Our prelim

Genres

The Sound of the Sirens

All Girl Group

- Acoustic, Soul and Folk


Sounds Like: Mumford and Sons, Bombay Bicycle club, Destiny's Child

Acoustic music- Compromises music that solely or primarily uses intruments

Folk music- Is an english term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated from 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways; as music trasmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles.







Magazines and websites on here isead and examples on this website
http://www.slideshare.net/sarahlouisewatson1/folk-rock-acoustic-genre-powerpoint

History

 



Throughout most of human prehistory and history, listening to recorded music was not possible. Music was made by common people during both their work and leisure. The work of economic production was often manual and communal. Manual labor often included singing by the workers, which served several practical purposes. It reduced the boredom of repetitive tasks, it kept the rhythm during synchronized pushes and pulls, and it set the pace of many activities such as planting, weeding, reaping, threshing, weaving, and milling. In leisure time, singing and playing musical instruments were common forms of entertainment and history-telling—even more common than today, when electrically enabled technologies and widespread literacy make other forms of entertainment and information-sharing competitive.
Opinions differed on the origins of folk music. Some said it was art music that was changed and probably debased by oral transmission—others said it reflects the character of the race that produced it.Traditionally, the cultural transmission of folk music is through learning by ear, although notation may also be used. The competition of individual and collective theories of composition set different demarcations and relations of folk music with the music of tribal societies on the one hand and of "art" and "court" music on the other. The traditional cultures that did not rely upon written music or had less social stratification could not be readily categorized. In the proliferation of popular music genres, some traditional folk music became also referred to "World music" or "Roots music".

The American conception of "folk composition" has often drawn on Afro-American music

 

 

 

Conventions of music videos

Camera/ editing

Close up shots- these are quite conventional in music videos because twe tend to use them to emphasize on the syncing, rather then reaction shots that are used in thrillers.

Long shots- in music videos, they are conventionally used to emphasize on the size of something or like in this case, to contrast the lighting against the darkness that sorrounds her. The long shots also help us to create artistic shots- in this case, Lady Gaga is kneeling on her fours in a strange position- but it is effective.

Editing -

 Pace changes every 2 seconds in thsi video- this is conventional because the pace needs to change to the rythm of the song, so it makes sense and it is not just the lyrics that make us move but the rapid change of shots too. PS: i love the way Avril is advertising the quality of the Sony phones here..

Mise-en-scene

Rock- Black eyeshadows, thick black eye liner and lots of mascara. Costumes are generally black with metal studs. Quite a bit of jewelly  and black nail polish is worn. The lighting is conventioanlly dark and gloomy but that depends on what type of rock it is. Rock mostly concentrates on instruments so the props would be guitar and microphone- in this case i think the main focus was the sony experia phone and the glass of water.

 

POP- is a lot more glamorous: the hair is glosier and the make up is a lot more tidier too. Pop gives music a very feminin touch when a woman is singing and popularity and when males are singing. The lighting is usually bright so that we can see the singer very well and so that the best light hits the singer's face so that it looks great on camera.

 

Faulk- is quite down to earth and the singers usually dress that way too. As we can see, the girls are wearing a jean material which is classed as casual and comfortable. The lighting is natural- no over exadurating.

 

 

Conventions of folk genre- ISL work (week 3)

 

Inspirational music videos

Beyonce- Halo



I find this music video inspirational because i like the wide range of close up shots that work well with the sub story of love.

The close ups underline the fact how happy and 'close' they are together. Also, the fact that Beyonce is not wearing any make-up in this, emphasizes the purity of their love and the lighting makes her look bright and fresh.
The camera is not steady in this part of the video too. This makes us think of a young couple videoing each other just for fun/ memories so again, we can see how happy they are.


Coldplay ft. Rhianna- princess of China

This si something a bit different to the Beyonce's music video. In this, we can already lots of bright colours- a bit like the colours that can be found on Chinese costumes. I find this inspirational because it illustrates the title of the song, with an old fashion look (the writing) which tells the audience already that this song is based on the verge of tradition, fashion and dreams.

Everything is spot on the theme of China, which is effective but the contrast in this that we can see is the man- he stands out because he is wearing normal, modern clothes and we can tell that he is not from China. This could imply that the modern man with no tradition at all is coming for Rihanna- the beautifull Chinese Princess. I find this inspirational because the sub story illustrates everything, but describes the fairy tale love story between two people from different traditions.

 

 

Katy Perry- Roar

 



 I find this song really inspirational because it reminds me a lot of our preliminary task. I like the fact that it looks fun- nothing serious and again, it illustrates the lyrics and the title of the song- "roar".

This is an extremely clever way of going to the 'real' world from the fairy tale world- and we will try ro use something like this on our prelim.

Our chosen song number two...

Sound of the sirens

The night before

www.soundofsirens.net

http://www.soundofthesirens.net/music.html


We have chosen this song because we have 3 girls in our group and they used to be 3- now two; but they are all girls, which is an advantage because it is going to save us the hassle of trying to find a

Formed in late 2009, Sound of The Sirens is a tale of serendipity, friendship and talent. Originally a 3-piece, Sound of The Sirens is now a duo. Abbe and Hannah will continue to take their unique blend of melody and harmony to gigs accross the country. After a short summer break to recharge their batteries, they will be back on a mission in the autumn...coming to a town near you.

This is Abbe and Hannah

 

 

Our chosen song

White Clouds & Gunfire- Dreams



The genre of this song is mainly rock. We have chosen this genre because we believe that it would give us the opportunity to show the main conventions and abilities in a promo.

However, when we have contacted the band, we have found out that the band was signed already, so unfortunetaly we cannot use it.

Our choices of unsigned bands

Genres that I have explored;
Hip Hop
R'n'B
Pop, Acoustic, Blues
Rock

POP, Acoustic, Blues

Artist
Cecilia

Point of no return
http://www.unsigned.com/01stcecilia

About the artist;

About Artist

St. Cecilia (aka Emma - Jane) is a 23 year old Irish student.
She plays piano, guitar, tin-whistle, drums and the violin (to name a few!)
 always wrote my own music and love singing in pubs and bars.
She was reared on country and traditional Irish music which have huge influences on my music now. She also loves blues, jazz and rock. My main icons would be Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers and Michael Jackson.

 Rock

Life in the dog house

http://www.unsigned.com/lifeinadoghouse

About Artist

Life in a Doghouse began in the summer of 2004. After playing many different venues in many different bands they have all finally found the lineup that each of them had been looking for. From there, they perfected cover tunes and played them very well for the venue-goers - so good in fact that a couple of times they were told they played it better than the band who wrote it in the first place! they always made it a rule that if it were not perfect, or if any other local band played that song, they would not play it. With this being their base they quickly formed a following of local partygoers ready to rock with us.

Indie and Rock

Amy can fly- Lovers and fighters/ Foldbacks and Ciggarettes

http://www.unsigned.com/amycanfly

About Artist

Amy Can Fly was officially started on the 12th of July 2008 but for you to truely understand how the band came to be I need to take you back to the year 2005.

It was the start of secondary school and quickly a couple of bands were formed by the new students. One of these was called Self Proclaimed Messiah which was a metal band made up of Jacob Murphy on vocals and rhythm guitar, Jordan Clay on lead guitar, Daniel Ryan on bass and Daniel Palmieri on drums. They played a couple of shows as a band but could not really find a good sound. Then Daniel P left the band and Jacob decided to fill in the position as the band's drummer which led to Daniel R becoming the new rhythm guitarist. The band now needed a bass player. They were looking around for a bass player when they found Josh Milgate who was from another band that was not working out very well so Josh said yes to this new opportunity and became the fourth member. At this point in time the band decided that they needed a new name. And Peace Of Mind was born.

The band fell apart and nothing really happened for about 18 months. There were a few different bands that they got involved with but none of them stuck. There were alot of musicians in that time who helped to develop the guys into who they would become when Amy Can Fly was formed.

 Myfuturelies - Miss American Angel

Alternative, Rock, Pop
From: Sydney - LA, Australia

 

Band Members

• Luke Lukess - Vox & Guitar
• Pete New - Bass
• Murray Danger - Drums

 

About Band

# BRAND NEW ALBUM "CHASING THE MOON" OUT NOW

ITUNES
http://www.itunes.com/myfuturelies

WEBSITE
http://www.myfuturelies.com

In the past couple of years, Sydney rock trio MY FUTURE LIES has firmly established itself as one of Australia’s most popular unsigned bands.

With over a million MySpace plays to their credit, plus a brilliant debut album, several singles, plus two self-funded live DVDs, MY FUTURE LIES is the epitome of what it means to be a highly successful, truly independent band in this modern music age.

One of the hardest working young outfits in the country, MY FUTURE LIES have performed literally hundreds of live shows right around Australia, forging an ever-growing loyal fanbase in every port of call.

No reason - The Nites

The Nites

Acoustic, Pop, Rock
From: London, United Kingdom

Band Members

• Anthony Goldsbrough - Vocals
• Michael Gazzard - Guitar, Piano, Vocals

This is their song:
http://www.unsigned.com/thenites

About Band

The story of The Nites begins back in 2003, when a barman named Ant met a cleaner named Mike. One day, Anthony came home from work to get ready for a gig that night and found Mike cleaning his apartment. Back then Mike worked for a cleaning company that cleaned Anthony's apartment once a week. Mike had been asked to fill in that day for a sick member of staff and visited Anthony's apartment for the first time. They acknowledged each other briefly before Anthony went to get ready. Shortly after, he heard music coming from the lounge and went out to discover Mike singing a song on his beloved vintage Martin guitar that his uncle left him. But he soon forgot all about this when he tuned into what Mike was playing. After finding out it was one of his own tracks they instantly geled. After talking about their styles and influences and getting to know each other, they started writing the very next day and after 3 years of hard work enlisted the help of Craig Powell, head of the Songmaker Group, who instantly saw their talent and song writing capabilities. Currently in the recording studio laying down their debut album, so expect good things from The Nites in the future.