FInal Collaborative Project Progress Week By Week

Week 1

In week 1 i started my proposal and came to the conclusion my ep would be jazz based, this is because I hadn't worked on jazz music in quite a well and wanted to show the skills i had developed and compare these jazz pieces to my previous tracks, although i hadn't finished my proposal, i began to research what artists i thought i might be interested with using this website http://www.biography.com/people/nina-simone-9484532, this was useful because it helped me find artists similar to Miles Davis whom I wanted my research to be the basis of. By doing this I was on track to be able to start my first track, Conversement the following week.

Week 2

In week 2 I had gathered more website links and articles I would be using for my research so I added that to the my research notes blog draft and finished off my proposal. Furthermore I roughly understood the type of chords Miles Davis used so I had an idea for what key my Conversement would be in, thus I started working on that track. The notes i had gathered would make it easier to write up my research when it came to it.

Week 3

In week 3 I began working on my research, using the website links i gathered from the other weeks of preparation, I think spending a couple weeks on preparation made it easier to actually do the research because in this week i got a thick piece of research done. Furthermore in week 3 I decided that it would be best to ask some of my teachers who have worked within Jazz for some help and insight into the genre. Charlie Round-Turner played a big role in assisting me as he taught me about the many different modes which i will explain in a later blog post.

Week 4

In week 4 due to the help with Charlie, my track Conversement was all but finished, I spoke to all the artists with the exception of Eleanor that I would like to perform the second track Keep Us Safe, I also started the midi version of the second track, only adding notes to my research which i would develop later on. This helped because the artists were aware that I would be needing their assistance and would be ready if I called on them to record for me.

Week 5   

In week 5, once again Charlie helped with Keep Us Safe by adding inspiration to come up with the Nina Simone type chords, this helped because i was able to develop the rest of the song with ease after finding out what key I was using and following the chords, furthermore i continued the process of creating Keep Us Safe whilst researching Nina Simone so I got more influence as i proceeded. In addition i also let all the artists who I wanted to take part in performing live and recording of my track.

Week 6  

In week 6 Conversement was completely finished and ready to be bounced, the midi version of Keep Us Safe was finished, all i had to do was turn it into a score so the artists i required to play instruments and or sing would be able to do so, but this had proven difficulty, I was new to writing scores so it would take some time. But with the help of my teachers I was able to figure it out and write a score suitable to all those that needed it.

Week 7

In week 7 I uploaded all of the songs to my blog with the exception of the Herbie Hancock based song, as that week we had finished the recording but had run out of time to do the live performance of any of the songs. Since i had finished all the music I had a week to focus all my efforts on research, this helped because I had made notes of research to do and notes of sources i could use for my research. Also i spoke to Eleanor about singing on Keep Us Safe and recorded it on the friday.

Week 8

In week 8 i finished off my research double checking along the way and added my bibliography, i uploaded the final bit of youtube videos to be used in my research onto my blog and double checked everything was in order. i ensured everything was labelled correctly on my play and published.