This week i haven't been able to add a lot more research or conduct the interview. This has been due to the fact that i was needed by several of my peers as a band member for their final performance and so all of my time has been taken up for Rehearsals, I have some recordings from some sessions as well. In all of the different bands i'm playing the drums, however the bands are all different genres so my musicality skills will be tested.
I was also playing in logic and i made a melody using three different instruments. A synth pad, synth bass and synth mallet. All sounds that Leland Wayne uses. I then Bounced the Melody so it was an Audio file and placed the file in logic. I decided to use the Flex Tool, which we learnt how to use earlier on int he year in our logic sequencing class. I used the flex tool time setting and tie stretched the sample so that it was 8 bars long. The sample sounded completely different but i liked it so i decided to keep it. Im going to EQ it and try and add a metro-Boomin inspired beat to it as well.
Thursday, 25 May 2017
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Loud Silence-EP
THE CITY-
this song was a collaboration with artist/Producer 'RCMD' it talks about some of the everyday struggles and challenges that people face though their day to day life. I was trying to achieve a vocal effect similar to Travis Scott discussed in my research.
TOKYO TOKING-
This was an extra song which I made influenced by modern production techniques. I started off with a sample which I managed to manipulate and built the track around that with the Metro-Boomin drum kit I put together. the song has an eerie vibe and its more contemporary than my other songs.
SLUMPED-
This song was a modern production inspired piece containing elements of influence from producers such as metro-booming and Travis Scott. I was trying to achieve the Hiphop/Trap sound but have my own sound in there as well with a Uk influence.
NOT ME-
This Track was a more party focused with the modern production sound and an upbeat catchy melody. I also too influence from the Future Mask Off tune and used a flute to add an effective texture to the overall song
Friday, 19 May 2017
secondary research
Metro-Boomin-
Metro-Boomin Formely known as Layland Wayne is currently one of HipHop/Trap's most influenetial and iconic Producers.
Today I'm going to be conducting some research into MetroBoomin and his production techniques. what separates MetroBoomin from other producers is his ability to not only produce intricate and complex tracks, but to adapt to the artist which he's producing for.
Usually a producer would have a certain sound but metro is flexible enough to implicate his sound in the style of a specific artist. This flexibility and versatility as a producer is what has allowed him to quickly and effectively take over the Atlanta trap scene and made his name synonymous in modern hip hop production today.
Wayne started producing music at age 13(he's 21 now) on FruityLoopsStudio. He initially started out as an artist but then fell in love with the production side of music. His first serious project consisted of working with "Bricksquad Monopoly" rapper Tay Don. This then led him to collaborate with "Bricksquad" label artists such as "OJ Da Juiceman", "Gucci Mane", and eventually his frequent collaborator "Future" who Wayne still works with closely till this day.
Wayne has become so successful that revealing his techniques could potentially jeopardise his career, this could happen becaue everybody would then be able to reproduce his sound and he would no longer be significant. As a result i will start conducting research in order to discest and try and produce a similar sound with my sound incrporated as a result. I am going to conduct an interview. I will be asking some experts for their opinions on some of metro's most significant tracks and see if they can break down any of his production techniques. The Experts are music Teachers who are also producers and engineer's from my college. The people who I will be interviewing are
I found the agents emails of the various modern producers of which im researching and have sent them an email howver i have not heard back from them so i have decided to conduct this interview instead.
Metro-Boomin Formely known as Layland Wayne is currently one of HipHop/Trap's most influenetial and iconic Producers.
Today I'm going to be conducting some research into MetroBoomin and his production techniques. what separates MetroBoomin from other producers is his ability to not only produce intricate and complex tracks, but to adapt to the artist which he's producing for.
Usually a producer would have a certain sound but metro is flexible enough to implicate his sound in the style of a specific artist. This flexibility and versatility as a producer is what has allowed him to quickly and effectively take over the Atlanta trap scene and made his name synonymous in modern hip hop production today.
Wayne started producing music at age 13(he's 21 now) on FruityLoopsStudio. He initially started out as an artist but then fell in love with the production side of music. His first serious project consisted of working with "Bricksquad Monopoly" rapper Tay Don. This then led him to collaborate with "Bricksquad" label artists such as "OJ Da Juiceman", "Gucci Mane", and eventually his frequent collaborator "Future" who Wayne still works with closely till this day.
Wayne has become so successful that revealing his techniques could potentially jeopardise his career, this could happen becaue everybody would then be able to reproduce his sound and he would no longer be significant. As a result i will start conducting research in order to discest and try and produce a similar sound with my sound incrporated as a result. I am going to conduct an interview. I will be asking some experts for their opinions on some of metro's most significant tracks and see if they can break down any of his production techniques. The Experts are music Teachers who are also producers and engineer's from my college. The people who I will be interviewing are
I found the agents emails of the various modern producers of which im researching and have sent them an email howver i have not heard back from them so i have decided to conduct this interview instead.
Bibliography
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Proposal
introduction-
For my final major project I will be producing a collaborative 5 track EP taking influence from modern production techniques and implementing these techniques throughout.
Context-
I am a new artist/producer/songwriter However most of my work has been producer focused so this project will allow me to develop as an artist and as a songwriter because it will demand me to use these skills.
Outline Research-
in this project I am going to be investigating modern production techniques and song writing techniques and how they can be achieved. To do this I will study and research into modern producers "Metro-Boomin","Noah'40' Shebib" and Travis Scott I will be presenting my research in the form of a short EP along with weekly updates and case studies. I will also be collaborating on the project featuring a couple other artists on the EP. I will Also be studying songwriters such as Kendrick Lamar and J.cole and study their use of concept and how they effectively tell a story in their music.
Methodology-
I will need to improve my production skills to create a more modern sound in my EP. one way I will do this is by finding Metro-Boomin's drum kits and using them in my music instead of the logic stock sounds. I will Also Improve my production techniques by looking at specific production techniques from people trying to make music in the style of Metro-Boomin
Case Study-
For my final major project I will be producing a collaborative 5 track EP taking influence from modern production techniques and implementing these techniques throughout.
Context-
I am a new artist/producer/songwriter However most of my work has been producer focused so this project will allow me to develop as an artist and as a songwriter because it will demand me to use these skills.
Outline Research-
in this project I am going to be investigating modern production techniques and song writing techniques and how they can be achieved. To do this I will study and research into modern producers "Metro-Boomin","Noah'40' Shebib" and Travis Scott I will be presenting my research in the form of a short EP along with weekly updates and case studies. I will also be collaborating on the project featuring a couple other artists on the EP. I will Also be studying songwriters such as Kendrick Lamar and J.cole and study their use of concept and how they effectively tell a story in their music.
Methodology-
I will need to improve my production skills to create a more modern sound in my EP. one way I will do this is by finding Metro-Boomin's drum kits and using them in my music instead of the logic stock sounds. I will Also Improve my production techniques by looking at specific production techniques from people trying to make music in the style of Metro-Boomin
Case Study-
These songs are some examples of the type of sound that i am going for in my music. I chose these examples becaus they are at the top i the genre that i am focusing on recreating, therefore they are the highest examples of modern production.
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Case Study-Travis Scott Producion(vocals)
The way that Travis Scott uses his vocals in a piece is unlike any other artist. After doing some extensive research into how Travis Scott manages to piece together his audio. I believe he starts off with Auto-Tune. Travis uses two different types of Auto-Tune. First he uses Antares Auto-Tune to create the almost robotic sounding effect made known by artist T-Pain. Also like T-Pain used Auto-Tune, Travis sets it so that the response is immediate. Travis Scott also uses a second type of auto-tune called Melodyne. Scott uses this in a different way, he uses Melodyne as more of a correction tool for the finer details for smoother transitions in his vocals and to make sure he can hit the high notes as well. Although Melodyne also offers the more robotic sounding auto-tune, its vast depth of cleaning and tidying up vocals is what differs it to Antares Auto-tune.
I found this research helpful because I was able to learn a detailed account of how travis Scott uses auto-tune, which applies to my project because I would like to portray this style in at least one of the songs from my EP. Although I do not have this software I will use this knowledge from the research carried out to use the logic stock auto-tune to the full extent and I know have the knowledge so that in the future when I purchase this software I will be comfortable using it.
I have also found two videos on youtube. One that shows you how to use Antares to get the T-Pain auto-tune effect and I have also found a YouTube video that briefly shows you how to finely tune you're vocals using the Melodyne software. Travis Scott doesn't just use auto-tune on his voice. From listening to a few of his songs I can hear that he uses a range of different Audio FX, For example Distortion. You can find examples of distortion in a lot of travis Scotts songs for example 'The Prayer'. In this song, there are three clear different examples of distortion used. The first is from 0:25-0:30 and you can hear part of the sample in the background with distortion added to it. The next type of Distortion used is more subtle, on Travis's main vocals which start at 0:28. The distortion is used differently here as opposed to the way it was used on the sample. A small part of distortion is used producing the effect to the listener of cleaner sounding vocals because there is less diction to hear any extra frequencies in the voice. To produce this effect you need to set the drive(intensity of distortion) so its at a moderate level and set the mix(the balance between the unaffected and effected Audio/Midi) low so that you can quite clearly hear the vocals but the distortion is almost not heard. Finally at 2:08 there is a mix of auto-tune and distortion, I found this very helpful because it helped open up my eyes to blending Audio FX to create different and more complex sounds which will definitely help me with my EP. I like the distortion sound because I feel that it offers a wide variety of use for example you could use it on you're voice to help express emotion, or you could add it to a sample that sounded too repetitive to give it more complexity. The fact that this plug-in is so versatile is just another reason why I'm implicating it into my music, and its also simple to use.
I also found a straight forward video instruction how to use one of the distortion plug-ins in logic named Clip Distortion.
I found this research helpful because I was able to learn a detailed account of how travis Scott uses auto-tune, which applies to my project because I would like to portray this style in at least one of the songs from my EP. Although I do not have this software I will use this knowledge from the research carried out to use the logic stock auto-tune to the full extent and I know have the knowledge so that in the future when I purchase this software I will be comfortable using it.
I have also found two videos on youtube. One that shows you how to use Antares to get the T-Pain auto-tune effect and I have also found a YouTube video that briefly shows you how to finely tune you're vocals using the Melodyne software. Travis Scott doesn't just use auto-tune on his voice. From listening to a few of his songs I can hear that he uses a range of different Audio FX, For example Distortion. You can find examples of distortion in a lot of travis Scotts songs for example 'The Prayer'. In this song, there are three clear different examples of distortion used. The first is from 0:25-0:30 and you can hear part of the sample in the background with distortion added to it. The next type of Distortion used is more subtle, on Travis's main vocals which start at 0:28. The distortion is used differently here as opposed to the way it was used on the sample. A small part of distortion is used producing the effect to the listener of cleaner sounding vocals because there is less diction to hear any extra frequencies in the voice. To produce this effect you need to set the drive(intensity of distortion) so its at a moderate level and set the mix(the balance between the unaffected and effected Audio/Midi) low so that you can quite clearly hear the vocals but the distortion is almost not heard. Finally at 2:08 there is a mix of auto-tune and distortion, I found this very helpful because it helped open up my eyes to blending Audio FX to create different and more complex sounds which will definitely help me with my EP. I like the distortion sound because I feel that it offers a wide variety of use for example you could use it on you're voice to help express emotion, or you could add it to a sample that sounded too repetitive to give it more complexity. The fact that this plug-in is so versatile is just another reason why I'm implicating it into my music, and its also simple to use.
I also found a straight forward video instruction how to use one of the distortion plug-ins in logic named Clip Distortion.
Case Study-Flute
After studying recent Trap/HipHop tracks, i've noticed that the flute has become one of the most important and influential instruments of 2017. The signiture sound also became so popular that their was a challenge based off the signiture flute riff that loops in the hook of future's mask off. Several modern producers have implemented the flute in their songs, for example: Metro Boomin, Southside, CuBeatz and MurdaBeatz. In songs such as 'Mask Off', 'Tunnel Vision', 'Portland' and 'Get Right Witcha' the flutes presence is clear and has a very effective sound that compliments the songs.
The Genre's of jazz is also very closely linked with HipHop which is one of the reasons why the transition of the flute instrument was so clean and effective. Ive used the flute in all three of my tracks to try and add some more depth and complexity to my tracks . However the flute that I have used is midi rather than a sample. I decided to use midi because I found it easier to work with and midi flutes are still used in popular modern HipHop/Trap songs.
Here are some examples of the flute being used effectively in some popular HipHop/Trap music and in some of my tracks. The flute in "Future's" Mask Off is a sample taken from Tommy Butler's 'Prison Song'
The Genre's of jazz is also very closely linked with HipHop which is one of the reasons why the transition of the flute instrument was so clean and effective. Ive used the flute in all three of my tracks to try and add some more depth and complexity to my tracks . However the flute that I have used is midi rather than a sample. I decided to use midi because I found it easier to work with and midi flutes are still used in popular modern HipHop/Trap songs.
Here are some examples of the flute being used effectively in some popular HipHop/Trap music and in some of my tracks. The flute in "Future's" Mask Off is a sample taken from Tommy Butler's 'Prison Song'
Friday, 12 May 2017
Case study-Noah'40' Shebib
I tried to find the best source of research to describe how Drake's Producer creates the infamous underwater sound that has had lots of influence in the Hip/Hop and R&B industry. Examples of this sound can be found in quite a few different songs by Drake. A great example is in the song 'Days In The East', you can hear a trademark "40" sound that I can describe only as some sort of EQ'd siren(EQ is a music production feature that allows you to freely increase and decrease different frequencies within the music). If you listen from 2:30 onwards you can hear the full transition and influence of 40 implicated into the song. The best source that I could find was a youtube video of '40' describing how he does it himself.
Within one of my song I am going to try and recreate this sound for a small portion. I feel that using this technique will grab the listeners attention because they will be able to focus a lot more on my voice.
This production technique will also change the mood and atmosphere of my song because the lack of frequencies will change the overall sound of the piece and add more clarity and dexterity to my vocals, because they will be the only high frequencies being let through.
Within one of my song I am going to try and recreate this sound for a small portion. I feel that using this technique will grab the listeners attention because they will be able to focus a lot more on my voice.
This production technique will also change the mood and atmosphere of my song because the lack of frequencies will change the overall sound of the piece and add more clarity and dexterity to my vocals, because they will be the only high frequencies being let through.
Monday, 8 May 2017
FMP Diary Week 3
This week I am going to conduct the interview on modern production techniques and begin to conduct some primary and secondary research into songwriting techniques from modern Artists in the genre of HipHop/R&B. I havent fully decided on the artists of which i will be studying but i know i will be Studying Kendrick Lamar and Cousin stizz.
I have also produced a Metro-Boomin influened track in Logic consisting of piano, a flute like synth and an electronic drum kit including a clap, snare, kick, high hat and pitched high-hat and an electronic bass called an 808 which is sampled from the Roland-808 hip hop synth
I have also produced a Metro-Boomin influened track in Logic consisting of piano, a flute like synth and an electronic drum kit including a clap, snare, kick, high hat and pitched high-hat and an electronic bass called an 808 which is sampled from the Roland-808 hip hop synth
Friday, 5 May 2017
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Literature Review
http://www.dummymag.com/features/a-dummy-guide-to-the-definitive-metroboomin-productions
This article is about how metro boomin is so innotive by demonstrating his ability to adapt to several different artists. It also shows the extent of his collaborations. which without, he wouldn't be where he is now. It Also talks about the relationship between Metro-Boomin and Future and you can see Metro's development from his older production projects compared to his newest.
http://uk.complex.com/music/2016/10/best-metro-boomin-beats/:
This article gives a little background into Metro-Boomin's life and it shows off his versatility in terms of working with different artists. There is also a list of his top 25 best voted track which show this trait of the producer.
http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.37925/title.noah-40-shebib-details-creating-signature-sound-with-drake:
This article tells the reader about the producer Noah '40' Shebib, more specifically how he creates his underwater sound by degrading the sample rate. There is also a video of him explaining it himself and talk about some future projects which he's working on.
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/rap-hip-hop-engineering-production/1100990-autotune-vs-melodyne.html:
This website contains and allowed me to find the information about the auto-tune travis scott uses. It is different to other sources because loads of different people can put their input into the blog and obtain lots of different information together. you can also create and account and give information o which ever topic you would like to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Boomin:
This article goes into extensive detail into the life of the producer commonly known as Metro-Booming. it is useful because it shows his progression and how he got to where he is know and also the moves he made to get where he is. this website also gives information on all the EP's, Mixtape's, Albums and Singles that he was involved in.
This article is about how metro boomin is so innotive by demonstrating his ability to adapt to several different artists. It also shows the extent of his collaborations. which without, he wouldn't be where he is now. It Also talks about the relationship between Metro-Boomin and Future and you can see Metro's development from his older production projects compared to his newest.
http://uk.complex.com/music/2016/10/best-metro-boomin-beats/:
This article gives a little background into Metro-Boomin's life and it shows off his versatility in terms of working with different artists. There is also a list of his top 25 best voted track which show this trait of the producer.
http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.37925/title.noah-40-shebib-details-creating-signature-sound-with-drake:
This article tells the reader about the producer Noah '40' Shebib, more specifically how he creates his underwater sound by degrading the sample rate. There is also a video of him explaining it himself and talk about some future projects which he's working on.
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/rap-hip-hop-engineering-production/1100990-autotune-vs-melodyne.html:
This website contains and allowed me to find the information about the auto-tune travis scott uses. It is different to other sources because loads of different people can put their input into the blog and obtain lots of different information together. you can also create and account and give information o which ever topic you would like to.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_Boomin:
This article goes into extensive detail into the life of the producer commonly known as Metro-Booming. it is useful because it shows his progression and how he got to where he is know and also the moves he made to get where he is. this website also gives information on all the EP's, Mixtape's, Albums and Singles that he was involved in.
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