My idea came to me when I sent out an email regarding if we had an ipod dock in our mastercraft boat. We didn't and whoever had to drive practice just had to bring a cd. I was like PERFECT! This was the perfect opportunity to make a good cd that people can enjoy.
I took my own feelings and emotions and experiences, bundled them together, and made the cd. My choices for O.A.R for many of the songs were because it is the most widely known band among skiers. Eve6-anytime was my first song because I watched a video on youtube http://youtube.com/watch?v=M6jSwociuOY. I thought of the emotions just driving the boat out to start skiing and this was the perfect song to get you pumped up. It is the most energenic song on the cd. I added some fillers due to the popularity of the songs among many people, in addition that I like the songs too. The structure at the end is supposed to resemble the sun setting and the music fading away into a slower genre. If you read the liner notes (poem) that I wrote, it is supposed to parallel the tracks if you listened to them throughout the day. Lets say at 6pm when it was still light out and you just put the boat in to go skiing. By 7:30 pm, the sun is setting and them mood is toned down. There is still excitement, but it tunes you into that it is about time to go in. This could also be applied to beginning in the morning and perhaps finishing the cd at night. My theme was overall relaxing music that you could jam out too. I think they call it surfer music. Anyways, to sum it all up, I concentrated on my audience that would be in the boat and put in a time component to make it more relevant. I left another copy in the boat for people to use. We will see the impact and if it is popular among people on our team.
It was very interesting creating a new means for 'writing.' I could definitly wrtie a whole story based on te tracklist I selected.
2 comments:
I really liked how you took into consideration everyone else's choices of songs. You didn't necessarily just put the songs on the cd to go along with the theme but made an effort to realize what others like. Of course you mentioned there are some that you like on there as well, which I think, when you can make everyone happy plus yourself, job well done!
I based my CD around a similar "time interval," so to speak, and I think that elevated the experience provided by the mix tape. I'd say it's similar to a writer giving background information to the reader so that a setting and mood can be established for the piece.
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