they seemed to match pretty well together, so I started changing the timing of the Green Day verses to match with the song. From there I just started experimenting with different verses, throwing them in random spots that I thought would match and song good. For the most part, I kept with my first instincts on the spots I put the vocals. I made a few slight changes after listening through, then went on to mixing volume levels and brushing up the piece until I was happy with it. All in all, things went pretty smoothly for my first mashup. The most frustrating part was figuring out the right song, but once I did that things really took of and the rest just kind of happened naturally.

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final project for Dylan Daniels for computers and music. I designed this song using almost all sounds from pokemon, except for one clip that I took from Destiny's Child titled "Say My Name." I thought it was fitting since the only sounds that pokemon can say is their own name. I kind of designed the piece as a story of the pokemon pikachu, beginning with an experience in the wild (natural sounds), moving into more classic pokemon sounds, and then battling sounds. I had no idea where I wanted to go with the piece when I started, but it evolved into the story of a pokemon. The ending is gloriously cheesey, but I couldn't resist. I took the vocal clips form the last part of the song from an episode of pokemon, and it just fit so perfectly with the theme I was going for. A song about the story and maturation of the pokemon Pikachu. what could be better?

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