For our group performance I will mainly be playing with a midi keyboard, using different synths sounds from Logic Pro X and switching between them throughout the song. The keyboard I’ll be doing this with is an Akai MPK mini which has drum pads that I’ll be using to change from one synth sound to another and also I’ll be using that for looping and the keyboard also has eight little knobs which will be used for controlling the effects while I play.
My group members are: Taneka, who will be focusing on vocals and bass on a midi keyboard; Daniel, who will be doing all the guitar parts and using various pedal effects and Natalie who will be playing both live drums and electronic drums.
As a group, we have decided to create something that shows everyone’s personalities and abilities and since the song has to be at least seven to ten minutes, we have decided to make it two songs with a nice transition between them. Doing this we will be able to either use different effects on our instruments or even change what we play and also have a mood change instead of it being the same all the way through. Our idea was to make the songs sound dark and have an ambient feel to it, we also talked about the instrumental being similar to a game soundtrack since most of the group, including me, like playing games and enjoying the soundtracks that come with it; this can easily be done with a couple of softer synth types with reverb and/or delay effects.
Our collaboration will mostly be over text and online calls since we can’t rehearse or meet in person. We will have one Logic file that we will be sending around to each other, making sure that the name of the file either has the date it was last modified on the title or the version number instead, just so we don’t get confused and work on an outdated file. Each of us will be mixing the song as we go and the last person who has the file will be making sure it sounds good when everyone is done with it. This last person will also be editing our video that will go with the song and we will most likely get in a call so we can all input on the editing.
Mariana Bagulho 