Music Technology Task 1C specification for 2014 – 2015:
You are required to create an original arrangement between 2 and 3 minutes in length based on one of the following stimuli and in one of the following styles:
Take your inspiration from within the Task 1C requirements listening to tracks by the chosen artists
Stimuli:
- I Want It That Way (The Backstreet Boys) – Lead Sheet
- Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) – Lead Sheet
Style
- Reggae (suggested listening: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Burning Spear)
- House (suggested listening: MARRS, David Guetta, Duke Dumont)
Style Examples
This task must be sequenced.
You are reminded that if you use any pre-recorded loops and samples they must be manipulated / shaped / edited / processed in order to gain credit. All samples and loops must be royalty-free and not taken from any commercial recordings. Any samples or loops must not exceed two bars in length.
Live performances recorded as continuous audio tracks or edited to form continuous audio tracks are not permitted in this task.
You should submit your completed arrangement as track 3 on your Music Technology Portfolio 1 CD.