Music lesson:

• Talked a bit about my music album future formant
  • I think the worst track is idea, since it doesn’t do a great job of combining vocals and neurofunk
  • I am most happiest with the creek next to my home, as it feels the closest I’ve ever gotten to the chill hip hop/downtempo stuff I listened to back when I first got into music. It also has a strong emotional part
  • However, most of my music lacks the emotional dynamism that I would like.
• In particular, I want to analyze メルティランドナイトメア / はるまきごはん feat.初音ミク - Melty Land Nightmare because it has a lot of emotional dynamism while being similar to my music in that it doesn’t actually change that much.
  • Royal road chord progression (4, 5, inverted 1, 6)
  • There’s no resolution in the chord progression; there’s a constant rising feeling
  • Using the 4 chord as its home so often
  • Really tight intro, measure repeated only twice before vocals come in
  • 9 measures in the intro; the extra measure builds anticipation
• Melty Land Nightmare has a aimilar chord progression the entire time, so to make emotional moments you need to set up contrasts. For example:
  • 3:10 adds a new instrument and changes the drums
  • Could half the speed of the chord progression, then double the speed
  • Layer more instruments or change instruments

Homework:

• Make a song that is only two or four chords the entire time