Decades - Compositions

https://soundcloud.com/user-619940874/attack

In this composition which was meant to derive production techniques from Massive Attacks Album Mezzanine and Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love.

I choose to have a piano riff playing pretty consistently throughout the song to make it become rememberable(the hook). Then I had drums coming in and out of the music, sometimes only having high hats playing and other it being the kick drum and snare. I liked the idea of swapping around the structure of the song allowing certain instruments to be used at different points. This meant you could start with something simple(like my piano riff) and then add to it never changing the notes used in a song or the chords, just gradually adding a wall of sound to your music similar to Teardrop by Massive Attack. I included a bassline which was very simple but made it sound better in my opinion. It followed the rhythm of the piano riff but only to the first 3 notes. It holds that third note until the piano riff starts again.
Echo at beginning = Teardrop intro slowed down.



https://soundcloud.com/user-619940874/mess


In this composition which was meant to derive production techniques from Stevie Wonders album Talking Book and James Browns album I got you(I feel good).

This out of the two tracks I made was my least favourite. I used a lot of different drum patterns, some sounded good together and others didn't. And my file didn't upload with the correct James Brown sample which is an issue I've been trying to fix. I included a bassline and attempted to make it as funky as I could.