Reflection for Composing Songs Unit
Overall everything in this unit was fun, interesting and quite new to me. I have been exposed to music, however I have never been taught or have done a unit where we composed a song out of the lyrics given, and the cords give. I was very satisfied with my song ,however during the making I lost the sheet that I was satisfied with , which made me redo the song. Then things changed and it got a little weird, however the 2nd one was also okay.I think my strengths were that I could make a song in a short amount of time but that also became my weakness because I started getting a little lazy at some stages. I haven't really done these things so I first asked HwanJin(good at music) if there were any advises that could be given when making the song. He gave me an advise that the song's mood should be chosen before making it. I faced challenges with my partner because we had a different theme in mind so his chorus and my verse didn't fit, so we found out splitting roles didn't work so well, . So we decided that we should work on it together first then work on it individually. The most hardest part was to get the lyrics to fit the song because we didn't consider the lyrics that much when we were making it The making of the song was quite easy because the cords were all given, you just needed time to play around with the keys until it matches. First my plan was to make a very slow mood , romantic(?) ish song, however it became more of a rhythmic song so I just stuck with it. Tips that I would give beginners would be : 1. If working with partner, choose a partner that has the same taste of music so it will be more easier to please both you and your partner 2. the songs beat should fit the lyrics, consider the lyrics while making the song and 3. Don't make it too complicated, make it simple but nice to listen.