Project and Portfolio IV Audio Production

Date:
Name:
Last.fm Account URL:
Wix Portfolio URL:

PROJECT CHOICE

ARTIST:
SONG:

FOCUSED LISTENING CHOICES -  The list below contains go-to techniques for songwriting and
production, and you should choose THREE  playlists below that you want to investigate this month. You can
certainly listen to them all...

NOTE: Your choices may change as you learn and live with the track that you’ve chosen from the Cambridge
library, so listen to additional technique playlists, not fewer. The deepest analysis of your song occurs at the
beginning of Week 2. The playlist tracks are to be in your Last.fm account by the end of Week 3 ...

Playlist Choice #1:

Playlist Choice #2:

Playlist Choice #3:

PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES - Click on the Blue links below to audition them:

Parallel Key - This is one of the best ways to make your music sound different from the rest. How chords are borrowed
from the Parallel key is reviewed with the help of the Circle of Fifths.

Descending Bass Lines -  A descending bass line can fit with almost any diatonic melody, and it works especially well
when the original bass part is very stagnant. It also invokes Parallel key when you use chromatic pitches.

Pedal Points - This technique creates a highly musical atmosphere to explore, even with simple triads on top. Playing
multiple chords over the same bass tone is both ancient and progressive.

Time-Based Effects - From short slap delays to long tempo excursions, here's how to calculate delay times to fit the exact
tempo of a song using multiple note values. Dance music's best friend.

Compound Meter - How fast the triplets are going determines the best note value for your click. Here's how to produce
Blues, Swing, and HipHop grooves.