Task 6 – List of musical/technical terms

PRS – PRS stands for professional rented sector, they look after the mechanical copyright and the performing rights. Reverb – Reverb is is when a sound bounces off objects and creates an echo sound e.g. a cave or a church. Performance royalty – the fees music players pay when music is performed publicly. Copyright –

Target 3

Targets Setting 1: Target to apply reverb and EQ to my Logic work 2. Motivation to feel more confident 3: Achievement date. 21st October 4. List and describe the tasks you need to complete so that your target can be achieved, add dates to each task.    Find tutorials on how to apply reverb and

Target 2

Targets Setting 1: Target to gain more knowledge on logic and to understand how to use 2. Motivation to feel more confident 3: Achievement date. 21st October 4. List and describe the tasks you need to complete so that your target can be achieved, add dates to each task.    Watch people use Logic Watch

Target 1

Targets Setting 1: Target to record a guitar in the main recording studio using two different mics. 2. Motivation to feel more confident 3: Achievement date. 21st October 4. List and describe the tasks you need to complete so that your target can be achieved, add dates to each task.    To watch somebody set

Reverb Research

What is a plate reverb? Plate reverb is a type of synthetic reverberation and they were one of the first types of artificial reverbs used in recording. It’s made by using a steel plate under tension supplied by strings at the corners where the plate was attached to an outer shell. There are discrete echoes

Task 8 – listening skills – scared of the dark by Lower Than Atlantis

Vocals/ Instruments/ Textures Acoustic guitar that is palm muting the chords whilst the singer is singing on his own. Piano starts to play soft notes up to the chorus Guitar plays open chords with the piano playing notes in the background. There is a bassline that changes to create texture. The singer is joined by

Task 8 – listening skills – Trenchtown rock by Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Vocals/ Instruments/ Textures Simple reggae drum beat with a guitar muted strumming. There’s also a simple bass line in the background which is typical of reggae music. you can also hear shakers in the background Singer starts to sing to show the verse. There’s also backing singers repeating after every line. The instruments are still

Task 8 – listening skills – Dumb by Lower Than Atlantis

Vocals/ Instruments/ Textures  4/4 Simple drum beat with 2 guitars and a bass. Singer sings with some harmonies included. Reverb is used on the singer to create an echo sound. Palm muting on the guitar, bass is less heavy and synth is used to add texture to the song. The instruments are quieter here to

Task 9 – Pitch test

Task 1 – Induction Assignment

Critical and contextual awareness (research) When I research things for either learning or wanting to know something, I always go to the internet. I personally believe it’s a quick and easy way to gain facts. I generally go into google and search up YouTube to learn songs on a guitar that I like and just