Saturday, 3 June 2017

Punk music work for musiccertificate

  • This song addresses the topic of patriotism. Frontman and chief songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong told Q magazine May 2009: "It brings up 21st Century Breakdown in a lot of ways, and the 21 gun-salute for someone that's fallen, but done in an arena rock 'n' roll sort of way."
    At the pre-release preview of 21st Century Breakdown, the MTV News reviewer called this song, "a cell-phones-in-the-air anthem."
"21 Guns" was released to modern punk radio stations on May 25, 2009, although it had already been played on some radio stations, such as KROQ in Los Angeles and 101.9 in New York City.

Alternative rock (also called alternative musicalt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. In this instance, the word "alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream rock music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent, D.I.Y ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music. At times, "alternative" has been used as a catch-all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition, or for any music, whether rock or not, that is seen to be descended from punk rock (including some examples of punk itself, as well as new wave, and post-punk.

21 guns-Green Day was actually Released on May 25, 2009 by digital download. By July 14, 2009 It was in a CD Single.

It's Genre can also be related to Alternative rock, and Of course it is also related to Punk. The Songwriters in it are Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, John Phillips, and Tre Cool and the producers are Butch Vig and Green Day.

21 guns may refer to:-

21-gun salute, an arms salute as a military honor

21 Guns (band), a 1990s rock band formed by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham

21 Guns (song), a song from Green Day's 2009 21st Century Breakdown

Twenty-One Guns" (ER), a 2006 episode from the 12th season of the medical drama ER

"Twenty-One Guns", a song on the 1996 split EP Ignite/ Good Riddance.

The artists are:-

1989-
Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals,guitar) 1987-
Mike Dirnt (Micheal Pritchard) (bass) 1987-
Tre Cool (Frank Edwin Wright 3) (drums) 1990-
John Kiffmayer (drums) 1987-1990
Jason White (guitar,backing vocals)2012-

21 guns song was labelled as reprise and was recorded in 2008.

Friday, 2 June 2017

Green Day 21 guns,referring to email questions

I am now part of the Subsidiary Diploma for year 2. We already had one lesson on Wednesday, and We learnt how to sight sing and humming octaves of the notes of scales and Philip wrote the notes on the Board in which we had to read and sing which we could. Then we discussed about Pop music. It is from many Genres like Punk, Alternative rock and many other genres of Music.

Now the teacher has told us to t noose a song to sing from any genre and tell something about it. So I chose the Genre of Punk Music and the Song which I will sing is 21 guns by Green day. It was one of the  songs related to punk music from 2015. It was released from their album named 21 century break down. Green day is an American Punk rock band. According to the Youtube's Karoake Version, It was published on 24th of  September 2014. It is one of the best punk musical songs.

It was actually Released on May 25, 2009 by digital download. By July 14, 2009 It was in a CD Single.

It's Genre can also be related to Alternative rock, and Of course it is also related to Punk. The Songwriters in it are Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, John Phillips, and Tre Cool and the producers are Butch Vig and Green Day.

21 guns may refer to:-

21-gun salute, an arms salute as a military honor

21 Guns (band), a 1990s rock band formed by Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham

21 Guns (song), a song from Green Day's 2009 21st Century Breakdown

Twenty-One Guns" (ER), a 2006 episode from the 12th season of the medical drama ER

"Twenty-One Guns", a song on the 1996 split EP Ignite/ Good Riddance.

The artists are:-

1989-
Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals,guitar) 1987-
Mike Dirnt (Micheal Pritchard) (bass) 1987-
Tre Cool (Frank Edwin Wright 3) (drums) 1990-
John Kiffmayer (drums) 1987-1990
Jason White (guitar,backing vocals)2012-


Thursday, 1 June 2017

2nd year Subsidiary Diploma of the Certficate Course

I am now part of the Subsidiary Diploma for year 2. We already had one lesson on Wednesday, and We learnt how to sight sing and humming octaves of the notes of scales and Philip wrote the notes on the Board in which we had to read and sing which we could. Then we discussed about Pop music. It is from many Genres like Punk, Alternative rock and many other genres of Music. Now the teacher has told us to t noose a song to sing from any genre and tell something about it. So I chose the Genre of Punk Music and the Song which I will sing is 21 guns by Green day. It was one of the  songs related to punk music from 2015. It was released from their album named 21 century break down. Green day is an American Punk rock band. According to the Youtube's Karoake Version, It was published on 24th of  September 2014. It is one of the best punk musical songs.

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Overall music certificate course

This was a very good course for me so far and wish to continue next year which will be good for me. Now I will be joining the next two sessions on 31st May and 14th June. Today,I was called to upload a new video of the Beatles on my Blog which was related to what I spoke about in my presentation, I had a go at it three times and therefore I was able to do it finally and discuss what each band member does. This was about the Beatles.

I got a Merit for my whole course in Music certificate Yr 1.

The assignment which I liked doing the most was the Solo performance because, I selected the songs of my choice to make a 25 minute performance and I could perform well.

I liked doing the Ensembles assignment in the sense that the songs which we needed to perform,we worked together as a group and also the songs which I had never heard and learnt before. This inspired me the most.

Look forward to continuing next year.

Beatles:Don't let me down

https://youtu.be/NCtzkaL2t_YBeatles don't let me down

Video of Recording of the Beatles in 1965

https://youtu.be/JVioU9VxC-IRecording of the Beatles on April 13 1965

Come together by the Beatles

https://youtu.be/uSM5MpKSnqECome together by the Beatles

John Lennon- Guitars, Keyboards , Vocals.
George Harrison-Guitars, Sitar, Bass, Vocals.
Paul McCartney-Bass,Piano,Vocals.
Ringo Starr- Drums,Percussion, Organ, Vocals.

  For explaining about the band members in brief,these are as follows:-

John Lennon plays Guitar,Keyboard and Sings.

George Harrison plays Guitar,Sitar,Bass and Sings.

Paul McCartney plays Bass,Piano and Sings.

Ringo Starr plays Drums,Percussion,Organ and Sings.


For the overall above,whatever Songs they are performing,all of them sing and play the instruments which they are good at performing in front of the Audience.
Biographical information about my ensemble:-

From their first studio contract in 1962 until 1970,the Beatles lineup consisted of John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The famous lineup is also known as the "Fab Four" while many other musicians claimed the "Fifth Beatle" status."

The Beatles were a legendary rock group that formed in Liverpool,England,in 1960,and went on to transform popular music as a creative,highly commercial art form over the next decade. The Beatles were one of the most popular bands of all time,producing songs like "Yesterday,"Hey Jude," "Penny Lane, "With A Little Help From My Friends," " Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)," " Day Tripper" and "Come Together". Learn more about the "Fab Four"-John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr-by exploring our Beatles collection.

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Presentation today

What I feel about my presentation is that it was Ok,I showed the Class the Video of Hey Jude song by the Beatles.I spoke everything in Gist especially about green day Band as it was a big one than the Beatles.Unfortunately,I had to read a little bit from the power point but I knew what I had to say.

Sunday, 7 May 2017

Music certificate power point presentation

Music certificate presentation
Comparison of the Beatles and Green Day

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
They became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era.”
John Lennon plays Guitar,Keyboard and Sings
George Harrison plays guitar,Sitar,Bass and Sings
Paul McCartney plays Bass,Piano and Sings.
Ringo Starr plays Drums,Percussion,Organ and Sings
To explain in brief,all of them play instruments while Singing,but in all ten Songs they switch from time to time while playing Instruments.

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Such as in the Song,Hey Jude,Paul McCarteney plays the piano and Sings and also uses accompaniment.
Further instrumentation is added as the Song progresses.
There are two guitarists named George Harrison and John Lennon and Ringo Starr playing the Drums.

In green day the band members are Billie Joe Amstrong who does the lead vocals,Plays piano and Harmonica (1986-present)
Mike Dirnt-bass,backing vocals (1988-present);lead Guitar (1986-1988).
Tre Cool-drums,percussion,backing vocals(1990-present).

Former members
Raj Punjabi-drums,percussion,backing vocals (1986-1987)
John Kiffmeyer- drums percussion,backing vocals(1987-1990).

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Aaron Cometbus-drums,percussion,backing vocals (1990).
Dave E.C. Henwood-drums,percussion,backing vocals (1990).
Sean Hughes-bass guitar(1986-1988)
Current touring members.
Jason White-lead guitar,backing vocals (1999-2012,2016-present;official member 2012-2016)
Jason Freese-piano,keyboards,saxophone,trombone,rhythm,guitar,backing vocals(2004-present)
Jeff Matika- rhythm guitar,backing vocals (2009-present).
Former touring members.
Timmy Chunks-lead guitar,backing vocals(1997-1999)
Garth Schultz-trombone,saxophone (1999-2000).


Wednesday, 3 May 2017

My performance today

Today's performance went good,But the thing is that in the first song named Surviva by Destiny Child,I was confident as to when I had to sing my parts including when we were humming to make harmonies like oooo etc.in the song,The second song named One love by Bob Marley,I was confident while singing,but had to look at my phone for the lyrics because I needed to sing the words properly and for that I needed to read the lyrics for that,My teacher told all of us that we could read the lyrics as most of us weren't feeling so confident and had planned to do it next week,but the thing is that we had to do it today.In future,when I go for any performance,I will make sure that I learn the lyrics whether I perform myself or there is a group band with me with the backing tracks or instruments played and so on.I just felt good that I sang well for the performance as I practiced hard but practicing especially with the group members,I had the lyrics to read while singing with the group on stage today.Hope I have passed this assignment up till now.

Green Day:Rock Band more familiar to 'core audience' than The Beatles, MTV Games says

The Beatles are tough act to follow.And so,several weeks from the release of Green Day:Rock Band,publisher MTV Games has some promoting to do. MTV Games GM Scott Gutherie recently explained the reasoning behind picking the younger,less "classic rock"- oriented band for its next single-act music game following The Beatles:Rock Band.

"We were pleased with the performance of Beatles:Rock Band,but we were expecting higher sales," Gutherie said. "Our core audience of 16- to 34-year-old males are much more familiar with Green Day music than The Beatles."

Green Day:-

Green day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joel Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the groups career,the band has much been in trio with drummer Tre Cool,who replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990 prior to the recording of the bands second studio album,Kerplunk (1991).Guitarist Jason White,who has worked with the band as a touring member since 1999, was an official member from 2012-2016.

The band members of green day are Billie Joe Armstrong-lead vocals,Guitar ,Piano,Harmonica (1986-present)

Mike Dirnt-bass,backing vocals (1988-present);lead guitar(1986-1988)

Tre Cool-drums,percussion,backing vocals(1990-present)

Former members

Raj Punjabi-drums,percussion,backing vocals(1986-1987)

John Kiffmeyer-drums,percussion,backing vocals(1987-1990)

Aaron Cometbus-drums,percussion,backing vocals (1990)

Dave E.C. HenWood-drums,percussion,backing vocals(1990)

Sean Hughes-bass guitar (1986-1988).

Current touring members

Jason White-lead guitar,backing vocals(1999-2012,2016-present;official member 2012-2016)

Jason Freese-piano,keyboards,saxophone,trombone,rhythm guitar,backing vocals (2004-present)

Jeff Matika-rhythm guitar,backing vocals(2009-present)

Former touring members

Timmy Chunks-lead guitar,backing vocals(1997-1999)

Garth Schultz-trombone,trumpet (1997-1999)

Gabrial McNair-trombone,saxophone(1999-2000)

Kurt Lohmiller-trumpet,percussion(1999-2004)

Mike Pelino-rhythm guitar,backing vocals (2004-2005)

Ronnie  Blake-trumpet,percussion (2004-2005).

The Green day band members kept changing time to time unlike the Beatles remained the same in their band.

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Performance for tomorrow

We were about to rehearse today for the performance tomorrow but what happened was we had planned last week that Treviscia was going to book access time for all of us to rehearse using the performance rooms,but Nobody knew that we had booked access time,Treviscia was also not here today,So we decided to rehearse tomorrow before the certificate class and also one hour in the Certificate class before the performance starts at 3pm for the Ensembles assignment.But,Anyway as to not waste time,I do practice the songs individually at home and in my free time.We will try our best for the performance tomorrow.Hopefully the performance should go well tomorrow.

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Today's written work

Today's Rehearsal went Ok,We have selected two songs named Survivor by Destiny Child and One love by Bob Marley.On Tuesday we are booking extra time from 12.45 to 1.30-2 and we will practice to clear our rehearsal to perform well,in the meantime,I will also practice the songs individually,Rest is all good and I am on track for the performance next week.

One Direction vs the Beatles:-

"Harry Styles might have claimed that One Direction are " even bigger" than The Beatles,but Paul McCartney vehemently disagrees that any modern band will ever take his band's crown.The British singer and former Beatle, 73,believes the "Yellow Submarine" gang rose to global fame because they wrote their own music."

The Beatles and One direction:-

When Beatles first arrived in America,it was similar to when One Direction arrived in America. They were welcomed by Screaming girls who had already knew who they were. The personalities of the Beatles and One Direction are quite similar. When The Beatles were young, like One Direction,something audiences loved about them was their fun and energetic performances. One Direction keeps the audience intrigued by not only their popular hit songs,but also their upbeat  and funny selves. The personalities of the members of The Beatles and One direction are very comparable. The outfits of both bands all correlate. The boy band look is always the same;the color schemes of the boys all match. The look is a big part of the band especially for One Direction because they are more modern and today the look is everything. The bands perform in a similar way because they both have a ton of fun on stage and are ecstatic about their music and performing it. The bands connect with their audiences and make their fans feel special. A major difference between the bands is that One Direction doesn't play any instruments. The Beatles amazed their audience with their singing and ability to play instruments. One Direction just has One member,Niall Horan,who
plays the guitar in some  songs  and in the Beatles, all members of the band play instruments.

The songs, "Little Things" and "Yesterday", use Ethos similarly because they both cause the audience to feel true emotions. They relate The bands are different because The Beatles wrote the song "Yesterday",and One Direction didn't write the song "Little Things". The band builds a bridge to their audience in a way because the song is relatable to every day situations. During both of these songs,the bands connect with their audience on an emotional level in concerts. During concerts,tears are pouring down girls faces whether it's as they look at five boys of One Direction telling them that they're perfect and beautiful in every way or whether it's The Beatles belting out their inspiring words to their fans. Both bands are highly credible and one is not more convincing than the other. The simplicity of the instrumentation emphasises on the vocals of the boys. The tone of this song are similar because they reach out to the  audience and shows them a deep and sensitive side of The Beatles and a deep and sensitive side of themselves.


Sunday, 23 April 2017

why we cancelled theSong,Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston

I had asked one of my Group members Shania, are we still doing dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston?,She said that we have cancelled that because the Harmonies weren't sounding good.Now since I had missed the class on Wednesday,This week,I am listening and trying to sing the new songs which we changed instead of of Lady Gaga-Million Reasons and Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston and will practice better with the group,this coming Wednesday.



Saturday, 22 April 2017

Listened to the songs which we would do for the performance

I had a listen to Bob Marley-One Love and Survivor by Destiny Child,I will again work with the group band members on Wednesday,And utilized 3 hours doing the practice of these songs and will take part and try to give our best for the performance.

Friday, 21 April 2017

Written work for next week.

The thing is that both the songs have changed due to the lack of harmonies,So we are doin:-

Surviva by Destiny Childs

and One love-Bob Marley.

I may play the piano chords,but will try to sing both the songs with the help of  lyrics,when practicing with my group and practice individually at home to do better for the performance.

Written work for next week

I will be able to attend my music certificate lesson and work hard to perform well on the performance day as this lesson is for only three hours.There might be some more changes in the songs.I asked Shania that What did they do this Wednesday,and they said that they decided some songs and I can't remember exactly what it is but will definitely cooperate and make sure that I am confident,will learn the lyrics and we will be ready to sing for the performance on 3rd May.

Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Todays written work

My work for the ensembles assignment is going good so far,however we still need to decide which songare we going to perform instead of lady Gaga-Million Reasons.One such song has been decided which is Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston.Overall,I am communicating well with the group and practicing individually time to time to make this group performance better ad giving accounts on my blog.I am of Course still on the course but I can't attend today's lesson due to an Educational psychological test appointment but will show up next week.I am anyway showing up in every class starting from the beginning of the year. The only change which is happening is that instead of Million Reasons by Lady Gaga,We have to choose som other song which is from the 80s,90s etc.I wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston is still selected for the performance of this assignment.I will also ask my group as to what happened in today's rehearsal during today's lesson and I will be able to attend the lesson next week before the performance.

Biographical information about my ensemble:-

From their first studio contract in 1962 until 1970,the Beatles lineup consisted of John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The famous lineup is also known as the "Fab Four" while many other musicians claimed the "Fifth Beatle" status."

The Beatles were a legendary rock group that formed in Liverpool,England,in 1960,and went on to transform popular music as a creative,highly commercial art form over the next decade. The Beatles were one of the most popular bands of all time,producing songs like "Yesterday,"Hey Jude," "Penny Lane, "With A Little Help From My Friends," " Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)," " Day Tripper" and "Come Together". Learn more about the "Fab Four"-John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr-by exploring our Beatles collection.




Tuesday, 11 April 2017

For my presentation and working and rehearsing for the final assignment

For my presentation,I would be talking about the Beatles abbey road which I wrote about in one of my previous posts,And as I said earlier that I rehearse the songs as part of individual practice to perform better with the group,Just now I am only rehearsing Dance with somebody by Whitney Houston,And the second song,we will think and choose another song instead of lady Gaga-Million reasons,that will happen in the next two lessons after Easter.

Monday, 3 April 2017

Working for the next two lessons before the performance before this assignment

So far as part of individual practice which I do anytime when I am free,I had been practicing Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston,and for the other one,we just kept thinking of what song to do because last week the two me,bears named Trevicsia and Shania were absent,So when we get back after the Easter holiday,we need to think of another song instead of Million reasons by Lady Gaga because we are only allowed to do two or more songs from 1970s,1980s and 1990s.

Wednesday, 29 March 2017

What we practiced up till now

Today we practiced Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston.It is going good.We kept thinking about a song instead of Lady Gaga-Million Reasons.The practice went good.Infact,even now as I am saying this again,I will practice individually whatever I had been doing with the group in these sessions which I do as to not waste time along with other work.This is going to be the change in plan for the next two lessons after spring break.We will make Harmonies as well.What went wrong is,Sometimes while practicing, We end up stretching the notes /phrases for long,but we will practice and know what we are doing,So that we don't go wrong in any particular stanza etc.

What I had also done to make this group work process for this Ensemble Assignment,Good is that I cooperated and communicated well with the group and participating in the rehearsals and paying attention to what Opinion we are talking about.Giving Options of Songs to rehearse and Choosing the best ones to perform it.

Today's written work

We will have to change the song from Lady Gaga to something else as I spoke about it before along with Whitney Houston-I wanna dance with Somebody.Otherwise all is good.

The group is very helpful and want went well and will we do better is that whatever we are rehearsing,We take a video of ourselves while rehearsing.That is a good part and I also do my individual practice in order to sing better and not just with the group.

In my previous post I wrote about a review about the Beatles but I might choose other albums as well to speak better.

One option could be the Beatles,to give a presentation on 10th May or some other Album/Ensembles

Thursday, 1 September 2016


A review of the Beatles -Abbey Road.


The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr,they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential act of the rock era."

"Trivia (39) The most successful pop group of the 20th century;they changed popular culture forever.From their first studio contract in 1962 until 1970, the Beatles lineup consisted of John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr".

John Whinston Ono Lennon,MBE was an English singer and songwriter who co-founded the Beatles,the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music.

Sir James Paul McCartney,MBE is an English singer-songwriter,multi-instrumentalist,and composer.With John Lennon,George Harrison,and Ringo Starr,he gained worldwide fame with the rock band the Beatles,largely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of pop music.
It has been a very good experience for me to listen to the songs of the Beatles-Abbey Road. It is a Rock Band and I also liked Reading about the history of it as well. I didn't know about the Beatles before. This is a new experience for me. I have recently relocated from India. The song which I liked the most from the Beatles is ' Hey Jude' because as they keep performing, many people come and join and then they start singing together and of course I liked other songs as well. I like all the singers of this group band. My favourite Musician is Paul McCartney as he plays the piano very well. Especially when I was listening to the Song " Because" and my favourite Instruments are the piano and keyboard.I also John Lennon playing the Keyboard. Now, I know that the Beatles is a very old Band and it is very Interesting to hear their music and see them performing.I also liked the Medley of the Rock band Songs.

Biographical information about my ensemble:- 



From their first studio contract in 1962 until 1970,the Beatles lineup consisted of John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The famous lineup is also known as the "Fab Four" while many other musicians claimed the "Fifth Beatle" status."

The Beatles were a legendary rock group that formed in Liverpool,England,in 1960,and went on to transform popular music as a creative,highly commercial art form over the next decade. The Beatles were one of the most popular bands of all time,producing songs like "Yesterday,"Hey Jude," "Penny Lane, "With A Little Help From My Friends," " Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)," " Day Tripper" and "Come Together". Learn more about the "Fab Four"-John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr-by exploring our Beatles collection.


Production techniques:-



According to Rodriguez, Revolver marks the first time that the Beatles "deliberately incorporated" the studio into the " conception of  the recordings they made", rather than using it "merely as a tool to capture performances". A key production technique that the band began using was automatic double tracking ( ADT), which EMI engineer Ken Townsend invented on 6 April. This technique employed two linked tape recorders to automatically create a doubled vocal track. The standard method had been to double the vocal by singing the same piece twice onto a multitrack tape, a task Lennon particularly disliked. The Beatles were  reportedly delighted with the invention, and used it extensively on Revolver. ADT soon became a standard pop production technique , and led to related developments such as the artificial chorus effect.


Another EMI engineer , Geoff Emerick, recalled that the Beatles encouraged the studio staff to break from standard recording practices, addings. " It was implanted when we started Revolver
that every instrument should sound unlike itself : a piano shouldn't sound like a piano, a guitar

shouldn't sound like guitar."


Musical style and lyric Content( Music and lyrics):-

Rad rogues writes that Revolver has been recognised as having " sparked (musical) sub genres with every track," anticipating electronica, punk rock, baroque rock and world music, among other styles. The album itself covers many genres, including acid rock, chamber music R and B and raga rock. In Rodriguez's view, the influences of Indian music permeates the album; aside from the sounds and vocal styling used on much of the recording, this influence is evident in the limited chord changes in many of the songs, suggesting an Indian-style drone.


Author and critic Kenneth Womack writes of the Beatles' exploring "phenomenologies of
consciousness "on Revolver, and he cites as examples "I'm Only Sleeping"'s preoccupation with
dreams, and the references to death found in the lyric to . " Tomorrow Never Knows". In Womack's estimation, the songs represent two important elements of the human life cycle that are "
philosophical  opposites".


Side one:-

        The guitar solo from "Taxman"

Womack characteristics the solo " like nothing else in the Beatles' corpus to date; for that matter, it hardly bears any resemblance to anything in the history of recorded music." He credits the track
with announcing a sweeping shift in the essential nature" of the Beatles' sound. 

  The backwards guitar solo from "I'm Only Sleeping":-


"I'm Only Sleeping" was the first of the three tracks cut from the US version of the three tracks cut
from US version of Revolver.

 Side two:-


" Good Day Sunshine" was written by McCartney,whose piano playing dominates the recording. Music critic Richie Unterberger describes it as a song that conveys"one of the first fine days of spring, just after you've fallen in love or started vacation."

Sound and Instrumentation:-



The album's sounds include the incorporation of tape loops and backwards recordings on the psychedelic "tomorrow never knows", the use of a classical string octet on "Eleanor Rigby", and the Indian - music backing of " Love You too."


Although strings were commonly used on pop recordings George Martins suggestion that a string
quartet be used on pop recordings George Martin's suggestion that a string quartet be used for the recording of " Yesterday " marked a major departure for the Beatles. McCartney recalled playing it to the other Beatles and Ringo saying it did not make sense to have drums on the track and John and George saying there was no point having extra guitars. George Martin suggested a solo acoustic guitar and a string quartet.


During the recording of "Eleanor Rigby" on 28 April 1966, McCartney said he wanted to avoid
"Mancini" strings. To fulfil this brief ,Geoff Emerick close-miked the strings-the microphones were almost touching the strings.

George Martin had to instruct the players not to back away from the microphones.


Microphones began to be placed closer to the instruments in order to produce a fuller sound. Ringo's drums had a large sweater stuffed in the bass drum to 'deaden' the sound while the bass
drum microphone was positioned very close which resulted in the drum being more prominent in the mix:" Eleanor Rigby " features just Paul and a double string quartet that ' the musicians were in horror'. In " Got to get You into My Life ," the brass were miked in the bells of their instruments then put through a Fairchild limiter.


According to Emerick, in 1966, this was considered a radically new way of recording strings ; nowadays it is common practice.



John Lennon- Guitars, Keyboards , Vocals.

George Harrison-Guitars, Sitar, Bass, Vocals.
Paul McCartney-Bass,Piano,Vocals.
Ringo Starr- Drums,Percussion, Organ, Vocals.


  For explaining about the band members in brief,these are as follows:-

John Lennon plays Guitar,Keyboard and Sings.

George Harrison plays Guitar,Sitar,Bass and Sings.

Paul McCartney plays Bass,Piano and Sings.

Ringo Starr plays Drums,Percussion,Organ and Sings.


For the overall above,whatever Songs they are performing,all of them sing and play the instruments which they are good at performing in front of the Audience.
Biographical information about my ensemble:-

From their first studio contract in 1962 until 1970,the Beatles lineup consisted of John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The famous lineup is also known as the "Fab Four" while many other musicians claimed the "Fifth Beatle" status."

The Beatles were a legendary rock group that formed in Liverpool,England,in 1960,and went on to transform popular music as a creative,highly commercial art form over the next decade. The Beatles were one of the most popular bands of all time,producing songs like "Yesterday,"Hey Jude," "Penny Lane, "With A Little Help From My Friends," " Norwegian Wood(This Bird Has Flown)," " Day Tripper" and "Come Together". Learn more about the "Fab Four"-John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr-by exploring our Beatles collection.

Beatles vs One direction.

"Harry Styles might have claimed that One Direction are " even bigger" than The Beatles,but Paul McCartney vehemently disagrees that any modern band will ever take his band's crown.The British singer and former Beatle, 73,believes the "Yellow Submarine" gang rose to global fame because they wrote their own music."

The Beatles and One direction:-

When Beatles first arrived in America,it was similar to when One Direction arrived in America. They were welcomed by Screaming girls who had already knew who they were. The personalities of the Beatles and One Direction are quite similar. When The Beatles were young, like One Direction,something audiences loved about them was their fun and energetic performances. One Direction keeps the audience intrigued by not only their popular hit songs,but also their upbeat  and funny selves. The personalities of the members of The Beatles and One direction are very comparable. The outfits of both bands all correlate. The boy band look is always the same;the color schemes of the boys all match. The look is a big part of the band especially for One Direction because they are more modern and today the look is everything. The bands perform in a similar way because they both have a ton of fun on stage and are ecstatic about their music and performing it. The bands connect with their audiences and make their fans feel special. A major difference between the bands is that One Direction doesn't play any instruments. The Beatles amazed their audience with their singing and ability to play instruments. One Direction just has One member,Niall Horan,who
plays the guitar in some  songs  and in the Beatles, all members of the band play instruments.

The songs, "Little Things" and "Yesterday", use Ethos similarly because they both cause the audience to feel true emotions. They relate The bands are different because The Beatles wrote the song "Yesterday",and One Direction didn't write the song "Little Things". The band builds a bridge to their audience in a way because the song is relatable to every day situations. During both of these songs,the bands connect with their audience on an emotional level in concerts. During concerts,tears are pouring down girls faces whether it's as they look at five boys of One Direction telling them that they're perfect and beautiful in every way or whether it's The Beatles belting out their inspiring words to their fans. Both bands are highly credible and one is not more convincing than the other. The simplicity of the instrumentation emphasises on the vocals of the boys. The tone of this song are similar because they reach out to the  audience and shows them a deep and sensitive side of The Beatles and a deep and sensitive side of themselves.

  




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For today's lesson

For today's lesson,We should be working on some other song from the list which consists of the options of songs,Instead of Million Reasons by Lady Gaga because it is from 2000 along with I wanna dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston.And the same things happen in the next two lessons after spring break.

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Change of songs for the ensembles assignment

We will have to change the songs from Million reasons to Something else because it is from 2000 with the other one which is Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston.Phoebe who is in another group,told Shania in my group and then She told me that.

Monday, 27 March 2017

Video of our rehearsal

https://youtu.be/D9txVssg-EE

This link gives the video of rehearsing the Song,Million reasons by Lady Gaga.The first week of our practice when we began to work on the Ensembles Assignment.

Sunday, 26 March 2017

Blog post including what I rehearse individually at home as an ensemble

I have started rehearsing giving me a million reasons by lady Gaga with the backing track to get an idea of how are we actually practicing during the certificate lessons on Wednesdays.What we rehearse in the practice rooms in college are actually different because when we are working on music nose bless,It is a group practice and performance.I also listened to the Song "Whaitney Houston-Dance with Somebody" and I could sing along with the voice.When we get back on Wednesday for class,We are going to practice this song and if we have time,we can also practice million reasons by lady Gaga again. Overall the practice is going good.We will practice to make a better performance on 3rd May.

Friday, 24 March 2017

Listened to the song million Reasons by Lady Gaga

What I did is that,After practicing with the group in college,I had a listen to the song as well and I was practicing a little with the lyrics.I was just listening to get an idea as to how the song goes.

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Options for Songs for Musical Ensembles

These are basically the options of Songs we are thinking of Performing on 3rd May for the final Assignment.I got my actual group for the assignment today as we are beginning today.

Songs:-

lady Antebellum-Need you know (2000)

Bob Marley - one love. (1977)

MJ Micheal Jackson -Pretty young thing. (1983) Pop music.

John Lennon -imagine (1971)

Whitney Houston -Dance with Somebody (1987)

Whitney Houston -How will I know (1985)

Ben E. King-Stand by Me (1961).

Lady Gaga- Million  Reasons (2000).

Today,we started practicing continuously the song "Million Reasons" by lady Gaga. The practice is going good and we took a video of us performing,will put it when it comes. We kept shifting to other rooms after every 40 minutes and practiced the same thing over and over again.

The two songs which we were supposed to choose for the recital,we already did that and the second one which we chose is Whitney Houston-Dance with Somebody and the first one is Million Reasons by Lady Gaga.We will practice the second song next week and we will rehearse both the songs before the performance.Overall,we are happy of what we chose for practicing for the performance on 3rd May,Why we have chosen it because it was our choice,the group members had asked me,whether it is Ok to practice these songs,I said yes because we are working as a group and can help each other.If it was a solo performance like the previous assignment,I would prepare my own songs which I would like to sing like I did in the previous assignment. Since,it is a group performance of working as a music ensemble,We can practice whatever will be suitable.

I list down the other options,in case if we need to change some of the songs.

Before we had started practicing to sing the song which we sang today,we had first made a list of songs to be prepared and keep the options open. I have never heard these songs before and it is easy to practice with the group if I work hard and pay attention as to What the group members and I are doing and being focused.

Friday, 17 March 2017

Open day performance last class

Last class which was on Wednesday,What happened was that some of the students were absent due to Acting performances etc.So what Philip did was that,he split all the girls in one group and the boys in one group and went to our respective rooms for practicing,As the teacher(Philip)said that we were going to perform on the open day at 4pm. So the girls were preparing one song with the backing track and the song which they had actually performed was one of the songs in which one of the girls in our class sang that particular song,It must have been Isabella if I am right or wrong.They performed with the backing track.

And we as the boys sang don't stop believing by journey and we made a group band.I was the singer,David was playing the bass and singing a little bit,Robert was playing the piano and Tone was playing the drums.The performance went Ok,We kept practicing in the individual performance rooms,And then finally we did a sound check at 4pm and performed in front of Philip,I sang the words clearly in the first performance during sound check and in the second time of performance for the actual open day on Wednesday,nobody came for the open day,So we again gave our final performance and I messed up  a little bit in the second part of the song because the tuning of structure
was the same for the three verses,but the lyrics were different in the second one.This gives a basic Idea about the music ensemble which is the next assignment we are going to work on.Now I have already got my actual group for the ensemble assignment and will work well to perform better and especially learn well individually and with the group of what songs we are going to select in order to make a better performance.

Sunday, 5 March 2017

Viva voce examination essay

How I practiced for my recital is that,I had first selected the songs which would be Suitable for me and also which didn't have any backing vocals. After Selecting songs,I started practicing and rehearsing them and practicing to make a 25 minute performance while practicing for the final Recital. In my mock recital,I sang Castle of Glass by Linkin Park and wake me up when September ends by Green Day,I got a good feedback which Is why I performed these songs with other four songs for my Recital.My mock recital feedback was that I shouldn't stretch the phrases for long and find more shape in the phrases.Besides this feedback,In January when It was the time to prepare for the actual recital,Whenever Philip meaning you had asked,Who would like to Sing,I raised my hand and gave a mock performance and get a feedback to how I sang and whether this song was a good choice for me or not to perform for the recital. Why I wanted to do this is because,I felt that this was the time to prepare for the recital as part of the assignment and everyone is singing one of their songs and It was the only time before the recitals for the teacher to give feedback as to how to do better.

Similarly the week before my Mock recital,I sang wake me up when September ends,My feedback was that I shouldn't tap my foot as it will be distracting,Instead,I should tap my finger on the microphone and tap my left hand on my lap/leg which I did in my final recitals. In my recitals,I didn't stretch the phrases of the songs which I sang for my recital and especially the Hindi Song Dhooba Dhooba rehta hoon,In the end of that I let the music flow and it sounded good. In treat you better,I sang the phrase 'Better than he can in a lower octave rather than a higher octave because  We had to sing better than he can and immediately I had to sing the next part like from one phrase after the other. However,I feel that ,I was confident for doing well in this assignment and especially,for singing in my recital. I practiced a lot in my free time and for the next assignment,I can do even more better in the group performance as I will be working as a music ensemble.


Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Tomorrow's deadline

It is the Deadline tomorrow for the written work for this first Assignment. Hope that I had included everything with practice and preparation for my recital and pass this assignment and if I top,It will also be good.

Sunday, 26 February 2017

Overview of my recital for the first assignment and viva voice examination

My recital went very well,What I had been doing is that when I was handed out the assignment on 23rd of November,I had been filling up my blog about what kind of practices I had been doing like tongue twisting excercise for example as you keep singing these two words Irish wristwatch and Comical economists and other words and sentences, several times as you sing the scales in descending order and similar to humming the scales with major and minor chords.I had been practicing breathing excercises and also learning Indian music and doing the technical practices like singing the first note of a particular phrase and for how much I can hold.

Now I am going to talk about the preparation for my recital and how I did my recital. Whatever I had been rehearsing,I had included notes and about the songs in my blog with putting the MP3 Karoake versions and writing drafts of programme notes and then sending the MP3 backing tracks and the programme notes via email and I also put the MP 3 backing tracks on my blog. I was ready to sing for the recital much before hand because I had been working on songs even before my mock recital and was ready to sing the list of songs for the actual recital for which I had time to keep practicing even better for my recital. I had been doing Ok in my mock recital which happened on 30th November and also during the lessons after the Christmas break I had raised my hand telling the teacher that I wanted to sing one song when he asked who all would like to sing today.This was practice time during the recital for February. For my mock recital,I sang Castle of glass by Linkin park and wake me up when September ends by Green day.My feedback which I got from Philip,He said that I didn't need to stretch the phrases for so long and find some more shape and phrases in the song and even other songs also when I was doing the practice recitals for the actual ones. In the final recital,This time it went better and as I did in response to the feedback given to me,I didn't stretch the phrases for so long and only for a short period of time before singing the next parts of the songs while performing in the recital. I had my backing tracks ready and I was tapping my finger on the microphone and my tapping my hand on my leg and it was also said in my mock recital feedback that I should not tap my foot so luckily I didn't do that in the actual recital and I was confident about how and when to sing using the backing track while performing. However,during the year and when I go ahead in life,I will make sure that I am confident and do better and better than before and what I felt that the good part during these lessons for the preparation for the recital in January was that I was ready to sing so that I could get more feedback from Philip and other friends as what I should do more better in and where I was going wrong.This really helped me to do better in the actual recital so that I could start working on it.Now because,I had done well in this recital,I also got a chance to sing the Hindi song Zoobi doobi in front of the whole college before the start of the student awards. I sang itch confidence and was very happy to perform in this special occasion. As I kept practicing for the recital at home and in college,I always made sure that it was a 25 minute performance including what I was going to speak. I never sang with backing tracks before but starting doing in this certificate course as people can also enjoy the beat of the backing track while I perform on stage. So my Songs consist as follows which I performed for the recital.

Castle of glass-Linkin park

Wake me up when September ends-Green Day.

Most of the song of tell me why-Declan Galbraith,

Then the two Hindi language songs named Dhooba Dhooba rehta hoon by a band named Silk route

Zoobi doobi from an Indian Bollywood film named 3 idiots

Treat you better by Shawn Mendez.


Wednesday, 22 February 2017

Recital for student awards

Today's short recital also went very good as well as the actual recital.The whole college screamed as they clapped after singing before the student awards.Everyone liked it. It was not only the people who came down to see the student awards,there were also some people who could also see from upstairs as the college had a big open area,especially the entrance.

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Singing performance time before student awards tomorrow.

Hello

As I had said that I had been doing very well in my recital,I had been selected to sing Zoobi doobi tomorrow,in front of the whole college.I hope I perform well and as I kept my blog up to date I hope I pass the music certificate first assignment.



Friday, 17 February 2017

The song which I sang for my recital and singing for the Student award ceremony this coming Wednesday

I keep practicing the song Zoobi doobi to keep up with my regular practice and not letting my performance go down and also so that people in the college like my performance when I sing before the student awards.

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Student award after half term and what I sand for my recital.

Hi,

Now,because I did my recital very well in class last week,I am one of the four students who is/am going to sing the song " Zoobi doobi" from 3 idiots and it is a very exciting news for me and the other three students in my class will also sing one of their songs which they sung for the recital last week.I hope I do well in this thing before the student awards start in the college.

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Recital I did today

My recital went good  and everyone liked it and the words of the songs were very clear and I was Confident.Hope I get a good grade for the First Assignment.Even though, this process was long.It was still good because I worked hard right from the beginning of this assignment

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Today's practice before the recital

Hi,

today I was in the college all day and I didn't have my normal classes except for English and Maths due to review week. So,In the free time,I kept rehearsing my songs and also doing my other work as well. I hope the recital goes well and people enjoy my recital tomorrow.I will do my best.

Sunday, 5 February 2017

Backing tracks

From: wkcsamarthsaxena@gmail.com
Date: 1 February 2017 at 18:46:45 GMT
To: Philip.collins@westking.ac.uk
Subject: Fwd: MP 3Songs for recital


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From: Samarth Saxena <wkcsamarthsaxena@gmail.com>
Date: 1 February 2017 at 16:39:52 GMT
To: Philip Collins <Philip.collins@westking.ac.uk>




For my recital on wednesday

I am feeling very confident that I will perform well for my recital on Wednesday and I had practiced a lot starting from the time of my mock recital and this time I will try and do better by being relaxed,showing movement and be enthusiastic and also I will make sure which parts of the songs I have to sing next with the backing tracks and try not to mess up.

Friday, 3 February 2017

Last few days of practice for the recital

I have started practicing the Backing tracks with the MP 3s and sent them to my teacher so that he can play it on the day.

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Today's practice and computer work by email

Today was the last week before performing for my recital next week,So Philip took me to 140 A and I spent my time practicing individually including what I am going to speak.I did this while the first student in my class for his/her recital and then when the time was up,I went back to the room and listened to the others doing their recitals.In the final hour of the lesson,the song which was tell me why which I am not going to sing the whole song for my recital,I uploaded my MP 3 track to logic and did some cutting my MP3 track and sent it along with the other songs via email to Philip who is my teacher.I feel that I will do much more better and look forward to perform next Wednesday.

Monday, 30 January 2017

For my final recital

For my recital what I am thinking is that I shouldn't tell the audience to look up the lyrics and meaning of the Hindi songs as it doesn't make any difference when I had asked Philip whether I can sing Hindi songs or not.He said that it is fine as I am just giving a performance to the audience.I am talking about the end of my performance.I will just say,thank I hope you enjoyd and bow my head.

Mock recital for myself day after as it is the week before my recital.

Hello,

What I will do on Wednesdays lesson is that I will rehearse and practice thoroughly as this is the final week of this lesson before I start to perform for my recital,So that I can do better.I will do my best.

Saturday, 28 January 2017

Tell me why song and other songs for the recital

In the song tell me why,I don't want to sing the whole song for my recital because I had prepared a list of six songs and gave mock performances of these songs at home,and as I practiced these songs,The total was a 25 minute performance maximum which I will be doing for my final recital in two weeks time.When I had downloaded my songs to MP3, I didn't know how to cut the parts of the songs tell me why,but before or when I start performing on my recital day,I will have to tell my teacher to stop playing the song and move on to the next song.I am only singing most of the song and how I am going to sing is I am going to do the whole F sharp major scale of the song and towards the ending of the song,I am only going to sing one paragraph when the scale of the song changes from F sharp to B, and I am done with that song and continue to go ahead to sing the other songs for the rest of my performance for my recital.

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

MP3 Songs/ Backing track versionsfor my recital.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1INmPiiPldlekd6SDIzUEplOWM/view?usp=drive_web

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