Assignment #18
  1. 1
    Pulling from any three songs on the all-time Billboard Year-End Chart, borrow a lyric from one…
  2. 2
    A melody from another…
  3. 3
    And the vibe from a third, to bring a new original song to life.
  • Due Oct 22, 2023
  • 3 Submissions
  • Created by NCBC

Discussion

  • 9 Comments
Ben October 22, 2023 1:01pm

this was an absolute blast

nick October 17, 2023 8:40am

this is not easy

nick October 17, 2023 11:51am

but my beast is emerging

Ben October 22, 2023 1:01pm

it’s definitely a beast…

ryan October 9, 2023 5:14pm (edited)

Made a playlist of all the pop singles from this list because why not! Anybody wanna do the same for R&B and Country? Listening is funnnnnnn.

ryan October 9, 2023 10:12pm

Okay actually I made the R&B one too

ryan October 10, 2023 4:17pm

Okay fine here’s the country one as well.

nick October 11, 2023 10:33am

hey ryan, hope you’re well. i had the same thought, so thank you for being more than thoughtful.

Ben October 11, 2023 9:48pm

what service!

Other Assignments

Assignment #17
  1. 1
    Without being ironic, write in a genre you’ve never written in
  2. 2
    Address something new in your life
  3. 3
    Include a breakdown of some kind
Assignment #16
  1. 1
    Start your song with a chorus.
  2. 2
    Take lyrical inspiration from the Jurassic Period.
  3. 3
    Include some kind of primitive percussion.
Assignment #15
  1. 1
    Introducing them one at a time, create a stack of four equal-length, non-drum loops.
  2. 2
    With the loop stack running, add a fifth element on top—lead line, melody, whatever you please.
  3. 3
    Allow the fifth element to end and remove the loops, avoiding the reverse order in which they were added.