The piece I have chosen is Seven Nation Army with the house style genre.I will re structure and remake the song so it is a house track but i will keep some of the main melodies making the song a remix.
House Music
- Typical house music instruments- in the new latest generation of house alot of electrical instruments are used. Such as : symphosizers and midi controllers with sound cards and used on musical softwares. In the early stages of house artists such as Nile Rogers used a range of acoustic instruments. Such as, guitar, drums and keyboards. But now most of these instruments are electronic. For example drum machines which create the future house sound.
- Bpm- A typical BPM for a house track is 120bpm and higher. But there is also slower house which is a much lower bpm.
- Styles- There are many styles of house. The creation of house links in and splits into many genres, such as, dance and trance which are all similar to the house style but have there own spin on it .
- Examples of artists- There is a wide range of artists. One of the starters and creators of house, was Nile Rogers. But the more up to date artists are David Guetta and Calvin Harris who are also DJs themselves.
Music Features
- Texture and structure- In the structure of a house track there is a main beat and rhythm which is fall to the floor which is a base drum pattern repeated throughout at a fast pace. Also in the structure of a house track there is a syncopated high hat beat which can be from a closed and open high hat but is from an electrical drum kit or drum machine. There is the main verse followed by a drop which drops into the main chorus of the song. This uplifts the track and give it it's own unique structure. The texture of a house track is a constant beat that builds up into a drop going into the main chorus which is mostly a fast paced tempo. This is one of the main reasons that house tracks are played at clubs because they uplift crowds.
- Effects- Many effects are used in House. Such as delays in the vocals, samples of the vocals and beats, side chaining tracks together so that they are syncopated and transitions and multi band compressors to compress the sounds to manipulate it in a different way. There are also pitch convertors which change the pitch of the vocals and certain parts of the song.
- Rhythm/Tempo - the main structure of the rhythm and tempo is a gradually building beat that gets faster throughout the drop and main chorus that gently calms down before the next drop.
Track List
My track list consists of a variety of symphs and drum machines which all come together to structure my song. At the start of my song with the first tracks is a fall to the floor base drum sound which is followed by a base line melody from one of the symphasizers which is then built up with other symphs which are layered on top to give it a better variety of sound and they are added on to build the track until the drop when the drop includes a variety of symphasizers layered together on top of each other to create a strong and powerful base and thick textured sound which then calms down into another verse which is then built up again up to a drop which is then left on a cliff hanger and then the track ends as the second drop is about to begin.
Evaluation
The successes of this project is that I was able to re-mix this song 'Seven Nation Army' and remake it into the house style by keeping it's main well known features which I have manipulated. My project stays in the conventions of the house music genre by having similar structures and textures such as: fall to the floor beats and it also has many effects such as side chaining.
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