How to Review Music
- Pick out the instruments and look at them separately
- guitar
- bass
- drums
- vocal
- keyboards (synths)
- odd additions - or subtractions ie Black Keys - no bass
Special note - vocal is the sell for most bands
- Lyrics - this is a HUGE part of the song from a listener’s perspective (for many)
- some bands really focus on brilliant lyrics - some have ridiculous lyrics
- the lyrics can work with the music to create something new and powerful
- think about what lyrics are really saying and meaning
- there are all kinds of meanings that we may not realize until we dig in
- for your review, pick something that HAS meaning
- the parts of a song - the music itself
- intro - verse - bridge - chorus - middle 8 (solo) - chorus - bridge - chorus - refrain
- some parts of a song are better than others - some parts are more exciting
- how do these parts help? change? make better? worse? etc
- breaking the song down
- What else? The context
- where does this song come from?
- influences
- what does it remind you of?
- what does it do musically - genre?
- the artist’s experience, life, style, look, etc
- Your experience
- your response
- your emotions
- your actions
- remember things from elsewhere?
- Level 4
- symbolic elements
- time, tempo, deeper musical structures
- comparison with other, similar artists and styles (contrasts)
- include a comparison with other songs by that artist
- trends and patterns across an album
BLog - in general - intro to you through media - summative
news sourcing - formative
News articles a summative
profiling music artists (Jazz-Blues)
profiling music artists (50s-60s)
same for 70s
Music Project - a presentation about the genre of your choice - summative
prezi? keynote? blog? tumblr? something else?
at least 2 artists from that genre
songs, styles, history, changes over time, connections (to other artists, styles, genres, time periods, etc)
reviews go here
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