GCSE Music Composition - Britpop

This was one of my gcse music compositions under the genre of Britpop - All instruments (excluding drum machine) are played by me and all is an original composition by me.

-Sam Marshall (credit to me :p )

Please give feedback :) Thanks in advance

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Britpop
• Composition
• Guitar
• Drums
• Drum machine
• Bass
• Gcse
• music

[LemonyEmilyXD]

I'm doing a britpop piece and my main instrument is drums. I'm finding it really hard to get research for the controlled assesment sheet. I need to comment of the purpose of the piece (which is a grade piece and has no lyrics) and the role my instrument plays :S Any advice?

Nice piece btw, what grade did you get? :)

[sammarshalluk]

@LemonyEmilyXD Ah sorry for taking so long to reply, ermm i didnt actually do my exams on drums even though im a drummer i did them on guitar, for the exact reason your mentioning, its hard commenting on musicality of drums. But i would mention everything that just seems to be obvious, you will still get marks for mentioning it, for example the drums keep the rhythm... yes really that obvious, and i think i got an A for my compositions.

Sam.

[CDH015]

what instrimunts did you use

[sammarshalluk]

@CDH015 Ermm, I used a bass (vox standard bass), a guitar (Danelectro U2), a Drum machine (software - cant really remember what i was using at this point :p ) and a Midi controller keyboard hooked up to kontakt player with an organ plugin - cant remember which one. Pretty simple really, i just achieved the sound with few instruments by layering it alot and thats probably why you couldn't pick them out. If that helps? :)

Sam

[ints13]

best GCSE composition on youtube so far! very well done :)

[sammarshalluk]

@ints13 Oh shit i havn't been on youtube in ages. But as for the comment :D thankyou that is a lovely compliment although i dont agree :p Since GCSE's iv moved to drums anyway and find myself alot more natural to the instrument that i am and was at guitar. But i guess rating the composition isn't how well its played but the piece itself so thankyou i will take the compliment :D

[ChuckNorrisMum]

Hey i have now jus broken up for skool from year 9 and i chose gcse music (cos i have been playing the drums for bout a year now) i was just wondering is it hard to get a gcse from cos i am really worried going in to year 10.

Taa =D

[Brisbane09]

yay! Music xD

[sunflower7202]

mine would have been so much better if the facilities at school were better. we had one accient recorder no multitracking/drum machine/midi sm8/condenser

quite pleased with mine considering have a lesson

[gokolink]

im in year 9 and me and my band are always getting high marks in practicals, however me and the rest of the class are failing at the course work :(

[ToRiHale]

best one ive heard!! and to play all the instruments yourself!!! ;OOO

[3eneboy]

what grade did you get for thiss??