School of Rock – Day 13 – Collaboration and Growth – Part 3

SUMMARY

Today I learned about how music in movies in movies is made which is cool and I also worked a bit on my song in SoundTrap.

LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY

Today I will work on a song I made or make a new song in SoundTrap.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Explore SongExploder.net episodes

Explore Holistic Songwriting’s Artist Series

Explore Genius’ Songs Deconstructed Series

Explore Rick Beato’s What Makes This Song Great Series

Embed a YouTube video link you watched or the link of the SongExploder.net episode

Write a reflection of the key topics that got your attention – AND THEN DELETE THESE WORDS!

Episode 197: Billie Eilish “Everything I Wanted”

-The song came out of a dream she had where she had died and got to see what happened after she died

-Finneas crafted what became almost the entire instrumental for the song

-They used sidechaining

-The song was about the dream and getting everything she wanted(dying)

-They resumed making the song about six months later and wanted to change it to a more positive perspective

-They took the piano out for a bit to get people to notice it more

Episode 183: Tame Impala “It Might Be Time”

-“It sounds like he’s playing the drums 8000 times harder”

-“Theres something about an unexpected chord change… that I just gravitate towards”

-The song was meant to be a bit funny or lighthearted

Episode 53: The Martian

-There was no reason for the music to be too dark for too long in this film

-He wanted it to be an organic instrement

-He needed to embrace the scientific vibe of the music by using a synth

-They have a choir singing for infinite space

Episode 121: Stranger Things

-They didn’t start pitching ideas for the theme until a couple of episodes in

-They chose the theme from one of the fifty things they sent over on day one

-They used a heartbeat kind of sound

-They said it was hard to watch the show because they were too focused on the music/they already knew the plot

Episode 151: Hozier “Nina Cried Power”

-“I might be a sucker for dark piano”

-It’s kind of a song about being woke and social justice”It’s not the waking it’s the rising”

-It became a song that credited protest and direct action and everything that that has given us throughout history

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Today I learned more about how songs and music from movies/shows are made. I also worked in SoundTrap a little on my song. No problems today.

TODAY’s ACTIVITY EVALUATION

Content (The WHAT)

Rating: OK – 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – HIGHLY ENGAGED

Rating: 4

It was interesting hearing about how music in movies is made.

Process (The HOW)