Composition Analysis's

My first track called "Komplications" took some inspiration from Massive Attack's -Teardrop. You can see that some inspiration is present in the drum pattern. For example I interpreted the way that they layer a lot of different sounds and carefully bring in other sounds to create different textures within the song such has ambient or a more rough and crispy texture. I also added some reverb and Delay which was present on the vocals of the track This allowed me to manipulate the song and add to the dark and intense theme of my track through creating spatiality within the track.  I used atmospheric dark sounding pads which were low frequency and thick sounding which also filled up the track quite a lot, but i also had some higher frequeny sounds and the cntrast allowed the higher frequency sounds to cut through th elowe frequency sounds. the Higher frequenciy sounds were quite twinkly to give ther listener an eerie feel as he listened to the track. Also because the track was very full, the sections in the song where some of the other instruemnts are taken out stand out a lot more creating an effective diminuendo

My second track took inspiration from James Brown and stevie wonder. I tried to create a very rythmic and syncopated atmosphere throughout this track. Like the James Brown song-Feel Good i tried to use a realistic sounding bass to give the overall track a more realistic funky feel. To do this i started with the bass line it was on a swing and was a sequence that was filled with lots of short plucked phrases but also some elongated ones to create a nice groove. I then took inspiration from the stevie wonder superstition track by using lots of different layered and syncopated sounds, i also used the clav synth intrument in my song like Stevie Wonder did in superstition for the main riff. i did this because the clav is a very distinctive sounding instrument and it is recognised notoriously in funk music. I also think that it contrasts and compliments the baseline because it cuts through it allowing the listener to distinctly hear and enjoy both sounds simultaneously. i also took inspiration from Stevie Wonder through using lots of harmonies to create a more thicker and complex sound in the instruments