communication within the industry

In the music industry, artists and/or recording labels communicates in various ways with technology.

One type of communication within the music industry is the uses of Twitter and Facebook. how artists and recording use these social media in the industry is to promote the artists or the gig the artists in putting on which helps get more audience because most people now days are on social media and they would share and tell others about the give. this is a better way of promoting then posters and leaflets cause the artists or recording label can put a link to buy tickets for the gig with a click of a button instead of reading a poster and have to look up the gig and search for the tickets.

Another communication method within the music industry that's used is blogging. This is used to communicate to the audience about an artist or about a gig that was recently watched and is giving a review on that. This is helpful because it helps the audience grasp a brief insight on the gig or artists. Compared with someone who went there and seen it and also telling you about it whole experience, this is better because the reader with take the review more serious then someone you know telling you about it and it will be in great detail.


Another communication is the uses of public appearance which artists or a label uses to promote gigs on show appearance which helps with grabbing audience attention and getting them to be the tickets for the gig. This is better than word of mouth information for others because it might not be true and may be started by someone other than the artists but with an artist's or label appearing on the show will ensure the audience what the artists or label says is true                  

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Evaluation

Critical analysis:

My project is was to make 3 track with Neo-soul hip hop and RnB elements, this fits into the music industry because, most of the music today especially in hip hop, they use a lot of jazzy complicated chords and good sounding RnB vocals. a good example of this is j Cole and Kendrick and the song they make.With my work compared with bigger artists, I feel like I've still got a lot to learn before I reach where they are. For example, some gospel artists know most complicated chords of by heart and can identify chords that have been used in any song which I would like to be at and the only way for that is practice. Where I am struggling at is learning new neo-soul chords and putting them into my work. I also feel like I'm struggling in also my vocals and the deliverance for my voice which in time will get better by practising. I would also change the vocals in my RnB track and put more harmonics in my work instead. What I would do differently is make my tracks with all three elements into one track for my time to mix it.

Research:

My research at first was based on Neo-soul chords, hip-hop drum patterns and RnB vocals. What developed with my vocals was my breathing and vocal techniques. this developed cause I wanted to know how to breathe correctly when singing and how to use vibrato in my song. What else developed was researching mixing and different plugins on logic x. I researched this so I know more about mixing for my track and what the role the compression has. My method of research was mostly online and some from asking teachers for their help and insight towards what I was researching. theses research where useful for me cause it help close the gap in things I didn't know from the start for my project. What I've learnt from my research I have embedded them into my work. for example, my Neo-soul track has complex minor 7 chords which I research online and from my teachers. For my area of work, I feel as if I did enough research for my project. For my research, I should of lookup on different mics and micing techniques. I didn't think about that at the start because I didn't think I was going to use live elements in my tracks.While researching I've learnt about different vocals techniques and breathing when singing or recording vocals. also, I've learnt about neo-soul chords and how to play them in my track.

Technical/Practical skills:

My research helped in my practical work by providing the information need for each area in my research.An example of this is with my Neo-soul with chords.before researching, I had no clue about the chords and how they are played. the skills that I've developed over the project was being able to come up with complicated chords. another skill I've also learnt in doing able to mix my work to get a good balance of sound. Over the project, my skills I've got already has expanded more than before I started to project but I still need to learn a lot more in other areas such as mixing/mastering, complicated chords and vocals. I develop the skill I've got from the project but researching and putting into practice what I've learned from what I've read.

Presenting My Work:

For the presenting part of the work, I decided to put my work on SoundCloud.I choose to present my work like this because, In the music industry, hip-hop artists or producers would put their music online for their audience. Since I was doing a hip-hop related project I thought that would be the best way to put out my music for my audience. The method I choose for my project didn't reach my audience because I don't have enough audience on SoundCloud.

Project Management:

For Managing each part of my work I successfully completed all that was intended for my project.The biggest challenge I faced was learning and coming up with chords for my Neo-soul track. nothing made me divert from my project entirely but, I did branch out from my original and had to research those to help with my project. For most of my work I fount it hard to come up with melodies. so I got some help with a classmate of mine and he suggested some things I could try. With access time, I use it for mixing and recording vocals. I also went outside the college, such as Roundhouse, to mix when I'm not in college. With my project, I have completed everything that I planned for my project.    

Problem-solving:

The problem I faced during the project was learning how to play Neo-soul chords but sought out help from one of my teachers who help me understand it better. a technical problem I had was mixing and using compression or any other plugins besides reverb into my work. How I solved this is by experimenting with them and the effects it doses too. I also asked for help from teachers if I couldn't understand what they actually do in my work. since the start of the project the techniques I had was good hearing which helps with my mixing. The Ides a had at the start of the project was to perform at the gig but then diverted to putting it on Soundcloud due to the leak of time and preparation.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, i gain a lot of skills from my research and from talking to my teachers and also experience with my practical work that went hand and hand with my research which will help me in the future to become a better musician. Even though I completed my work I feel as if I could have done better in my work and improve on things that seem like it needs to be. For example, I could have come up with a better RnB track with more vocals in the track and also mix it too. I also could have added more instruments and idea into my Neo-soul track but, due to poor time management, I couldn't do that. though I didn't make my track the way I saw it at the start when writing up the proposal, I am happy with what I've learnt and will help me in my music in the future.   

  

 

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hip hop research

hip hop drums pattens are really complex and also interested at the same time.

https://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/beat-dissected/chillout-beat-raw-strip-hop/
(Accessed 31 May 2017)
This website is about a track that was created with a hip hop drum patten. the drum track included kick, snare, open Hi-hats and closed Hi-hats. The kick has a lot of delays in the patten same with the snares giving it a feel to the whole drum beat. The Hi-hats helps bring the whole beat together and sound tighter.



[Accessed 26 May 2017]
Heres how drummers would play a hip hop beat groove.

This is useful for me because it show me how hip hop drums are delayed and the feel it give off and how its needed in hip hop tracks. how i plan on using these research into my work is by copying some of the techniques I saw and read.


This is my hip hop track with a hip hop beat. For this track I used a sample i found from youtube and I wanted the drums to work with the sample but also making it still sound like a hip hop drum beat. with the drum I made it into a slow tempo beat and delayed some of the kick drums. The hi-hats I used was to keep the drums together and use triplets making it sound tight with all the drums.

case study 2 RnB

For my project I've decided to do a track with RnB vocals.So for this case study i will be studying how RnB artistes uses there voice in there music and what techniques they use.

In RnB they use a range of techniques and knows how control there breathing. the technique they use is vibrato and phrasing there note.
http://blog.discmakers.com/2015/02/how-to-sing-rb-and-deliver-great-vocals/  This is the website that shows how artistes uses these techniques and the effect it has in there music. 

most RnB artistes uses vibrato which is used at the right moment to give a dramatic and expression effect in there music. This website shows how to produced vibratos.
http://www.wikihow.com/Sing-Vibrato

this is an example of an artistes using vibrato at the right moment which help show the expression he trying to give out through the music.

Another techniques that is in that song is phrasing with his notes and the tone he uses with his notes giving his vocals colour when approaching each notes. this is used to again add an dramatic effect to the music and also helps make the notes clear when they do a riff or run with there voices.

This my RnB track with lyrics. I try to do the same thing as the Weeknd with the way he writes his lyrics and the way he statures it. so less energy in vocals in an more energy in the track then opposite in another part of the song.  

Literature review

Attack Magazine. (2017). Drum Programming: Chillout, Raw Hip Hop - Attack Magazine. [online] Available at: https://www.attackmagazine.com/technique/beat-dissected/chillout-beat-raw-strip-hop/ [Accessed 31 May 2017].

This website is about how to make hip hop drum beat. On this website there's a drum beat that helps to demonstrate how to make hip hop drum patterns which helps me to come up with an idea for my hip hop beat. 

Disc Makers Blog. (2017). How To Sing R&B and Deliver Great Vocals | Disc Makers Blog. [online] Available at: http://blog.discmakers.com/2015/02/how-to-sing-rb-and-deliver-great-vocals/ [Accessed 11 May 2017].

This website help shine some light on of how RnB artistes use there voice on there  track ad the techniques they use. RnB artistes uses a technique called vibrato which is used to make the performance or the song more dramatic. the website also talks about phrasing and how RnB phrase there notes which helps with there vibrato.  

This is helpful because it helps me with my RnB track and gives me the right guidance for singing in my RnB track.

Hear and Play Music Learning Center. (2017). Neo Soul Chords: Exploring Extended Minor Chords. [online] Available at: http://www.hearandplay.com/main/neo-soul-chords-minor-chords [Accessed 11 May 2017].

This website is about how Neo-soul chords are play and theory of the chords which is mostly in minor 7th chords which give it that rich sound. I fount this usefully because i had no idea how Neo-soul worked until looking at this which helped me to come up with an idea for my chords 

MusicTech.net. (2017). Logic Tutorial: The Compressor. [online] Available at: http://www.musictech.net/2015/09/logic-tutorial-the-compressor/ [Accessed 25 May 2017].

In this website talks about logic x's plug in in the dynamic section which is the compression. It Talks about the different compression that the plug in has and what they are used for. 

This helps me to know more about compression and what compression to use for what purpose for each of them. it also help me so I know what to do when mixing with compression.    

Openmicuk.co.uk. (2017). BREATH CONTROL EXERCISES | BREATHING EXERCISES FOR SINGING. [online] Available at: http://www.openmicuk.co.uk/advice-for-unsigned-singers/breath-control-exercises#.WQNQnuErL [Accessed 11 May 2017].

This is a website that talks about different warms up and techniques on breathing and on how to control your breathing. The website say that I should breath thought my nose and from my diaphragm. 

This is helpful because it helps with my singing for my RnB and also helps to articulate the words I say.  

YouTube. (2017). How To Play Hip Hop Grooves w/ Beatdown Brown *MY VERY FIRST VIDEO*. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg6rUq8NmBo [Accessed 26 May 2017].

YouTube. (2017). Modern Hip hop - R&B drumbeat by Gareth Gale. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrOdFGGLKj4 [Accessed 26 May 2017].

These video are some drum breaks for hip hop which helps me to get more of an idea on what i want for the drums in my hip hop track.

YouTube. (2017). Voice Lesson: Finding YOUR Voice. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niU9s2WwkpE [Accessed 2 Jun. 2017].

This is a video about how to get the full clarity of your voice that might be hidden in by tension in your voice. The video talks about how to relax your body completely.Another tip that was said in this video was to sing in your talking voice and not in someone your not.

This is a useful research cause it goes towards my vocals for my RnB track or any track that i've decided to include lyrics