Week 7: 04/11/2014

Arrangement

Today's main focus was arrangement and the piece we had created to present back to the class. Overall, this week has been my most enjoyable week as it was fun to create something and mix things up. Arrangements can be a range of different things from vocal rearrangement to completely changing the genre of the song. 'In pop music, above all, the role of arranger has merged with those of musician, programmer, producer and writer, to become a vital part of the creative process.' (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb98/articles/arranging.html)

It has completely changed the face of music we know today. As more artists have begun to play around with this producing their own versions of songs already known.

The piece we had created had taken inspiration from groups such as Pentatonix:

 

 

 

 

This group take well known songs of all genres and make them there own by vocally adapting the songs and creating an acapella piece with full effect of the actual song. They recreate everything from the bass line to the lyrics adding their own touch and this is what we wanted to do.

At first we just thought of arranging the song 'Stand By Me' but once actually beginning to perform it we then thought of another song that would mix really well with this as it was originally taken from the same tune which was; 'Beautiful Girls' by Sean Kingston. Bringing both the old and the new together we created a new sound that hopefully would enlighten audiences.

 

 

PTXofficial (2013). Evolution of Music - Pentatonix. [online]. Available from: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExW80sXsHs>. [Accessed 21/11/2014].

Sound on Sound [online]. (2014). Available from: <http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb98/articles/arranging.html>. [Accessed 21/11/2104].