Extracting information from written sources.
AMY WINEHOUSE
Album Name - 'Back To Black'
Album Name - 'Back To Black'
Producer - 'Mark Ronson + Salaam Remi'
Artist - 'Amy Winehouse
Year/Date - '2006'
Genre - 'Soul / Rhythm and Blues / Contemporary R&B
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why is it revolutionary?
In my opinion i think this Album is revolutionary because it is unique and talks about her life and how shes had fall backs and is still willing to get through life without getting hurt and i think it connects with the audience as it shows Amy had passion and willing to strive though anything even if she shows her emotions through her lyrics, which i think is inspirational as people should never give up and show what they are capable of even being pushed and shoved through life, things can still be accomplished and then hit world wide. Amy to me is revolutionary as she is a strong girl and expresses feelings of hurt and bitterness for a boyfriend who left her, her lyrics mirrors the wounds that her boyfriend left un-healed, in her opening song 'Rehab' she talks about him leaving and her not showing how she feels about him going, and she keeps her pride up.
Overall she shows how by combining misdemeanor with melody, scandal with soul her lyrics have meaning and even though she seems a sadly distant from hope she had a strife of a collapsing relationship etched across it. she sang with an authentic soul voice, and spoke a street-smart noughties language.
Back to Black overall is a musical equivalent, spilling gin-soaked tales of heart-break and drugs and depression as if they were going out of fashion.
Overall she shows how by combining misdemeanor with melody, scandal with soul her lyrics have meaning and even though she seems a sadly distant from hope she had a strife of a collapsing relationship etched across it. she sang with an authentic soul voice, and spoke a street-smart noughties language.
Back to Black overall is a musical equivalent, spilling gin-soaked tales of heart-break and drugs and depression as if they were going out of fashion.
How was it created?
Amy Winehouse was influenced by Jazz and contemporary music as she thought it was relaxing and soothing to the mind she had thoughts of producing her own style of music, which later came along, she produced her own song. Amy's focus then shifted to girl groups in the 1950's-1960's then hired a singer called Sharon Jones who helped Amy on tour and in the studio, Amy's dad, Mitch Winehouse said she is fascinating watching her process, her perfectionism in the studio and how she would put what she had sung on CD and play it in a taxi outside to know how most people would hear her music. May 2006 her demo track had been created and appeared on the New York's radio. Tom Elmhirst remixed the sing 'You Know I'm No Good' then Ronson received the track and described it as radical. The majority of the songs produced by Ronson were done within the studio with the band Dap-Kings, within the production of the songs, the drums, piano, guitar and bass were done in one room then with the drums being recorded with the microphone and a spill of different instruments. After all the hard work between Ronson and Elmhirst the songs were on the go and selling quickly as people said they were able to connect with the lyrics and her inspiration to music. When mixing Elmhirst added a contemporary feel to it whit Ronson wanted to keep the mix sparse and not overproduced.
Amy Winehouse was influenced by Jazz and contemporary music as she thought it was relaxing and soothing to the mind she had thoughts of producing her own style of music, which later came along, she produced her own song. Amy's focus then shifted to girl groups in the 1950's-1960's then hired a singer called Sharon Jones who helped Amy on tour and in the studio, Amy's dad, Mitch Winehouse said she is fascinating watching her process, her perfectionism in the studio and how she would put what she had sung on CD and play it in a taxi outside to know how most people would hear her music. May 2006 her demo track had been created and appeared on the New York's radio. Tom Elmhirst remixed the sing 'You Know I'm No Good' then Ronson received the track and described it as radical. The majority of the songs produced by Ronson were done within the studio with the band Dap-Kings, within the production of the songs, the drums, piano, guitar and bass were done in one room then with the drums being recorded with the microphone and a spill of different instruments. After all the hard work between Ronson and Elmhirst the songs were on the go and selling quickly as people said they were able to connect with the lyrics and her inspiration to music. When mixing Elmhirst added a contemporary feel to it whit Ronson wanted to keep the mix sparse and not overproduced.
What techniques were used in pre/post production?
The techniques that were used in the pre production was a lot of mixing and syncing, recording in the studio was a big thing. Amy Winehouse changes her posture depending on the way she wants to perform, she is very unique with her performances. the only trouble with Amys choices to do drugs,
THE BEATLES
Album Name - 'Abbey Road'
Producer - 'George Martin'
Artist - 'The Beatles'
Year/Date - '1969'
Genre - 'Rock'
Why is it Revolutionary?
In my opinion i think this Album is revolutionary because i think that the Beatles are inspirational though most of there songs were produced on drugs, they were still able to overcome themselves and produce an all-time best album in 1969, i think that overall Abbey Road is a shimmering, never-predictable array of songs and song fragments, which is a ray of emotional twist and turns, the Beatles may of been high around the time of their production of songs but actually most of the audience connected as they thought the songs had a odd sense of meaning but some where able to notice the real meaning behind the lyrics. Overall the Beatles were a legendary rock group formed in Liverpool, then they went on to perform and transform music as a creative commercial art, they then became the most popular bands of all time. The Beatles would have such an impact on the audience especially in the 60's as they were a popular culture that were hard to overstate.
How was it Created?
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are the members of the Beatles.
Paul McCartney was one for discipline and he said that the group 'actually performed like musicians again' after a fall out. On the 20th August 1969 the final sequence occurred and all 4 members appeared in the studio, they described the medley as 'junk' as if the sons were just thrown together last minute, Lennon then expressed a desire to have his songs separate to McCartney's as he didn't like his songs with McCartney's, so the producer (George Martin) decided that the Album was to have 2 sides, the 1st side to be McCartney and the other side to be Lennon, however then later to find out that Lennon had the greatest love song ever made 'Here comes the sun', and then McCartney had the most inspirational song 'Trip to India' which then caused tension between the Band, then when the next song was in line of production both Lennon and McCartney thought over the lead vocal.
Starr and Harrison composed most of their lyrics alone, Starr was given the chance to be a lead vocalist as he is originally the drummer, the song had a melodic structure, which was created in the studio by George Harrison. Overall The Beatles encouraged all of the members to get together to complete the album which was a success then they released the album getting so many views which was amazing for George Martin to hear as he was proud to be the producer of The Beatles.
What techniques were used in the pre/post production?
The techniques that were used in the pre production was a lot of mixing and syncing, recording in the studio was a big thing. Amy Winehouse changes her posture depending on the way she wants to perform, she is very unique with her performances. the only trouble with Amys choices to do drugs,
THE BEATLES
Album Name - 'Abbey Road'
Producer - 'George Martin'
Artist - 'The Beatles'
Year/Date - '1969'
Genre - 'Rock'
Why is it Revolutionary?
In my opinion i think this Album is revolutionary because i think that the Beatles are inspirational though most of there songs were produced on drugs, they were still able to overcome themselves and produce an all-time best album in 1969, i think that overall Abbey Road is a shimmering, never-predictable array of songs and song fragments, which is a ray of emotional twist and turns, the Beatles may of been high around the time of their production of songs but actually most of the audience connected as they thought the songs had a odd sense of meaning but some where able to notice the real meaning behind the lyrics. Overall the Beatles were a legendary rock group formed in Liverpool, then they went on to perform and transform music as a creative commercial art, they then became the most popular bands of all time. The Beatles would have such an impact on the audience especially in the 60's as they were a popular culture that were hard to overstate.
How was it Created?
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are the members of the Beatles.
Paul McCartney was one for discipline and he said that the group 'actually performed like musicians again' after a fall out. On the 20th August 1969 the final sequence occurred and all 4 members appeared in the studio, they described the medley as 'junk' as if the sons were just thrown together last minute, Lennon then expressed a desire to have his songs separate to McCartney's as he didn't like his songs with McCartney's, so the producer (George Martin) decided that the Album was to have 2 sides, the 1st side to be McCartney and the other side to be Lennon, however then later to find out that Lennon had the greatest love song ever made 'Here comes the sun', and then McCartney had the most inspirational song 'Trip to India' which then caused tension between the Band, then when the next song was in line of production both Lennon and McCartney thought over the lead vocal.
Starr and Harrison composed most of their lyrics alone, Starr was given the chance to be a lead vocalist as he is originally the drummer, the song had a melodic structure, which was created in the studio by George Harrison. Overall The Beatles encouraged all of the members to get together to complete the album which was a success then they released the album getting so many views which was amazing for George Martin to hear as he was proud to be the producer of The Beatles.
What techniques were used in the pre/post production?
The techniques that were used were a lot of studio recording, and within the production there was a few equiptment to look at which were, gramophone, circa 1925, and the collection progressed chronologically through a series of tape recorders, effects, and microphones before arriving at mixing desks used into the 1980s. If you included the modern mixer across the room being used to run the PA system, the gear present provided a fairly complete historical timeline of the last 90 years of recording science.
RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
Album Name - 'Californication'
Producer - 'Rick Rublin'
Artist - 'Red Hot Chilli Pepper'
Year/Date - '1999'
Genre - 'Funk Rock'
Why is it Revolutionary?
In my opinion i think the red hot chilli peppers are revolutionary because they have a lot of popping basses, and crisp notes, however they were a bit all over the place with all their craze of choosing how to produce the songs. However overall they are inspirational as i think there lyrics are unique but they may cause the audience a bit of confusion as there lyrics are different from others.
This is an example of the lyrics that are used,
Psychic spies from China
Try to steal your mind's elation
And little girls from Sweden
Dreams of silver screen quotation
And if you want these kind of dreams
It's Californication
How was it Created?
A lot of the album was written in the band member's homes in the summer of 1998.
The band members Kiedis and Frusciante often spent their days together discussing the song progression and the creation of the songs, a lot of the talking was about the guitar riffs and lyrical content and the aspects of the recording section was mainly bass and percussion and were constructed through jam sessions. Most of the material and lyrics came from the 'personal and professional turmoil' that the different members of the band that went through at the time (Larkin). this then ended in a 'sensitive approach that one might not expect from a band whose followers are skate-punk and fraternity boys'.
The albums lyrics were delivered from Anthony Kiedis ideas, outlooks and perception of life and its meaning.
What techniques were used in the pre/post production?
The techniques used in the pre production of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, a lot of outboard gear is used and a few plug-ins, its sectioned into 2 parts so basically half of the plug-ins are used for repair purposes for example EQing and things like that where as the other section are used for specific things and sonic output. The plug-ins were used a lot from UAD is the EMT® 250 Classic Electronic Reverb Plug-In. The reverb was used as it was a specific sound that the plug-in does grasp overall.
References:
1. Robert Dimery, 2013, 1001: Albums you must hear Before You Die. Edition. Cassell Illustrated
2. Amy Winehouse Forum. 2016. Amy's Vocal Technique - Anything Amy - Amy Winehouse Forum. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.amywinehouseforum.co.uk/forum/topic/18118-amys-vocal-technique/. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
3.Wikipedia. 2016. Abbey Road - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
4. Wikipedia. 2016. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers. [Accessed 06 October 2016].
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