TERM 1- Lesson 9: 26/11/14

26th of November 2014

This week we looked at Electro style of music, both me and two other students sung this genre. I personally enjoyed it; it was upbeat and fun to sing, it got the audience moving and joining in at times- its a feel good style. I don't normally sing this genre, however it was nice to change things up and explore, expand my knowledge on different types of music.

The features of Electro music:

• Its dance music
• Artificial sounds
• Backing track/instrumental is made of by synthesized and/or sampling sounds.
• Its made by electronics e.g. computers.
• It can have a limited range
• Short phrases
• Its very repetitive
• Lyrically quite limited
• Can lead up to the drop of the beat
• Upbeat music
• Tempo generally fast
• Strict timing

After studying these various styles, you should consider adding a song in one of these styles into your repertoire. Choose one and suggest what you will need to do (in terms of practice, rehearsal and preparation) in order to perform it well.

After listening and experimenting with these different styles, I have decided to consider the original genre I was given, which is electro. I think its different to what I usually do and will be a challenge performance wise, by this I mean not to corpse on stage and for me to get into the song and just have fun. Therefore I am going to stick with the song I sung today which was (Latch- by disclosure ft Sam smith.) To prepare myself I'm going to practice this song in front of friends and get them to perhaps laugh, or dance etc. And for me to embrace what they are doing but still running with the song, not stopping to laugh myself. this is something that can take time, however I'm going to work hard to get use to performing to all types of audiences.

Another thing with this song is that I think it needs to be performed with a microphone, considering its electro, and therefore it will push the sound a step forward.