Assignment #16
Stegochorus
DUE IN
- 1Start your song with a chorus.
- 2Take lyrical inspiration from the Jurassic Period.
- 3Include some kind of primitive percussion.
- Created by NCBC
Other Assignments
Assignment #15
- 1Introducing them one at a time, create a stack of four equal-length, non-drum loops.
- 2With the loop stack running, add a fifth element on top—lead line, melody, whatever you please.
- 3Allow the fifth element to end and remove the loops, avoiding the reverse order in which they were added.
Assignment #14
- 1Write a theme song for an imaginary TV show.
- 2The show’s premise is equal parts your real life, and very much not your real life.
- 3Feature an instrument you have never featured before.
Assignment #13
- 1Borrow a phrase or line from Poetry Foundation’s Poem of the Day.
- 2Before considering any music, write all of the lyrics, including the borrowed line.
- 3Include at least one a cappella moment in the song.
Discussion
ryan September 13, 2023 8:15pm
The question is: how many of us are going to write the chorus first?
Ben September 14, 2023 1:13pm
and how many of our choruses are going to want (beg) to functionally serve as verses and are we going to try and fight that or let that just happen
nick September 20, 2023 3:13pm (edited)
If a chorus is sung alone in a forest, is it still a chorus?
atonmas September 11, 2023 5:51pm
I’m more of a Triassic guy myself, so this could get a bit awkward…
peter September 12, 2023 10:56am
everything since the primordial soup has been a waste of time
atonmas September 12, 2023 11:21am
ugh #mood
Ben September 11, 2023 9:58am
👓 “songwriting, uh, finds a way…”
Z September 12, 2023 11:41am
“That is one big pile of songwriting.”
Ben September 12, 2023 9:35pm
“must write faster”
Ben September 12, 2023 9:41pm
“and uhh here I am now by myself, uhh, commenting on ncbc to myself. uhh that’s, that’s chaos theory.”
ryan September 10, 2023 10:21pm
🦖🦕🦖🦕