Process Piece: Creating a Song
Artist's Statement
The idea is to
accurately represent in a couple minutes what goes into creating a song. To do
this we chose a band that would be able to show this process.
Before the recording session we acquired some audio recording equipment and
planned with the band when we would record them. This band has a song they are
currently working on, but isn’t completely finished. So we decided we’d record
them playing what they do have finished, and also the process of them adding to
the song.
After
we acquired the equipment, we set it all up. We had one microphone set in the
center of the five-person band that would record everything. This allowed for
us to capture all the sound in the room, rather than putting microphones on one
or two people. We thought it would be good to record for 30 minutes or so as
the band played what they did know, and what they didn’t. We then took notes
for those thirty minutes as to what happens when so we could go back and
reference those notes to edit it down into a couple minutes in post-production.
Because
we had the detailed reference notes of what was happening at which time, we
were able to go through and choose the parts of the recording session that show
the creative process of creating a song. The idea is to show good beats/rhythms
that the band created, but also show mess-ups and discussion about the song
that helped the band create more of the song together. We then took those
segments and edited them together into a 2-3 minute piece that shows the
creative process a band goes through to create a new song.
I
like Dean Duncan’s documentary piece called “Scripture Study” because scripture
study is definitely a process. I don’t think kids remember what they learned in
scripture study as much as they remember that is just happened and was part of
growing up – and were told it was good. The recording of a musical song is
similar in that it too involves a great deal of mess-ups and not so perfect
practices. But the idea is that through working through the process, you end up
with gold in the end.
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