Monday, February 9, 2009

Suggestions

I played Womanizer for the class two weeks ago, but I didn't recieve much feedback because there wasn't much of it completed to present. Also, the class couldn't see the music, therefore couldn't see the lyrics. However, this week I presented for Theory Prof candidate Scott Godin, and recieved lots of helpful feedback. Firstly, Dr. Godin suggested that I bring back the sudden stops and starts that are heard in the piano accompaniment. He said that this sounds like a record skipping to him. I found this really interesting because I never interpreted this that way. I also asked him about the comedic aspect of it. I've been wondering about how I'm actually going to perform this. He suggested that the fact that I've set these lyrics is comedic enough, and anything else would probably be a little cliche.
Dr. Ross also suggested that I experiment with the Latin-type motif heard throughout the piece. This week I added a section where the time is a little different, but I haven't really done much yet in terms of the notes themselves. The cut and paste tool on sibelius is just so darn tempting sometimes...

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