February
6
Session #5 Production Project
Summary
Role
Harmony ~ Guitar
Intention (SMART Goal)
My goal is to write a song and play guitar while singing.
PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY
Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)
Eddie Van Halen is an excellent guitarist, who has inspired millions of people all across the world. CNN interviewed Van Halen on his involvement in Beat It. In the rock scene, the way Eddie plays guitar blew peoples minds away. It had people wondering “How did he do that?” and so on. The famous Beat It solo’s were apparently just improvised by Van Halen in around 10 minutes! Van Halen had so much influence on music as a whole and influenced an entire generation of music in the 80’s.
Training Source(s)
- Automation is the key , you can only think about 1 thing at a time. 1:00
- If you have to think about your chords or strumming, you need more practice. 1:20
- Listen to the song, a lot, you have to know the song inside and out. 2:27
- After you learn the guitar part try having a conversation while playing it. 3:45
- Really focus on how the singer sings, where they take their breaths and anything else you would need to know. 5:00
- Write out the lyrics with a pen or a pencil to engrave them into your brain. 5:40
- Sing a long with the original recording 6:20
- Figure out what syllables the chords change on, if you’re singing a song you need to know when you have to change chords and how. 7:30
- Play along with the song with muted strums. 9:00
- Add in the chords but only play a simple down strum pattern 10:40
Project Timeline
- Develop ideas / Brainstorm
- Tune guitar
- Play around with finding a good feeling to my song with chords
- Establish a singing melody
- Write lyrics where syllables match chord changes
- Practice chord changes
- Establish steady tempo and strumming pattern
- Practice singing using a piano/keyboard
- Ask for feedback from peers
- Revise and edit song according to feed back
- Practice
- Practice more
- hopefully finish 🙂