Roles in the music industries.

Producer: The role of the producer in the music buisness is to primarily work with the artist,
This will range from working with different artists and record labels to supervise or have
an overview for the whole recording process.

The producer should be someone who has had the full expierience of beinjg a musician, ranging from performing at places like glastonbury etc. To having a wide range of musical knowledge, (so music theory and i suppose production theory. Whilst also demonstrating his or hers creativity and interpersonal skills.

Music editor: The role of a music editior is not the easiest job, the role of the music editor is to synchronizeboth video and music together. In terms of gaming the music editor provides a backup piece of music which i think is known as a score to stand in as the soundtrack as the piece of music which is being created for the game or level is not ready yet.

In terms of what is needed for the role or job of a music editor, is that they must have great musical sensitivity and an awareness of when the music for either games, adverts, movies or television programes can make or break in terms of whether the scene is emotional or dramatic etc.
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Performer/songwriter: Being a performer or a songwriter is one of the main building blocks that hold the music industry together. The role of a performer or a songwriter is based upon his or hers musical creativity on either a musical instrument or software instrument.

In some aspects some artists use recording studios inside their home, an example of this would be Steve Vai, on the website http://www.vai.com/the-studios/, it states that after touring with ex Van Halen member David Lee Roth, Vai started to create his own home recording studio known as the mothership, this led to many other albums and home studios to be created.

Home Studios:
. Mothership- hollywood hills
. LA LA land- Lake Tahoe
.The Harmony Hut- Encino

Albums recorded at home studios:
.Mothership- Passion and Warfare, Alien love secrets, guitar parts to Slip of the tongue (Whitesnake), Sex and Religion and Fire Garden.

.LA LA Land- rest of Sex and Religion

https://www.careersinmusic.com/music-performing-writing-careers/

Health and safety regarding Ox-jam:

Food and drink: In any performance, soundcheck and rehearsal, food and drink is a NO GO. This is due to the fact there is electrical equipment everywhere ranging from the microphones, amps and stage-boxes. So lets look at the fact that when you have a drink in the presence of electrical equipment, you are more likely to have more electric volts going through you than the national grid. And in terms of eating food in the presence of electrical or musical equipment, even though you wont get electrified you are leaving greasy residue on instruments and gear, not a pretty sight for any performers.

Hearing problems: One of the most common problems when being in the music business whether it is being a performer, roadie or a music technician. You are most likely to suffer from a condition known as Tinnitus, now tinnitus is a medical condition which affects the hearing. Musicians tend to develop Tinnitus because they are exposed such excessive loud noise causing symptoms or sounds such as buzzing, whistling and humming. 

https://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Tinnitus/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Sound Technician: 

The role of a sound technician ranges from participating in advertising, audio recordings, broadcasting for radio or television and live performance. When working as a sound technician you would be expected to do a various amount of work such as working in recording studios and working on multiple locations such as sets for films and television. 

Another thing that would be expected to be done for being a sound technician that if you are a sound technician who free lances, you would would work on fixed term contracts, now a fixed term contract is a type of contract given by an employer with a set date of when that contract ends they are used in cases of  when covering for an employee who is sick or on leave. 

https://www.crunch.co.uk/knowledge/employment/fixed-term-contracts-what-are-they-and-how-can-they-come-to-an-end/ 

https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/sound-technician-broadcasting-film-video

Level 2 Oxjam performance evaluation plan

1. Having watched the video of the performance, what did you enjoy most about your band's performance?


The thing that I enjoyed most of all in my group's performance is the fact that it had an emotional feel and vibe to the entierity of the song.


2. What did you enjoy the the least?


The thing that I enjoyed the least is more a personal opinion of how the vocals, I believe the vocals in the chorus of Price Tag were slightly out of tune, possibly due to excitement of singing the song in souch a wide audience.


3. What suggestions would you make to improve the performance next time?


Have equipment (cables) that worked fine. During the rehersals running up to the performance I used my own guitar and cables but on the day of the performance one of my cables had stopped working, the reason why was due to a kink in the fibre wires themselves.


4. What did you enjoy most about your own performance?


The thing that I enjoyed most about the performance from my perspective is how I stayed in time during most of the song as it was a challenge for me to do so.


5. What did you do enjoy the least?


The thing I enjoyed the least was me trying to be too smart for my own good in terms of struuming the chords I was playing and it slightly threw me off place.


6. What suggestions would you make to improve your performance next time?


Cant think of anything.


7. What, if anything, do you think you could have done differently?


The thing i would done differently would have been to have a more techincal approach to the guitar in some parts of the song ( I.E: verse).


8. What, if anything, hindered your progress during the rehearsals?


. People not turning up (including me).
. Group members kept changing.
. Song kept changing.

My rehearsal plan

On my level 2 course at South Thames College we have been doing live performance rehearsals, but before we actually rehearse each person in each group has to fill out a rehearsal plan or rehearsal diary, in each box we have to write what our rehearsal objectives are, what problems that could occur during our rehearsals, did we achieve our objects-how did we solve any problems and what we have to prepare for our next rehearsals.

Firstly, the reason why I am doing this is because the course that I am doing is a music course and it is primarily focused around performance and the use of instruments whilst still providing some production and tech courses.

Another reason why I am doing this performance is really two reasons, the first reason is that south thames is hosting an Oxfam event or concert (to be specific) called Ox-jam and each group in my class have to perform a song that is based around helping other people out.

Day 1:

Date: 20/9/17

Time 09:15

Rehearsal objective: Clear structure of the song

Reason for objective:  As this was the first ever live rehearsal I have done at college I had to know the structure of the whole song, this meant what chords, scales and modes I can use and when I have to change the chords I'm playing like a minor to a major chord (E.T.C).

What problems could occur?:

Another thing to think about is really the problems that could occur during each rehearsal and I think that the most common problems that I would have to face as a musician is the fact that people would not be turning up on time or not at all, it is a common factor to take into account because when this happens it messes up the structure or integrity of the song because you have to change the way the song is structured so it suits which musician or musicians are there.

Another problem that would arise would be broken equipment, now this has happened before and it won't be the last time, this could range from a kink in the wire or jack lead to a blown amp.

Did you achieve your objectives? How did you solve any problems?:

Preparations for next rehearsal?:

As a guitarist I had to find my own way to prepare for my next rehearsal so what I thought I would do would be to try and use a Jazz guitar technique called superimposing or super imposition.

Day 2:

Date: 25/9/17

Time: 09:15

Rehearsal objective: Superimpose guitar chords (possibly over piano)

What problems could occur?

A lot of problems that happened on this day was that including myself and a few other people was lateness, during this period of time lateness was a problem with me because I have to travel such a long way from my house to college, so I would leave my house at 07:30 and would end up getting to college at near enough 09:25, 10 minutes after lesson had started.

Another problem that was faced during the rehearsals was that the microphones that were used were just dodgy and what I mean is that they were near enough broke, when members or better yet the singers in my group would sing into the mic and their voice would be amplified then would automatically cut out, this was found out to be mostly the cables we were using.

Preparation for next rehearsal: My preparation was to try and think of some modes and scales that I my want to try and use and the scales that I came up with was...

. Spanish Phrygian (1,b2,b3,3,4,5,b6,b7)
. Phrygian Dominant(1,b2,3,4,5,b6,b7)
. Harmonic Minor (1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7)
. Harmonic major ( 1,2,3,4,5,b6,7)
. Aeolian (1,2,b3,4,5,6,b7)
. Symmetrical Diminished(1,b2,b3,3, sharp 4, 5,6,b7)
. Symmetrical Major-(1,b3,3,5,b6,7)

Day 3:

Date: 27/9/17

Time: 09:15

Rehearsal Objective: Run through the song

Problems that could occur?

Lateness (already covered)

preparation for next rehearsal: keep going through scales.


Day 4:

Date: 28/9/17

Time: 09:15

Rehearsal objective: Fair understanding of the song structure

Problems that could occur: Lateness


Day 5:

Date: 2/10/17

Time: 09:15

Rehearsal objectives: Run through of song/ few adjustments

Problems during rehearsals: Forgetting chord progression

During my rehearsals so far there have been many changes ranging from people leaving then coming back, lateness, broken equipment etc. But the main concern from my perspective is that I was struggling to remember the chord progression that I was doing, this was due to the fact I was taking medication to combat my mental health problems that I am still currently going through.

Preparations for next rehearsal: Practice improvising.