Week 3

Week 3, Progress Report 

My aim was to come up with 5 songs that I would like to include into the medley and to think about how I would go about arranging it.  They all come from the album We Like It Here, apart from Celebrity which is from Bring Us The Bright.




I picked these songs based on;
- the instruments that were used and if I would be have enough musicians to fill these roles
-the complexity of the song
-whether or not each song is feasible with in the time frame. 

The songs I would like to include are;



Lingus - I chose Lingus because it is one of their most famous songs and the song I usually think of when Snarky Puppy comes to mind. I found that the melodies were simple for example, the bass line and horn line. However, the song is composed in 5/4 which then changes into 4/4 which would be challenging since it's not a common time signature. 

Celebrity -  This song was chosen because of its simple but complex groove due to the 7/4 time signature. The melodies were also simple. I also liked the fact that there was a synth and sax solo throughout the song. I thought that this would fit well because of the simplicity compared to the other songs I would want to include. 

                                                            
Shofukan - I feel like out all five that this song has the most dynamics. It does include stringed instruments such as a cello which I wouldn't be able to have for my performance, so I will include a section thats doesn't include a cello. 

Outlier - I picked Outlier because of its time signature. It's in 3/4 and is played in a bar of 5 this make it rhythmically complex, especially when it gets to the sax solo. Its also one of my favourite songs from the album which I think will help me transcribe and play since I'm very familiar with the song. 

                                                           
What About Me? - I mainly liked that the guitars were the leading instrument in this song which was different from the rest of my choices. 

I downloaded the audio of every song and transferred them to Logic. I felt that using Logic would be the best software to use as a transcription device because I would be able to manipulate the audio to make it easy for me e.g. change to tempo so I would be able to distinguish every note. This particularly comes in handy went working out this horns or bass line.