Saturday, September 27, 2025

musical influences

 musical influences


Who are the three musical influencers that influence you?
  1. Toni and I   
  2. yungblud    
  3. NF              

How did these musicians influence you in your music?
  1. Toni and I influenced me in her music as she writes her own music and for me I can relate to this as I write my own music its is all her own words and I love that as an artist as you can put your own feeling into a song which she has done on many separate occasions. The song that made her big was dance monkey which I learned of by heart and that was the first song that I could sing and feel confident about.
  2. yungblud influenced me as he was out there he showed the world what he was all about an not hide his true self he has ADHD which for me hit home as I am undiagnosed ADHD which just shows even if you are different you can still succeed which influence me to go into music and his songs are very relatable as time have changed but people haven't. my favourite song of his is parents.
  3. nf influenced me in his music as he sang about his life his struggles which was being true to his fans and as i had a very tough upbringing it kept me going as it showed me that no matter how you are brough up all the hardships we go through in our lives we can still Concore and do something amazing helping young people express the selves through songs and to give us hope and he did this and he is an inspiration to me my favourite song that nf did is let you down 
What song from each musician influenced you and how can you take what inspires you from the song into your own work?
  1. fly away  and the reason for this is because of the lyric and that is because i never felt like i fited in and i never knew where i belong but i had dream and im flying to it this is how i will be using this in my own music expressing myself and proving everyone wrong these are the lyric which i relate to " I've been on my own for a minute, Is it only me out here, Searching for the place to, begin it, Is it me? Is it you? Is it fear?, Standing on the line I was given, People stare and ask me, why I'm here, No one seems to think that I fit in, But I don't wanna be like them
  2. parents is one of my favourite songs and that is because its not politically correct it very out there but I can relate as parents aren't always right and for me how I will use this in my own music is by speaking my mind in my music right how people can be judgemental but it how you present yourself how you show people you. These are the lyrics  'Cause my High hopes are getting low because these people are so old The way they think about it all If I tried I would never know My high hopes are getting low But I know I'll never be alone It's alright, we'll survive 'Cause parents ain't always right
  3. let you down is another favourite songs and this is because we are always trying to please people and we never please our self and he really goes through his emotions and you can feel these emotions and this what I will be using in my music I want the listener to feel this song so people can relate these are the lyrics Yeah, I guess I'm a disappointment, doing everything I can, I don't wanna make you disappointed, it's annoying, I just wanna make you feel like everything I ever did ,Was never tryna make an issue for you, But I guess the more you thought about everything, You were never even wrong in the first place, right?
Who was there influencers?





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    Thursday, September 25, 2025

    unit 3 - local music scene

    unit 3

    local music scene

    I have not seen any bands live at any venues. 
    These are the bands our group came up with


     these are the venues that our group came up 


    local rehearsals venue

    • sound haven studios
    the opening times are displayed

    Monday - Friday

    12 PM - 11 PM

    Saturday - Sunday

    10 AM - 10 PM
    the address is also on the website
    SA1 Business Park, Unit 25 Langdon Rd, Port Tennant, Swansea SA1 8DB

    price list 

     

    also has information on if any instruments need to be hired and the cost 


    you can also contact this studio if any needs 
    it is fully equipped
    it has been running for 12 years and it is ran by musicians 





    Rhondda Street Studio
    • hot jam studio
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    unit 4 - acoustic recording

    unit 4

    acoustic recording

    Today i will be writing about the Telharmonium. What is it? A telharmonium is a big instrument which is electrical first of its time and first ever. Thaddeus Cahil was the inventor who made the Telharmonium, and it was made in 1890s. Historically this was new age it was only 10 years before when electric was only just getting distributed into homes. How did Telharmonium work? The way Telharmonium worked by using dynamos to generate electrical signals additive synthesis. Which was transmitted through the telephone lines. To those who were paying for it.  

    It was very expensive when it came out at the time of its release it was $200,000 which for the time that was a lot of money.  

    The first place where the Telharmonium was used and hear was Holyoke Massachusetts in 1906. It moved not long after it was installed. It was then taken to New York where it was installed Telharmonic Hall. It was a very heavy instrument making it 200 tons which modern day instruments are light and small but back then it was a learning staple. It was 60 feet long. 

    Polyphonic is a texture where two or more independent melodic occur simultaneously. The velocity sensitive keyboard is a keyboard that responds to the speed in which the key is pressed and release controling the sound in which you hear.  

    The Telharmonium was polyphonic and had a velocity sensitive keyboard. by having Multiple and singular sets of tone making wheels which was connected to. Which created a multi tone.  

    There where three that was made over the space of 9 years first one was made in 1901 the second one was made in 1906 and the third one was made in 1910 however its popularity declined in 1912  which led to the discontinuation of the instrument. The reason why this instrument discontinued  was firstly because of the size of the instrument secondly there where problems with using the telephone lines for it as this cause disruption and unfortunately the cost of the instrument  led to the company which made this to go out of business it was the very first electrical instrument which now we use all the time it was a prediction of music synthesisers and music streaming service which we all us everyday and everywhere we are  


    The picture above shows the 1901 telharmonium
    from this picture we can see the size was big


    The picture above was from 1906
    In this picture you can see Thaddeus Cahil using the instrument


    the picture above shows the instrument in 1910
    and people are present like a concert of its time


    the picture above is a diagrams of the telharmonium

    The picture above is of the telharmonium in moderns day

                   

    In this video it explains what a telharmonium is and how it worked 


                    

    In this video it takes you through the history of the telharmonium 


    This is a picture of the mechanism which was used in the telharmonium

    and this was the start of synthesisers 



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    Tuesday, September 23, 2025

    Unit 2- lyrics analysis

    Unit 2

     lyrics analysis







           Who is the performer?

    The performer of the song common people is pulp.

    what is the genre?
    The genre of common people is alternative rock and rock indie britpop 

     What do are the lyrics talking about?

    The lyrics are about class devide economic difference of the working class and relationships 

    lyric type 
    narrative 
    autobiography
    abstract 
    first and third person 
    spiteful 
    she is naive 
    clueless
    not streetwise 
    delirious
    frustrated
    stupid  

      


    Common people by the pulp is in first and third person 
    for example
    pulp uses first person using I , I'll 
     " That's where I caught her eye
    She told me that her Dad was loaded
    I said "In that case, I'll have rum and Coca-Cola"
    She said "fine"" 
    this emotion we see here is frustrated as his he thinks she thinks it like a game which we know living in working class its not a joke. 

    he also uses third person for example he say she and he says this repetitively
    It seems he is trying to make her understand this is and not to be naive about the difference in classes 


    however pulp also uses second person "You wanna live like common people
    You wanna see whatever common people see
    Wanna sleep with common people
    You wanna sleep with common people like me?"
     this sounds as pulp is in disbelief to what she saying and just saying it repeatedly.


     
    This song common people is a autobiography but also narrative he know what the common folk go through and he tries to tell her the story to stop her from being fixated on this path

     
    The message for this song is how the rich think the poor are fun it show different views and different cultural as she will stick out like a sore thumb which when you do your more likely become more of a target 



    You wanna live like common people
    You wanna see whatever common people see
    Wanna sleep with common people
    You wanna sleep with common people like me?
    But she didn’t understand
    And she just smiled and held my hand

    In yellow is rhetorical questions as if to say you don't want that as he has gone through stuff she would not want to understand

    [Bridge]
    Oh, rent a flat above a shop
    And cut your hair and get a job
    And smoke some fags and play some pool
    Pretend you never went to school
    But still you'll never get it right
    'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
    Watching roaches climb the wall
    If you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah

    in red he is saying you are lucky as she can call her dad and it will all be fine 
    telling her not everyone is as lucky as you are







    My lyric analysis

    mamma mia - money money money 


    I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay
    Ain't it sad?
    And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
    That's too bad
    In my dreams I have a plan
    If I got me a wealthy man
    I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball
    Money, money, money
    Must be funny
    In the rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Always sunny
    In the rich man's world
    Aha
    All the things I could do
    If I had a little money
    It's a rich man's world
    It's a rich man's world
    A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind
    Ain't it sad?
    And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
    That's too bad
    So I must leave, I'll have to go
    To Las Vegas or Monaco
    And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same
    Money, money, money
    Must be funny
    In the rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Always sunny
    In the rich man's world
    Aha
    All the things I could do
    If I had a little money
    It's a rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Must be funny
    In the rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Always sunny
    In the rich man's world
    Aha
    All the things I could do
    If I had a little money
    It's a rich man's world
    It's a rich man's world



    The performers of money money money is ABBA the genre of money money money is  Pop schlager disco. The song was wrote by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The audiences of this song was fans of ABBA and adults looking for a partner who is financially stable which a lot of adults are looking for. The influence of this song was financial freedom and when this song came out the scene of gambling. The alliteration the song does not really change all the way through which its makes singing this song more easy to do and this not os informal.

    Money money money is narrative and autobiographical this is shown in the lyrics 
    "I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay" and "If I got me a wealthy man"
    she is the character and she is the main person she goes to work all hours to pay the bills but if she had a wealthy man which tells us that she is not married its giving of as if she is tired of the same thing day in day out.
    she is also using first person through the whole song even when she say " i work" and "my life" making it more relatable to the common folk.


    The theme of this song is money which has always been a sore subject to many people and how it can be hard to come into wealth either by marrying into wealth or gambling she is even is even imagining it when she says "Money, money, money
    Must be funny
    In the rich man's world
    Money, money, money" which this lyric  is repeated all the way through the song 10 times it is repeated making the message jump out of the song .



    The mood of this song is upbeat which which does change when she gets to Money, money, money
    Must be funny
    In the rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Always sunny
    In the rich man's world 
    the piano and base go low as its trying to tell you if she did have a rich man it a rich mans world and this is repeated with each time for example the first example is
    " I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to pay
    Ain't it sad?
    And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
    That's too bad
    In my dreams I have a plan
    If I got me a wealthy man
    I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball"

    the second example is
    " get him off my mind
    Ain't it sad?
    And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
    That's too bad
    So I must leave, I'll have to go
    To Las Vegas or Monaco
    And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the sameA man like that is hard to find but I can't

    the melody change each time 
     the ideaa for this song goes on what happened historically there was a finical crises in the 1976 the sterling crises.  
    which resulted in a lot of spending cuts. Their is no resolution in this song.


    the recurring phases and words in this is money and in a rich mans world which is the theme of this song is all about how being wealthy would make thing a lot easier when she say in a rich mans world 
    and here is another example of the repeats
    " All the things I could do
    If I had a little money
    It's a rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Must be funny
    In the rich man's world
    Money, money, money
    Always sunny
    In the rich man's world
    Aha
    All the things I could do
    If I had a little money
    It's a rich man's world
    It's a rich man's world" 


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    Monday, September 22, 2025

    unit 4 music and technology in the west links

     unit 4 music

    and

    technology in the west

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