Colgate Commercial

I was so nervous when Mr. Rabuse told us we had to create music to go along with this commercial, especially when he said it needed voices! But first, the music. The first step I made was probably picking out my drum loop. I wanted something that i could build my other sounds on to. After that i started creating special little effects. I came up with the beginning sort of on accident, but hey whatever works. :) Next, I came up with the bell sound with a sound called tinkle, and then put it into a scale. After that, the tinkle sounded too repetitive, so I transposed it and switched between the two sounds. Lastly, the voices. After i came up with a script, and with some helpful volunteers for the chorus, I got the voices recorded. Next I had to figure out where to put them. However the voices alone sounded like they needed something, so i added some reeverb and chorus. Enjoy! :)

1-4-5

This is my chord progression (1-4-5) piece. This project was a lot of fun for me because I got to use the piano a lot, and I love creating sounds on the piano, even though i don't know how to play. (: Honestly, I was content with just the different piano patterns and chimes, but Mr. Rabuse convince me it was missing something. I added drums and a bass line using strings. After that it was still missing something...a clear melody! Finding a melody that sounded good with the piano was tricky, and took me a few classes. With the trick of using my phone number as notes and picking a rhythm, this is what I came up with. Then I added reverb on the melody, which is a sound called ashen light. What do you think?