Artist Statement:
Since our group consisted of online students, we decided that using instruments and recording a part of a song may have been a bit too difficult to manage. We were all at different places trying to sound in sync using software. Instead, we decided to make a produced beat using a loop or two and then branching our own sounds and melodies. We used Soundtrap which made it easy for the three of us to work at the same time.
We started the beat with a simple bassline and dragged in a few drum loops. Seeing that the beat didn’t have many characteristics, we decided to make our own drum beats which was pretty easy using sound trap’s integrated drum machine. Our next challenge was to make the actual melodies and beats flow together like a real song; we didn’t want the beat to just sound like a bunch of random loops forced together.
After adding our own melodies, making our own drum beats, and making it flow together, the last part was to equalize the tracks in order for the beat to sound well made. Adding sound effects here and there, the beat represents collaboration from three separate locations and how we were still able to collaborate and make a song.
Credits:
Co-composed by Marco, Luca, Harrison (production, Soundtrap)