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Audio Recording Critique Information Due Dates: Your Audio Recording Critique is due: March 2, 2020 As you know, there are two major writing assignments for this course. Your first writing assignment, the “Audio Recording Critique” is based on an audio recording of your choice. It’s meant to be fun. I’ve included my own critique under “Sample Audio Recording Critique.” The second assignment is the “Concert Critique.” The details of the Concert Critique are provided under “Concert Critique Online Info.” I consider the Concert Critique to be more scholarly and important. CHECK OUT MY SAMPLE AUDIO RECORDING CRITIQUE! In some ways, I care more about how you follow directions than the content of your writing. Choose a song or composition that you like. It can be ANY type of music in the entire universe of music. Then I want you to write a typical Roger Kamien-style chapter on your choice. Your essay should use the following format: 1. Introduction The introduction should include a composer/performer biography. I want you to discuss what makes this person unique. What they specialized in. What kind of music they perform or if they are influential. 2. Background A discussion of the background of the composition you’re writing about. I included a discussion on the producer of “One of the Boys,” but you can discuss historical importance, influence, or a history of the genre. 3. Musical analysis You can analyze the lyrics, the music, the performing style, the form etc. It’s your choice. Analyze any part of the composition that offers a deeper knowledge of the piece. 8 Rules and Regulations The following format rules are non-negotiable. You will be harshly penalized if you don’t use the proper format. Format Rules 1. Websites like turnitin do not accept files like “Pages.” As a result, you must use Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word is free to Collin College students within cougarweb. 2. Use “Times New Roman” with a font size of 12 3. Place your name, MUSI 1306 (add your section number) and date in upper right corner. This heading should be single spaced (just like my sample). 4. Center the name of the performing artist, the composition, and the album (if available) · Use bold for this heading 5. MUST be 1000 to 1500 words (Word count pertains to body of paper, not footnotes or headings) Penalty for anything over or under. Considering that this is a short paper, overuse of lyrics is an issue. In other words, if over 50 words (or so) of your word count are lyrics, I will penalize you. 6. Double spaced (So I can see it) 7. There are no quotes required for this assignment, but if you do use someone else’s words, you must cite them using Chicago citation style. Look below for more information When you are writing for academic use you must cite other people’s work. If you use the exact words from someone else’s work, you must give that person credit. There are different ways to cite other people’s work within your own writing. The way you’re probably most familiar is parenthetical citations (a parenthesis after the quote with a work cited page). This is not the style I want. I want you to use the “Chicago” style, in my opinion, is a bit more professional · Here’s a tip: Good writers don’t just throw in quotes. They take a quote and refer to it. They even use quotes to support their own arguments. Check out how I used quotes. · I suggest you go to citationmachine.net, or any internet citation generator, and pick “Chicago.” · Footnotes should be “Times New Roman” font of 10 · Chicago style requires a superscript number and a footnote. There’s no work cited page, just the footnote. Footnotes are easy to produce in Microsoft Word. Just position your cursor to the end of the quote, go to “References” and “Insert Footnote.” Then you’ll be able to insert the information. It’s that easy. There are also videos on youtube.com that can walk you through this process. 8. I’ve provided my own analysis of one of my favorite artists . . . Katy Perry. My example is a bit short of a 1000 words, but make sure to Look at my sample and imitate the entire format exactly. 10. When you’ve finished your assignment · Submit it to “Turnitin.com” which is located under “Writing Assignments.” Considering that you have known about this assignment since the first day of class, NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Method of Evaluation Criteria for grading 1. I regard correct format as very important. I expect each student to follow the format and rules exactly. In other words, your paper should look exactly like my paper. If you use incorrect font, don’t single space the heading, don’t bold the heading, etc., then I’ll have to deduct points. 2. I expect each of the three sections to comprise roughly one third of the paper. For instance, if your analysis is much shorter than the other two sections, there will be a point deduction. 3. Accuracy is important, so I will deduct points for large numbers of errors, misspelled words, low word count, etc. Aaron West MUSI 1306 (insert your section) March 2, 2020 Audio Recording Critique: Katy Perry, “One of the Boys,” from the album One of the Boys Katy Perry is one of the most popular and sought after artists in contemporary popular music. Although this popularity has led some to label Perry as a simplistic product of large record companies, she struggled early in her career. In 2001, Perry released an unsuccessful gospel album under the name Katy Hudson. This failure helped steer Perry’s musical sensibilities away from the world of Christian music and towards more mainstream pop aesthetics. Also in 2001, Perry met Glen Ballard. Ballard had produced one of the most successful female albums in modern history, Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill (1995) and he provided stability and experience in terms of producing popular songs. It is surely Ballard’s early influence that helped shape Perry’s singing style. In fact, she admits to emulating Morissette’s vocal timbre and writing style. In 2004, Perry signed with Columbia/Sony records. Columbia immediately paired Perry’s potential talent with the proven success of The Matrix, a music production team. Although they recorded almost a full-length album, Columbia dropped Perry from the label before it was finished. Many artists have had their careers end at this point but Perry persevered and was signed in 2007 to the Capitol Music Group. It is her work with this label that produced “One of the Boys.” This song exemplifies high-level pop sensibilities. From the beginning to the end “One of the Boys” is composed and performed to satisfy the generic requirements of its target audience. While analyzing certain musical elements such as timbre, word/music relationships, and form, one can conclude that “One of the Boys” succeeds in conveying a specific message to its audience. Although Katy Perry sings “One of the Boys,” the bulk of the composing and background performing duties were done by Butch Walker. Walker has produced hit songs for well-known artists such as Avril Lavigne, Pink, Weezer, Dashboard Confessional, and American Hi-Fi. Walker’s experience and success clearly indicates that he knows how to reach an audience. In Perry’s case, the audience is largely comprised of young women mostly between the ages of 13 and 18. How does Walker/Perry connect with their audience? I argue that they manipulate timbre, dynamics, form, and lyrics in order to communicate with their audience. The form of “One of the Boys” is relatively typical of many popular songs. The form is as follows: Introduction A A¹ B C A² A³ B C D Interlude C Introduction (again) The majority of “One of the Boys” is constructed as A A B C. This is a very understandable and powerful form. Its comprehensibility lies in how it unfolds over time. For instance, in terms of volume or dynamics, A begins at the lowest level, that level increases in the B section, and reaches it peek in the C section. Of course the C section is the most important section because that is where the “hook” resides and where the title of the tune is stated. The next section, the D section, consists of a lower volume and intensity level that is increased again through the Interlude and peeking in the C section again. Now that the form has been established, a chronologically-based examination of “One of the Boys” is appropriate. The Introduction contains some important timbral elements. First, the background instrumentation consists of drums, bass, guitar, and keyboard. The keyboard’s timbre is particularly important. The keyboard sound echoes many of the sounds produced in the 1980s. This decade is sometimes referred to as innocent and “clean.” Many of Perry’s young fans could be listening to this music in the presence their parents, who could interpret this 80s-derived timbre as inviting and fun. Secondly, Perry herself sings non-sense syllables like “Do doo doo.” She sings these syllables in a playful manner, once again, putting potential eavesdropping parents at ease. In the A and B sections there is a powerful relationship between words and music. In one A section the lyrics read: “I started reading Seventeen and shaving my legs.” In the following A section the lyrics are: “And I walked right into school and caught you staring at me.” The proceeding B section contains the following lyrics: “Maybe one day but not until you gimme my diamond ring.” First, these lyrics are specifically intended for young women. It can be assumed that many young women have hygiene, boys, and marriage on their minds. Secondly, these lyrics are emphasized by the background musicians. For instance, when Perry sings “diamond ring,” the backing band almost stops playing. This causes attention to be focused only on the lyrics. In fact, the background instruments continually emphasize words such as “shaving,” “diamond ring,” and “make out” throughout the song. The talents of Katy Perry and Butch Walker helped make “One of the Boys” a meaningful song to millions of people. The preceding analysis shows that connecting to an audience, even a young one, requires the expert manipulation of specific musical elements.
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Audio Recording Critique: The Cranberries, “Zombie” from the album No Need to Argue
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Background    4
Musical Analysis    5
Bibliography    7
Introduction
Very few artists or band
s may have tried to reflect the social stigma, stereotypes or other negative factors through their songs. ‘The Cranberries’ were one of the famous Irish band, and they belonged to Limerick, Ireland. The Cranberries had a wow factor associated with the type of music they created, initially they classified themselves as ‘Alternative rock group’; however later they also incorporates certain aspects from post-punk, Irish folk, pop rock as well as indie pop into their music. The cranberries suffered from numerous difficulties, and they were not world famous until the release of song ‘Zombie’ in September 1994.
During 1989, Niall Quinn was the lead singer of this band; however, Dolores O’Riordan replaced him as the lead singer in 1990. The band received their international fame in 1190 with their debut album ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?’, and this album was considered under five top twenty albums at Billboard 200 chart.
It would be essential to consider that the album ‘No Need to Argue’ was their bestselling album and it received the award for best selling album at the 26th Annual Juno Awards in Canada on March 10, 1996. ‘Zombie’ is one of the most famous as well as bestselling song created by The Cranberries. This song was written and sung by Dolores O'Riordan, lead singer of this band, and it was awarded as number 1 song on the charts of Belgium, Australia, Germany, Iceland and France. Likewise, it was awarded as number 1 song at the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it won the award for "Best Song" at MTV Europe Music Awards in 1995.
Triple J listeners voted as number 1 for this song on Triple J Hottest 100, 1994 chart, and recently in 2017, an acoustic version of ‘Zombie’ was also released on band’s Something Else album as a stripped down version.
Zombie was written with respect to IRA bombing in Warrington, which occurred in 1993 in Warrington, England. There were two separate bomb attacks, which occurred in 1993 at Warrington, and this song has been devoted in the memory of two young victims Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball. It would be necessary to mention that ‘zombie’ was released as the lead single from their second album of the studio ‘No Need to Argue’, and it preceded the release of album by next two weeks. Likewise, it would also be essential to present that British Broadcasting Cooperation ‘BBC’ banned the video of this song at the time of release. Instead, an edited version of its video was...
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