GBDA 229 TRUMP/CLINTON FLIP.

The "Did They Really Say That" project was more fun than I was expecting. Although the audio could have been rearranged in a meaningless way, I decided that I wanted to it make sense in some sort of way. As I re-listen to the clip on sound cloud, I'm actually very impressed with the thought I put into the order of the clips. When the debate was live on TV,  it was clear that Hilary Clinton was told keep her mouth shut and to not interrupt Donald Trump. This inspired my vision for the project and it shows when I made sure Hilary was quick to chirp back at Donald during the edit. I tried my best to make Donald Trump sound educated, but Ableton Live kept crashing when I used the plugins - imagine that! My creativity really kicked in during the final 30 seconds of the clip. I did my best to make it it sound like Hilary Clinton was taking a shot at President Obama. On TV, Hilary Clinton was actually addressing the audience about Donald Trump and his character. 

I did a good job at fading the clips between one another, but I felt the American National Anthem could cover up any minor mistakes while adding a unique twist to the assignment.

I like to think that my this project could fool someone if they were to listen to my clip prior to hearing the original audio from the debate. With that being said, hopefully it wouldn't be too believable. Although it's being said that neither candidate won the debate, it was nice to see Hilary Clinton sit back and let Donald Trump dig his own grave. For the next debate however, let's hope Hilary's campaign allows her to take a few extra jabs at the main who has bullied his way through the campaign.

STAMINA

Stars Is inspired by true events.

 The track consists of over 20 orginal MIDI files and 4 outdoor ambient sounds from freeplaysound. It took me a while to
chose the synths for and beat for  my track. Everything became easier though  once I recorded the vocals with Shae Dupuy. The vocals gave my song a structure to build off of. I wrote the lyrics for Shae, which were inspired by a recent weekend away with some friends under the stars. We all needed an escape, and so we drove south of the boarder and RELAXED. It's important to do things to clear your mind whether you want to or not. This song is very chill despite the build up and drop. It is relaxed and that's exactly what I was going for.  I think my biggest goal for this project was to write a song that I could use for future videos.  I'll be able to do just that. The  I can already imagine a video with quick transitions all shot in 60fps.

Stars is a very unique song. The vocal clipping, the reverb layers, boosted base and dreamy synths are all characteristics from a variety of genres. The more I listen to it however, the more I feel like it is a chill trap song. Regardless of the genre, when I was in the studio, I was dancing around to my own song. That to me, is the definition of a successful song. I took elements from my favourite artists like Kygo, Odesza, and Adventure Club and did my best to re-create without the use of any other software but Ableton.

Thank you.

Vince Harttrup