3.1 & 4.1 my performance

In my performance I chose to do a DJ set I began by looking at the genres of music I was interested in which included metalcore, trance, dub-step and hair metal but in the end I settled on dub-step and began to look for some tracks once I had a large set of tracks for my Dj performance so I needed to narrow it down to only 2 tracks, I decided to use skrillex – kill everybody and bring me the horizon – the sadness will never end (skrillex remix).

I then began to research videos with the view to create one shots which would fit the tracks I found this part the hardest as I was looking for acapella vocal samples and most of the songs I wanted to use didn’t have an acapella version of the track available so I looked at other tracks and eventually settled on a total of 4 one shot samples which included slipknot – psychosocial, skrillex – equinox (first of the year), zedd clarity and asking Alexandria - the final episode (lets change the channel) these were all cropped to become vocal samples i then imported them into Serato i chose not to add any effects to the samples as i felt they would sound better without and it would also have effected the way the sample would have been used e.g. i couldn't use any live effects during my performance.

I finally needed to practise my set and include the samples with live effects as part of my improvisation i found places where i would trigger the samples at the right time however i chose to only pick the effects i would use and not how i would use them as i thought it would give me more freedom to improvise more live. The effects i used were roll, flanger, echo, slicer and the filter.

4.1 I was happy with my final performance however i feel i could improve the set in a few ways e.g. i was not happy with how i transitioned from 'kill everybody' into 'the sadness will never end'. I feel i could have kept the tracks in time together much longer then i had done if it wasn't for the vocals clashing, i could have dropped 'the sadness will never end' at a different part of 'kill everybody' where there we're no vocals.

I was happy with my use of effects and samples, i feel that the samples go well with the tracks and i placed them all in the best places possible. I feel i used the roll and filters well together and used the slicer in a way that compliments the tracks well.

I could include this in a bigger performance by taking the set i have already made and adding more samples and tracks to the set it would also be a good idea to look at the samples i already have and see how versatile they are, if a sample is very versatile it will allow me to use it with multiple tracks but if it isn't versatile then i wouldn't be able to do much with it limiting my creativeness. I could also start vdjing which means when i do something on the decks e.g. trigger a sample it effects the lighting. I could add another dj to my set or even a live producer.

Extending improvisation 24.10.14

Today i was looking at extending my improvisation skills i did this by inserting the samples that i made last week from abelton live into serato and adding them into my DJ set i also started adding more effects to my mix e.g. echo and flanger with more filter after doing this i stopped looking ahead of my set (looking for the next track before i need it) i think this will help with my improvisation skills as it will make me think very quickly on my feet otherwise my tack will run out before i can continue the mix

My Performance Plan 10,10,2014

I would like to preform at the wardrobe as it is a larger venue with a good sound system it also has plenty of fire exits i also want a rule of no drinks around the music equipment or any electrical equipment, i would like to preform a DJ set using a DDJ-SX, my pioneer SE-MJ741 bass head headphones, a laptop with my music and Serato DJ full version, a large sound system and a good lighting rig. I will be focusing on trance and dub-step however this is not my final decision for the genres, i would like to use strobe lights of various colors i would like red, blue, green, yellow and purple to go through the performance with colours fading from one to another over time and the cycle to repeat over and over again,  i would like the performance to be roughly 3 hours long and an hour of this performance to be with lewis, i personally don't feel anymore confident and don't think i have improved at all this is because i have been using the same skills i do normally and not pushing myself to try any new skills or anything i may not feel 100% confident with however in order to rectify this i will be starting to practice scratching as this is something that i am also learning outside of the course so it should be improved very quickly i will also be working on making samples to use in conduction with my mix

Music Improvisation And Performance Skills

today i am going to be starting work on music improvisation and performance skills which is focusing on my performance and improvisation skills my overall aim for this unit is to be able to think fast as a DJ allowing me to be able to adapt to my audience when using the pioneer ddj-sx with serato DJ I also want to improve my understanding of the ddj-sx effects and cacapabuility

i decided i wanted to look at a a possible combo of metal and dub-step however i am looking at other stuff as well i am also unsure of the bpms of these tracks as i look at them
i looked at
-slipknot-the devil in i
-korn ft skrillex and kill the noise- narcissistic cannibal
-motionless in white- reincarnate
-korn ft skrillex- get up
-iration steppas- mistikal warrior
-red hot chili peppers- otherside (original and instrumental)
-lacuna coil- nothing stands in our way
-lacuna coil- heavens a lie
-motionless in white- america
-asking alexandria- right now (akon cover)
-scar the martyr- soul disintergration
-scar the martyr- blood host
-metallica- enter sandman
-motionless in white- final dictvm

i have chosen to look mainly at the following tracks for the rest of the day

-scar the martyr- soul disintergration

-scar the martyr- blood host

-slipknot- the devil in i

-korn ft skrillex and kill the noise- narcissistic cannibal

however they may not be the tracks i settle with at the end

i will also be looking at these tracks at another point

-motionless in white- reincarnate

-motionless in white- america

-asking alexandria- right now (akon cover)

i also plan to look at more tracks in another lesson

i went on the DJ controller for the rest of the day and practiced my DJ skills using the tracks above i mainly looked at improvisation with the fx, hot cues and roll i also looked at the slicer slightly in order to make the track more my own off the top of my head

at this point i am on the first track of my mix and i am experimenting on the different types of sounds i can get using the echo effect with different timing structures allowing me to highlight parts of the track

here i am tapping the bpm into the fx section of the controller so the effects are quantized if i didnt do this the effects would be off beat and end up ruining the track instead of complementing them

this is where i was mostly improvising in this pitcher you can see i am using the slicer and the filter however i was also using the roll with the filter

here you can get a better look at when i was using the roll fx to make the track stutter/loop to highlight a sound in a track or the add a small amount to the track its self

here i am adjusting the EQ of the track to make all the sounds on both tracks equal so one part of track 1 is not being over powered by part of track 2

here i was flicking my hair back after completing a scratch over one of the tracks

Radio Review And 5.2

I have listened to my own and the other learners podcasts and will be reviewing each one bellow

Mine-I thought that i chose music that related to the interview (metal music for an interview about rock and metal music) but i think i needed to turn the music down quite a lot, i think that i delivered good vocals throughout the interview however i think that ben could have spoken a bit louder as he seemed to be mumbling quite a lot, i think that all the questions were on topic and none needed editing at all

Abby-I thought that abby music choice was not good as she was talking to a bass player who likes metal music and she put house as the background track, I thought that the questions were well prepared she was talking to a bass player and dove into his personal life like why he chose to play bass and how old he was, i think abby delivered good vocal throughout however i thought that it was strange that she randomly started laughing at one point i also think that ben was mumbling quite a lot through the interview

Reece-I thought that reece chose good music for the interview (rock music for an interview with a rock star), I thought his question were well thought out and well prepared but at the same time they were about the genre not me and the interview was about me not just the genre itself, I think that reece delivered good vocals throughout i also feel i did the same

Ben-I thought ben chose good music for this interview it related to abby very well, I thought the questions were well thought out e.g. what would you have done if you wasn't a singer? I thought that ben mumbled quite a bit through this interview but abby's vocal was good i also found it strange when they would laugh randomly however ben says this was so we could see the real her which i thought was a clever tactic

5.2
on my interview with ben (rock band interview) i edited the audio by chopping up a background track so it finished at a certain time i also edited the original interview by also chopping and re placing parts of the interview so it sounded more profeshinal i also made all the volume levels equal

Understanding Own Responses To Body Image 4.1 20/3/14

Traditional indian culture is different from mine in many ways, the way they dress is a massive difference on a normal day. Indian women will wear Shari with bangles all over there bodies, this makes them look extremely colorful and joyful, where as Indian men will wear a Kurta and no jewelry.  Western people tend to wear jeans and a t-shirts and they might wear a ring, a necklace, a bracelet or a watch.

Food is also something that is different there main cuisine are different curries and rice they are also very big on the types of spices they use. Westerns most known cuisine is fish and chips and tea.

Aboriginal Australians have a very different culture to mine, one big way is the way they dress they keep it to a minimum, men wear sheet like underwear and a necklace with bones attached to it, women wear the same thing along with a long shirt, both genders wear makeup over there whole body but mainly on there face, chest and arms.

There diet is also very minimal they drink only water and there food is called bush food it consists of anything found in bushes berries or little bugs like meal worms.

Understanding Own Responses To Body Image 3.1 20/3/14

This woman from the 1800 seams to be very pale and to be more lady like then you would see today she also seams to be siting statue like also she is given a dress that seams to be trying to make her look more goddess like
















Maryilyn Monroe is from 1950's seams to be a lot more laid back she is not trying as hard to seam like a lady also she seams to look more sexy without be degrading to herself compared to 1800 she does not have as much clothing on but compared to today's female musicians she is heavily clothed














Ozzy Orsbourne is from 1980's he seams to have a more standout image which before was not very common in males he has hair down below his shoulders where as before this never happened also he has tattoos almost covering his left arm where as before it was rare to see any tattoos used

Miley Cyrus is the present day she is overly using sexual elements and degrading herself here she has hardly anything on and her legs open this is basically borderline pornography but today this is used as a element to sell music not just in Miley Cyrus but in most female singers