EVALUATE

The student evaluates the success of the product/solution in an objective manner based on the results of testing, and the views of the intended users. The student provides an evaluation of his or her own performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggests improvements. The student provides an appropriate evaluation of the impact of the product/solution.

My hosue music piece is 18:28 minutes long. It was quite hard to extend it that much and at the end i just got lazy and copied a whole song and just extended it instead of using layers and putting other beats etc on top. I have three different movements, and one movement that i have at the beginning and i repeat it at the end. I dont have a beat that connects everything, because i found it too difficult to find something that would work with the 90s remix of "alors on danse" by stromae, and that was my main movement and i didnt want to drop it. My house music piece is not a "whole" piece, it does not have a beat that connects the whole thing.

CREATE

April 23rd
I created my timeline today and started with the planning. Also, i picked the song that I want to build my piece of House Music around: the official 90's remix of "Alors on Danse" by Stromae.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7PXmfyQfgA


April 27th
I finished my bibliography today and did some research on house music in general. But somehow i ended up listening to dubstep remixes of all kinds of songs, and i think i will use dubstep in my house piece as well. Today, i decided that my house piece should be more calm for hanging out, not for dancing, firstly because that is easier and then, because no one can actually dance to dubstep.


April 30th
Today, i will research some more on dubstep and find some songs that i like. Also, i will complete my bibliography with the songs that i will find.

May 2nd
Today i will finish my planning and update it.
I finished my planning by adding some more steps to it and going back to my research to see what i will have to do. I set the timeline for myself so that i can actually finish the project on time. Also, i started choosing the songs that id want to use and i selected some of the better ones.

May 10th 
Today, i will work on the actual piece a bit more and try make the 90s remix of alors on danse by stromae blend with some other piece that i found and that i thought would work really well. It is a dubstep bassline, mixed with some other stuff and vocals, too.
I really liked the way it turned out, because i think it blends really well. and also because the bassline is separated in very clear parts, it is easy to extend it and repeat bits and pieces over and over again. Also, because it is a dubstep bassline, it is my connection between alors on danse and dubstep, because i really want to work dubstep in the music piece.
May 15th
Today, i will extend the dubstep bassline a bit, so that my whole piece is 10 miutes long, then i can work from there.
Actually, i got to 7 minutes and 27 seconds, but that is fine, too. I really like the bassline, but i think if id extend it some more, people would get sick of it because its too repetitive.

may 18th
Today, i want to fisnish the "numb dubstep remix" part of my piece.
i was working on that seperately while completing the other part of my piece, so that i can put it together in the end when its all finished. I think its just more organized to do it that way and i dont get the other two songs mixed up.

June 1st
Today i want to finish my whole piece.
I put the num remix together with alors on danse and the dubstep bassline and it worked quite well (i knew itd work, because i tried it before i started expanding the numb remix, to save the trouble of making it blend then if it wouldnt work with the dubstep bassline.). Also, after the numb remix i decided to repeat the whole "alors on danse" part again, to round the piece up etc. At the very end, i wrapped up all the songs in about 20 seconds each in the right order.

PLAN

CRITERIA: The student produces a plan that contains a number of detailed, logical steps that describe the use of resources and time. The student critically evaluates the plan and justifies any modifications to the design.


TIMELINE
1. Bibliography due on April 27th
(including sources for music+music clips etc.)

2. Planning complete on April 30th


3. Research/investigation complete on May 2nd
I have to find various songs that I'd like to use bits and pieces of in my house music piece, and i should have most of them before i actually start creating my piece of house music.

4. Combination of Basslines for the piece complete on May 5th

House music uses syncopated beats to carry various other elements throughout the song. The beat is the core. Drums provide a break in the syncopated rhythm of the break beats. Drums can sometimes be the bridge to other sections of the song.Read more: How to Make House Music | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4506822_make-house-music.html#ixzz1thFbUhdI

5. Adding/altering vocals and bits and pieces from other songs in due on May 18th

House music is a function of computer technology. Using a vox sound to alter a vocal, or any affect to make it sound futuristic, is a key element to a house song. Often the altered vocal is juxtaposed with the traditional vocal to add a creative flair to the sound.

6. Learn how to mix music and make it blend due on May 23rd

DJs are the gatekeepers to the house sound. Mixing music is crucial to creating popular house mix tapes. Some DJs prefer to use traditional turntables to mix vinyl albums, while others may use music mixing software on a computer. Regardless of how songs are mixed, learning how to mesh one sound into another is paramount.

7. Session complete on June 1st

8. Evaluation complete on June 8th


This plan was not really useful for actually creating the house music piece, because i changed some of the steps. Also, i was busy a lot of the time and therefore had huge gaps in between the sessions where i actually worked on my piece, so i didnt meet all of my deadlines. For example, i never had to alter vocals, because i used songs that had alreadty altered vocals in them, to save time. Also, i didnt have to learn how to blend the songs, because the songs i chose happened to blend perfectly, so i didnt have to do anything.

INVESTIGATE

CRITERIA: The student explains the problem, discussing its relevance. The student critically investigates the problem, evaluating information from a broad range of appropriate, acknowledged sources. The student describes detailed methods for appropriate testing to evaluate the product/solution against the design specification.


This unit is about creating a piece of House Music (15 to 30 minutes long). The link to the technology course is that we are using  Audacity, Garageband, or an equivalent Audio program to create that piece of house music. I personally really like the topic, because I like listening to House Music and i think its very interesting to learn how to actually create a piece of music myself.

 

Sample Bibliography

Information

Presentation mr. chettri (Stonehill music teacher)

Video on house music

Articles

Someone else gave you information

Music…

…sample from

…sample loops (free from garage band…)

…downloaded from iTunes

..Any song we got music from (where I got it from, title of song)




BIBLIOGRAPHY


Stromae - Alors on Danse, 90s remix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7PXmfyQfgA
I like this song and i will use bits and pieces of it in my house music piece, because i think it is really catchy. I have the actual album, so i will use that because its good quality unlike when i download it from youtube.
other remixes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpzNt0pZm3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeNhSJypGD4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4L7zxa34g&feature=related


Mr Chettri - Stonehill music teacher
On the 19th of April, Mr Chettri came to talk to our class about composition. The most important and relevant thing he taught us was that you have sections in a music piece that repeat.


How to make house music
http://www.ehow.com/how_4506822_make-house-music.html
This instruction on how to make house music is quite helpful, because it shows step by step how to create house music and it is written in a way that even i can understand it.


Free Loops from Software (Tirq 2.02)
I got some bass and drum loops that i might use in my house piece. Maybe ill do a layout of bass and drum loops first and then look for music that goes with it.


Foster The People - Houdini, acoustic version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=212dgo6G7PE
I really want to use that song because its one of my favourite songs right now.


DUBSTEP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADZbeYLP5A0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFPOF6CIZp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRkKZ0HxxlU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pug6kkddsPk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKriBNF_2tI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBLIdB33HOw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HI31HN4LE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8tXLODrF3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXO-jKksQkM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDHBU4Isng&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbzSzFvmuGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5HOfKjxMD0
--> download here: http://www.mediafire.com/?7tn5btht2rkv342
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eud2Jkd9DUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LqZPlrPFjQ&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL68380C313356C17A
Bassline:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEdGA-FmENY


I didnt use all of those songs for my finished piece, but those were things that i considered.