siyupod

[siyupod]

CHINESE

Wk 4

i asked some friends for help with some common chord progressions used in Mandopop. I decided to go with the “4 5 3 6 2 5 1″ which is a really common progression, so I used that as a starting point. As i was playing around with it, i could somewhat come up with rough melodies. i decided to just flip through bits and pieces of phrases that i’ve written in the past as well, to try to get things to kick in. 

it’s going to be a love song, a song about unconditional love; you are willing to do many things, all without asking for anything in return. I’m going towards this message in this song so lyrics wise, would be kinda “cheesy” but it IS a love song so it will be cheesy in the end anyway.

As i was still playing with that chord progression, i came up with this melody that sounded familiar but not really at the same time. since this progression was indeed very common, it’s not a surprise that i could have unconsciously veered towards an existing melody, even if its for maybe 3 syllables.

i still continued on however since there was some sort of a momentum to it. in the end, i came up with this

静静守护着你

我真的没关系

只想看看你

我才能呼吸

你夺走了我的心

爱着你，我愿意

为你付出所有

点点滴滴

我的心， 都交给了你

渴望一起和���走遍这天地

默默的爱上了你

我真的没关系

很想告诉你

我的心

就真的这样而已

爱着你，我愿意

为你付出所有

点点滴滴

我的心， 都交给了你

渴望一起和你走遍这天地

Wk 5

Ok so far, i have the verse, and the chorus. The verse directly transitions into the chorus and I don’t have a bridge. again. I tried inputting things into Logic, to kick things off, recorded myself as reference. All the while, i can’t help but think the melody is familiar at certain areas so i was worried for that as well. 

With that, i tried to come up with a new melody for the chorus, all the while keeping the verse’s melody the same since the problematic ones were in the chorus. I had to rearrange some words to make the melody stable, so it became

默默爱着你

我全都愿意

为你付出所有点点滴滴

in the end, this new melody was scrapped since it wasn’t that smooth anyway.

Wk 6

I somewhat gave up and decided to just write a complete new song since the other one was really at the point of no return, i couldn’t figure out the transitions, i was getting way too frustrated so, 

new song, i started with a C instead of a Dmin chord, which was a lot easier actually. the first song i wrote was a Dmin Emin Dmin Emin for the first two lines, i don’t even know why. Maybe that’s when it all started going wrong, ever since the start. But anyway, i wrote new lyrics, channeling my inner sap and cheese for it, at least for the verses. When it came to the chorus, i used the same chord progression, just that i switched out the 4 to a 1, so it became a 1 5  3 6 2 5 1 progression. i’ve written the lyrics for the chorus prior, so i was able to somewhat easily fit it in to the chords i guess? or was it the other way round? 

Anyway, i inserted all that into Logic, i was thinking of a mellow-er arrangement in the front before it gets more packed in the back after the first chorus, with some simple drums coming in. I was wondering whether i should even put in the drums, is it needed? But i’m just going to put it in for now. 

I added in some strings, making it a lot more fuller. The strings play a countermelody in the chorus. I did abit more on the piano as well in the chorus instead of just playing block chords. 

wk 8

this song is pretty much there, i just needed to add in things. i decided to go with recording the piano first since that is the base of the song. so recording was in place. 

recording is always a different experience each and every time, for one, Studio A seemed pretty haunted. it could be really everything else that is the problem such as the system that occasionally, randomly decided to say hello not that there was a distinct ‘hello’(that would probably be very creepy) but like just random ass noises out of nowhere. Clearly a ghost.

anyway, i got the piano recorded, got a few chords changed here and there for smoother transitions. i went for the slightly more “aggression” nearing the end of the piece,

Wk 9

This song is meant to be a love song, so gentleness and adoration should be evident in the vocals. since it’s a chinese song, there is even more limitations to who could sing the song.

i remembered snowi saying that she liked the melody and stuffs so i decided why not let her try a few lines, to see whether her voice suits it. to think about it, her voice is pretty good for mandopop. the tone that she has is pretty smooth and gentle so those are pretty good candidates. 

Wk 10 

getting the vocals recorded down feels pretty nice and snowi did a pretty good job at it, though there are still just enunciation issues but overall everything was pretty neat so i am pretty happy with it. what’s left of this piece is probably arrangement? i could add in some more sprinkles and this song would be “done”

wk13

After the demo presentation, i was pretty much enlightened. there was quite a bit of stuff that the song was definitely lacking in. So, i decided to consult Pearly.

I could say that the song had quite a bunch of arrangement issues, like what i initially thought would be fine wasn’t really fine actually. So improvements definitely have to be made, starting with the strings.

Pearly told me that there was too much going on and i should just keep it simple. the drums were also a tad bit too aggressive for the song.

Wk 14

I changed up quite a bit, changing the strings from lines; the previous one being a melody line to some more chordal stuff. So, it can fully support the piano. i continued to also add in a bass line as well as more strings in the bridge and such. 

the drums were also changed into a mellow-er sound with a new drum pattern.

wk15

the strings aren’t the best but i did what i could in underlining the chords that were playing as i kept it simple for the most part. i introduced the melody line in the last chorus when things get a bit more hyped up.

wk 17

the bass was DI-ed in and it included a bass slide but since it’s a DI-ed bass, it didn’t have the impact of a legitimate bass slide so i had to do some processing on it to make it sound better. i’m not sure whether it’s good but it sounds alot better than the DI-ed 

wk18 

i did what i could for the mixing, the piano is definitely phasing but i couldn’t get rid of it completely, even after inverting one waveform. the piano definitely sounded a tad bit too harsh at certain areas so i tried to bring down those areas as well. 

[siyupod]

Just Right

what i’m actually aiming for in this song is to convey a message of living life freely, even with how messed up the world has become. Everyone should be able to do what they want to without getting “judged”((DISCLAIMER:except for illegal stuff, that ain’t cool))  

By right, the world will still judge but its up to the person themselves to decide whether they want to take it or not. this song still has a pretty generic message which is to live life freely

Wk 4 

I’ve already written bits and pieces, of it. Mainly the “hook” and such. Again, i had to fit chords to the melody. 

Initially, i had an intro of the hook and then it goes into the verse, which actually have the same melody. As i was singing along to it, it just came very naturally so i just went with it first.

the lyrics for my hook is 

Life’s a pain, it’s a shame

we can’t be alright

It’s all a game, let them play

all we need is time

Jump around, messed up fun

tear away the night 

why can’t we be just right?

and it just goes into the verse with the same melody with

Your pointless talk, you should stop

get out of my sight

roll your eyes, one more time

you might just go blind

maybe then you can see the minds

of humankind

why can’t we be just right

this verse is meant for the people that are giving you trouble so there’s a switch in the POV. because it starts off pretty hyped, it probably might have reached its peak already, in like the first two verses which kinda makes no sense. Naturally it just went to the Woahs which just seems even more “out of place” everything is just way too rushed. And i wasn’t sure where i could actually go from there. 

I was thinking about the lyrics as well, for the second verse. i was wondering whether it was rude to people that are actually blind so i had even more doubts on whether i wanted to use it

As i was fretting over all those, i still continued to write the lyrics just by going with the flow and more sentences came out and there was this one that went by

Hold on tight, you’ll be fine

wipe away those tears

Dry your eyes, it’s alright

there’s nothing to fear

ANd thEN this clashes with the 2nd verse, with that POV thing since i am directly addressing “you” but for two different groups of people. I didn’t want to have such a huge loophole with that POV thing so i tried to change it, from you’ll be fine to we’ll be fine and dry your eyes to dry our eyes but the latter is just weird. I’m not asking myself not to cry either so it doesn’t make sense if i used our. 

So, i decided to scrape that initial verse 2 and replace with the comforting one, which is a lot better as compared to the scolding one, which might be offensive to the visually impaired. It’s pretty ironic actually, with this song bout doing whatever you want. Still the main reason for the switch was to make sure that loophole is fixed ya know. 

Wk 5

Since i’ve already chosen a path, i just went with it. Then another chunk of lyrics was mentioning those people that are giving you trouble, so i still have that “scolding” segment just that its addressed differently now using words like ‘those’ and ‘they’ so at least it’s “solved” 

Even so, i still only had like a chunk of like an entire song, i didn’t know how and what, like how am i supposed to bring this forward. 

i was playing around with the groove as well, like since i had this intro thing with my hook. i was considering should i go more muted and slow at the intro because the 2nd part of the intro, it goes “down”. its either i go high with a BAM and then everything gets hyped into the verse or it goes down to a more mellow sound. I was considering coming in with an e.guit as well with like a riff and stuff

an option was if i were to get hyped, i’d repeat the hook and then it continues on with the verse. But then again, my verse has the same melody. and by this point, i was wondering what in the world i was doing, this can’t go on. 

WK 8, it was pretty sad that the lecturers had pointed out that the melody of the song was similar with a piece from their time. maybe im just unlucky but it had to go?

it just seems weird to not do anything when u’ve been told about the issue. i thought for a while and decided to just come up with another melody. to be fair, i was also kinda stuck with where i was so i figured why not actually just do something new. even though there wasn’t a lot of time, i decided to just go for it. 

Wk 9; i came up with some lyrics, i’m still focusing on what i’ve actually talked about; the song being about social issues. As i was thinking about what to actually write about, i looked back on what my idea was in the first place. the previous work was supposedly a ‘positive’ song, mainly talking about how we shouldn’t bother about the negativity that people can give you. instead focusing on living life to the fullest without caring about what those people say or think. 

that was the initial direction i wanted the song to revolve around but as i was really thinking on redo-ing the song, it got harder and harder to maintain that positiveness. Maybe because i’m just too full of negative energy, or maybe it’s just not realistic. 

So i decided to look at what i’ve written in my proposal, i spoke in a more general way, touching on the topics of social issues. and i thought, why not produce something that talks about the current day and age. instead of being all positive and empowering, let’s take a step back and look at how far we’ve come.

so that’s what the new lyrics revolve around.

i don’t really remember what made the melody come about but it just came and i just used it. Since i’m somewhat mocking the state of humanity, the song probably needs to be a lot more darker and just give those sort of vibes. 

i started with

it’s the 21st century 

we are living life on the edge

because ya know we have to mention the timing, and that we indeed are living life on the edge. 

Polka dots and neon bright lights

over a decades long affair

this line touches on the past, polka dots gained its popularity back then, neon lights reminds me of retro signs and such.

i went for that drawl effect in the vocals, to give that slight sleazy, lazy kinda sound. it just sounds pretty “nonchalant”

Wk 10

more lyrics were written and arrangement has to come in, so the genre of this piece is pretty all over the place. My previous one is more pop rock but i guess that’s going to change. Again, i don’t really know what happened. a drum beat came out and i added on stuff. Bringing in the bass, and stuff and it just came. 

This piece came out alot more experimental than i expected but i guess thats the gist of experimental. right now, it’s a question whether i can still carry on from then forth or if it’s sufficient just the way it is.

i can say this was pretty frustrating since i wasn’t sure whether this was okay, that was okay since it’s some weird stuff. but i do like the vibes it gives so that’s that. 

i actually do like how it turned out, just a some more tweaking here and there and it should be “okay”

wk15

i tried recording the vocals again for the song, though it didn’t go that well, it took awhile for me to replicate the tone that i had from my first recording. i ended up not using the recording as the main vocal, i used it in the background so there would be this slight doubling that is going on, though it’s not very obvious. 

Mixing this piece was pretty interesting, i had to make sure the sound levels were even throughout, though there were different dynamics here and there so that was fun.

Raynard was in school one day and he gave me some feedback on my songs, he mentioned that i should probably bring the ghost piano up an octave if not.i should get something else to play with it. as the register that the piano was on was slightly awkward and it seemed out of place so i did that and there was indeed an improvement.

wk16 

this piece is pretty much done with the way it is, i just had to sort things out during the mixing process and it will be fine i guess.

[siyupod]

SLEEPY SPRINKLES

this is supposedly a chill song, i tried getting inspirations from songs that i’ve heard here and there. i do have some lyrics to it, but they aren’t complete, again they are quite descriptive in a sense. 

Wk 3

I came up with a chord progression for it, going for a minor key since its more towards a sad feeling. I just needed to fit in the chords for the melody that i somewhat have. i decided to use some samples of electric drums. Again, the lyrics for this song is more descriptive as well, again with a more visual approach to the writing.

the melody that i had is pretty monotonous since it kinda fits and it’s a chill kinda vibe so there isn’t a lot of movement in the melody. there isn’t a need for it. 

I recorded myself as a reference so it’s easier for me to really get the full picture. i slapped on a reverb on the vocals to give that “ambience” and space that is used in these sorta genres. gotta have that dreamy feeling to it. i doubled the vocals with an octave below, for context purposes and also it sounds pretty cool, giving it that extra tingle to it.

Wk 4

I was considering whether i wanted an e.guit, to give that “gentle”  sorta sound that nice gentle lovely sound, ya know. i looked up on more of these chill stuff, to get more forms of understanding, how they actually do it. i placed in some bells, in a form of a “riff” making it repeat after the first verse is over. but not too long.

There isn’t a need for a lot of instrumentation since its vibe isn’t considered hyped or like rushed in any way. it’s just a calm, melancholy setting that is relaxed so i was thinking it’s going to be pretty dense with pad-dy kind of stuff.

WIP

to be honest, i’m kinda a little stuck here, but im still writing up more lyrics. And i’m planning on changing up stuff after these two verses. 

Wk 9

i taken the suggestion of the lecturers to change up the chords. So definitely i had to ask someone to help me with, so i sent the song to a friend for some help with the chords. she gave me some suggestions though keeping it on the simpler side, since the circumstance didn’t really need such fancy stuff. 

there is a difference in chords in the “bridge” part which gives it that extra lift in the bridge area

i’ve been wanting to add a guitar into the song, giving this lifted vibe to the mix. since everything is pretty dreary and low and down.

i asked someone that is more into this sorts of genres and vibes for help with the guitar part. 

after a back and forth, this was what happened. 

Wk 16

i liked the idea that Roger suggested, the last line of my song could end in an unknown so i took away the word.

To be frank, i did not really touch on sleepy sprinkles in awhile, i was all focused on the other two songs that needed more work. I removed the noise from the vocal recording, it was way too much and because i automated the vocal track because there was some mouth sounds in the recording, the noise just fluctuates up and down and the noise really needs to gO. 

wk18

i reduced the amount of reverb on the starting synth and removed the distortion as well, it was pretty draggy and stuff so i cut the notes off, i removed some low-mids from some of the guitar tracks as it was really warm in that area.

and just ye

[siyupod]

HANAHAKI

lyrics wise, i am getting there. though there is this part which is the prechorus that i find really meh. i’m ok with the rest except for those particular parts.

Arrangement wise, i was thinking of using this punky rock, gothic thing vibe since this song is going to be more emotional((angsty), in many aspects. and it needs to be coherent with the aesthetics of the song, since my lyrics are pretty descriptive in a sense. 

What i really wanted in the song was the cohesion with the drums and the vocals in the chorus, theres this “hard-hitting” area with the groove and such especially in the chorus.

WK 3 

was just me figuring out the chord progression to the song, since i already had parts of the melody and the lyrics. Just had to fit chords to the melody. I used mostly minor chords to fit the mood of the song which is more to the angsty and sad kinda stuff. I tried using the diminished chord but it was kinda weird and i didn’t really want too much “clashing” and “awkward” vibes coming. And it didn’t exactly fit with the melody either so.

Even though this song is angsty and sad and dramatic, i don’t want to overcomplicate things as well since there isn’t a need for it to be complicated. its an obvious drama, not a complicated one. 

WK 4

Initially i only have the 1st verse and the chorus of the song. I built on it, going with the vibes and stuff. This song needs to be pretty descriptive, since i am writing about this disease that is quite tragic, as if not getting loved back isnt painful enough.

Im using a very visual approach to the lyric writing, i really want it to reflect an image of “me” suffering from this disease. Not exactly sure whether so far its decent and stuff but it’s descriptive in its own way.

i was really frustrated at the pre chorus as i was constantly stuck there, the lyrics that i have there, just felt very weird. they make sense according to context but they just feel weird. Maybe its because the sentences prior to the pre chorus sounds alot more “”Chim”” and then it just goes into “i tried again to forget you” I don’t know man, it just sounds so weird, and so disgusting. it irked me a lot, and thus i was on the fence for that particular part. I just left it there first.

Wk 5

i didn’t know how this was going to continue, but i was thinking of putting in a bridge that transitions into the last chorus. Right now, i’m just missing the bridge. For the pre-chorus, i left it there first, only letting the organ play with it

I used Logic’s drummer to put in that groove that i wanted, that hard hitting one in the chorus, with all that fills and stuff since it gets aggressive in the chorus especially. For e.guit i was wondering if i should put both rhythm and lead but i wasn’t exactly sure either. 

I thought of this rising bridge part that goes

My heart’s pounding

it’s going numb

the scars burning

it’s going numb

numbnumbnumb

the numb numb numb, it gets more and more muddled and messy till it goes to the last chorus. but again i wasn’t sure whether i wanted to do that. 

Wk 6

I consulted Pearly this week. My bassline could be more varied and more prominent, so i tried that. She also talked about how i can improve the organ as well, since the organ is only playing simple chords the whole way, i could put in some form of rhythm and stuff into the organ patch. 

i looked at my lyrics again and felt there was an imbalance with the second verse of the song, since it only goes for 3 lines before going into the pre chorus  as compared to verse 1 which goes for 6 lines. So i decided to add in more lines for verse 2. 

the bridge as well, i decided to go for this instead

maybe then, i should’ve loved myself

wouldnt be in this living hell

but again, i would’ve loved the same

the melody is pretty similar to the ones in the verses

WIP

So far this is up to the second chorus, right before the bridge. Since i have some conflicts with my bridge, i decided to just cut it off for now. Since i used MIDI guitars, it doesn’t exactly sound that great with the jengjengjeng

wk 8

I thought about the bridge and the transitions and such, added in a guitar “solo” that is actually the bass line since for some reasons it sounded pretty nice. so i slapped that in. i considered adding the guitar solo parts in because the transition from the 2nd chorus to the bridge was kinda weird, since the first chorus to 2nd verse is already so abrupt, it seems inappropriate to throw in more abruptness and it would seem never ending if that’s what happens which would make it pretty “boring” in a sense.

with that, i decided to leave the lead line as it is for now, moving on to the bridge and such. 

since i have the structure of the song more or less, the problems really just revolves around the arrangement and execution of it. 

WK 9/10

i wanted to record the drums and such but my drummer was not feeling well so we had to change dates for recording. in the meantime, i needed to get the guitar into the arrangement. problem is, i don’t really know how to write for guitar. so i had to ask for help, and help i did ask for.

since we were all especially busy during this period, it was kinda hard to actually get help so it was pretty rough. 

I actually recorded my vox for this song which i find to be quite unsuitable(?) Maybe it’s because it just doesn’t sound decent, or maybe its just me. There is really this tone and vibe that i want to potray across but that is really really hard and i really don’t know who i should get to sing it. 

Nonetheless, i got Snowi to sing for me, i wanted the low vocals that she does sometimes, the way her voice sounds mature in a certain way she sings. a “mature”, “edgy” tone is what i wanted to go for. 

Her voice isn’t the best for the song, only certain parts suit it which is really a pity.

wk 13

This piece probably needed a lot of work to be done, apparently there were clashes with the bass and everything. During the presentation, Roger was asking me some hard-hitting questions that left me thinking about how i go about doing things and also what my thought processes were and such; which i wasn’t able to answer. 

I’ve thought about it, and honestly, sometimes, things just go with like no sorta reason and you don’t know how, you don’t know why but there are also times where you get all stuck so that’s that. 

i was thinking about what i should do for the song, probably bring in some experimental elements into it. i looked up on what Gerald had suggested, as well as on the internet, trying to get some form of inspiration. 

I started with experimental rock, before i branched into some other sub-genres and stumbled upon industrial metal. i’m not really a fan of metal, but there were some that i found pretty cool, especially when there are electronic elements in the song. I guess i was pretty interested in the industrial aspect of it. 

i also looked into gothic metal as well, as i wanted that gothic aspect as well. Initially i thought of bringing in both elements into the song, experiment and see what will happen but i might just be thinking way too far and i would probably not be able to do it.

wk14

I still tried it, like really small steps . i did a completely new arrangement, putting those experimental sounds, some of the sounds that i used in Satan’s Breath. it gave this pretty eerie vibe and such especially after i added in synth choral sounds which can be found in gothic metal, all the strings and choir sounds and such. 

i actually really liked the eerie-ness of it because initially i did want to go with a more gothic feel to it. i built some more into the arrangement but the bad part was that the melody that i initially have doesn’t exactly fit it. 

sO, i had to come up with a new one which fit the vibes more but i had to change the lyrics, which i just shifted some words and sentences around. 

So i got the first verse down and it went to like a “pre-chorus” which is just an instrumental build-up into the chorus. i decided to remove the previous lyrics, i didn’t really like it anyway. 

it goes into the chorus, and that’s when i’m stuck. 

To completely rewrite a song is not impossible but it is time consuming but i just stayed with what i’ve gotten so far, with the new melody for the verse. 

though, so far my arrangement hasn’t really touched on the rock element of it so that’s not ideal either.

wk15

i decided to bring in the guitar recordings i had to maybe get the flow going. 

i tried to come up with a new melody for the chorus, like i twisted the original melody and such, changed up the rhythm. changed up the lyrics but really nothing was working at this point. there would be a melody that wasn’t bad but it’s not what i liked either. 

It might be because its a mixture of many different ideas that' s why it was hard to formulate a concrete thing.

I used those distorted guitar sounds for the song after trying out the many different guitar presets on the module. i wanted the song to go in a more rough and harsh direction, to fit with the context. 

i still wasn’t able to come up with a new melody and i decided to try putting in my original melody to hear whether it will sound weird. so i brought in the vocal recordings and it was indeed pretty off, it just doesn’t seem like it sits in there.it still does fit but there is this slight awkward feeling. 

wk16

i actually continued using the melody, i kinda gave up on trying to write something new for it, i couldn’t form any ideas at all and it was just making myself miserable. so i decided to try to make them work

so i continued adding on to the arrangement and i brought in this lower vocal for some extra edge-ness. i gave the low vox some distortion using the bitcrusher and i thought why not, add even more distortion

wk17

so i did, i started putting the bitcrusher on the guitar track that line from the chorus and i used it in a way that made the audio sounded really like feedback and it was pretty cool and i liked it so i tried to make the guitar track distort in the nxt chorus. 

the song supposedly ends off in the guitar solo but i was wondering how to make everything sound strung together. initially i wanted to bring the song back to something alike the ones in front but i remembered i had another guitar recording from a different person and i wondered what i could do with it. 

i brought the guitar track in and decided to just slap it in and see what happens so i slapped it on after the guitar solo where things were supposedly going to mellow down and it achieved a surprise attack kind of effect and i liked where this was going and then i thought why not add it to the original bitcrushed guitar and come in with an even bigger bang.

some crazy automations were done on the bitcrusher for the guitar recording and ye

[siyupod]

it’s actually really frustrating, everything is so frustrating i wanna pull my hair out.

[siyupod]

Hello

So, doing 4 songs has its own challenges and im most worried about not being able to do it well due to time constraints.

right now, at this point of time into the production. i can safely say i am kinda lacking. i’ve been revolving around the lyric writing of my songs. picking up from where i left off. Arrangement wise, i’ve been trying to put what i’ve thought so far into logic. Like the chords and rough instrumentation of where things are going to be for now. There are still things that are very vague here and there and that i am still considering.

[siyupod]

Idea #4

Genre- Mandopop 

Title- ??

Concept- A love song, one-sided attraction, willingness to make someone happy, to give to someone without asking for anything in return. 

References- 为你写诗-吴克群，爱你-陈芳语  From stories and life experiences.

Background- Been wanting to write more Chinese songs. It’s a challenge to myself as well, to produce a legitimate mandopop song. This topic is in a sense quite relatable to many as well.

I was thinking of this piece starting off a lot more mellow before more energy comes into the piece, maybe during the chorus with drums and slightly more aggression with the melody(?)

I was also thinking of using more common chord progressions and such. I think the hardest part would be to come up with a smooth melody in the verse and lyrics, since i’m not that great with Chinese lyrics

[siyupod]

Idea #3

Genre- Pop Rock

Title- Right

Concept- Fun and upbeat tune, about living life freely without society’s judgements.

References- Here’s to never growing up-Avril Lavigne(the vibe is similar?) 

Background- At this day and age, where everything and anything is a sensitive topic. You are going to be treading on thin lines. And it’s sad that we can’t live life freely. This piece is going to concentrate more about society's judgements of oneself. It's basically a piece about not bothering about what “haters” think of you. Musically, i do want to produce more songs that touch on social issues and such and also do more upbeat, wild stuff since i’ve always been doing more ballad-y kind of stuff.

This piece is a lot more hyped and fun so there is a need for energy and pump throughout the song. There could be a dip in the energy as everything goes mellow in the bridge(?) before picking up again to go into the last chorus or something. 

Hardest part might be getting a vocalist that can pull it off??

[siyupod]

Idea #2

Genre- Chill, Lo-fi

Title- Sleepy Sprinkles

Concept- Dark thoughts in the middle of the night. A relaxed, comfortable setting. Even if you’re feeling down or have cried your eyes out or you don't feel anything at all, it’s still a relaxed, comfortable setting. 

References- Lo-fi chill mixes, Life in general. 

Background- To me, those dark, quiet and alone times at night is very comfortable and relaxing; its a nice atmosphere to just lay there and chill. But those times, are also the times where your demons would come out and play. As a producer, I want to try my hands at this genre as well.

I would really want an electric guit as a main instrument for this piece. There isn’t a need for much vocals in this piece as well, just some here and there as i want it to have more focus on the chill vibes.  

overall feeling would be most crucial in this piece, it doesn't have to be turbulent in its melody. A monotonous vocal line would work well in the context

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Idea #1

Genre- Pop rock(?)

Title- Hanahaki

Concept- The protagonist is suffering from Hanahaki; Slight angsty themes as there is frustration and desperation over unrequited love. Slight dark, gothic themes as well since the protagonist is going to die. Another level towards the topic of unrequited love, as there is more towards the “suffering” of someone experiencing unrequited love.

References- Hanahaki disease; fictional disease formed from unrequited love. It causes flowers to grow in the victim’s heart and lungs. According to lore, it can be cured by going through surgery but it takes away those feelings as well. If you don’t cure it, you’ll eventually die from suffocation. It has been used in different forms of art, especially in writing and drawings. 

Background- I’ve always wanted to do more rock-y stuff. Personally, i do enjoy rock(y) stuff on its own as well, and if it comes to the meaning of the song, that’s another story. I’ve read stories and seen art involving this disease, but not much on music. It’s a interesting topic in general.

Generally, the instrumentation in this piece is those of a pop rock song. I’m wondering whether an organ would work in this piece, if i were to throw it in somewhere, would it make it sound better or worse. 

Lyrics has to play some part in this piece as well since it’s a lot about describing the protagonist’s experience. Overall feeling as well, since it’s angsty and dark.