The document discusses the development of an original humorous rap song called "The Royal Rap" created by the authors for their extended project. They initially considered covering other comedic artists but decided an original song would give them more freedom. One author wrote the lyrics while the other created the soundtrack using various music programs. They looked to other parody songs for inspiration on style. After multiple iterations refining both the lyrics and soundtrack, they finalized the song and were pleased with the humorous musical piece they created combining their talents.

2. • Original song
We originally decided that we wanted to
produce a song with a humorous twist,
along the lines of Weird Al Yankovich.
We researched into him and similar artists such as
NicePeter’s Epic Rap Battles of History, and started
Writing lyrics whilst thinking of what we could do for
The soundtrack.
• Here is an example of ERB, a similar style of
humor we wanted to obtain in our rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4tLCGcTG4

3. • Stephen Lynch
We changed our plan to a more upbeat happier idea
of covering Stephen Lynch’s humorous songs
‘Special Ed’, ‘She Got A Smile’ and ‘Caught Me’.
We started to learn the songs well and then it became
tedious and repetitive, finding a lot of the audience
didn’t relate to the humor as it was sometimes
explicit.

4. • Reverting back to our original idea, we
decided to produce an original song with a
humorous twist.
The song’s lyrics were written by Zac and
The soundtrack created by myself to fit the lyrics
And give a good beat to support the vocals.
We’ve finally come to the conclusion to make
The Royal Rap.

5.  The final decision for what we are doing for the
extended project is called the Royal Rap.
We're managing our use of time by working together
with our ideas, contributing different creative musical
attributes towards this project. We're going to finish
off each piece, him with the lyrics and myself with the
soundtrack to go with it. We will go and rehearse the
entire thing together, fine tuning each part of the
soundtrack if we are unhappy with it at any stage
and making the lyrics fit nicely with it, again altering
any parts of the lyrics if they don't quite sound right.

6. For the Royal Rap we will use a ZOOM H2 to record Zac's lyrics as
a basis to look back on and improvise. For the soundtrack I will use
Acid Xpress 7, a musical program for creating songs with tracks
from EMI. We will combine the two and playback, then do some
editing to the soundtrack if need be and change some lyrics if need
be.
We looked at other comical original songs popular on YouTube and
decided to run with a fast paced type of lyrical pattern.
We looked at some examples of NicePeter's Epic Rap Battles of
History, some of Weird Al Yankovich, and other artists known for
their parodies and original comical songs

7. We developed our idea through the want to make an original
piece of music, but also enjoy the process and have a good
time with it. So, this resulted in the desire for a humorous song
with musical capabilities tied in. Zac and I have knowledge of
performing and musical arts, so we used our abilities as an
advantage for this project and this resulted in the Royal Rap.
We developed the idea by discussing what we could work with,
we agreed that Zac would write the lyrics and I would make the
soundtrack. After realising what we had to do, the choices of
how to create a soundtrack to fit with the finished lyrics was
tricky, we tried a large range of tracks from the EMI instruments
to royalty free music online. After choosing what we wanted, I
created a simple but effective beat to play for the song. Creating
the entire track was tricky as there were many technical
difficulties with the programs I was trying to use (Cubase and
Acid Xpress).

8. Greetings subjects, I’m queen Lizzy
Can’t chat for long as Cameron keeps me busy
I stay at home I like to butter crumpets
When I come to the theatre I expect the trumpets
I hang with the commoners joke don’t be silly
The next king is gonna be my grandson Willy
Yes I am the monarchy they love the most
Come to England I’m a gracious host
As a queen paupers know that I’m the best
Check out my crown and my double D breast
If I’m down at the track and I see more horse get shredded
I find the winning jockey and have his wife beheaded
I don’t collect stamps they’re just shots of me
I can print my own money at the mint for free
I say British labor is what keeps us strong
But check my kitchen staff they’re all Mexican
Before I go to bed I enjoy a cup of tea
But I’m up every hour as it makes me need a wee
This is the end I can’t spit for long
I’m off to rock Philip in my hot pink thong

9. After looking at the lyrics, Zac and I started to develop ideas as to
what would fit in with the tempo and style of the rap. We came
To the conclusion of this upbeat soundtrack with piano melodies
To make it sound more ‘elegant’.

10. After everything was pieced together, we were quite pleased
With the overall work. We agreed that the original rap song Royal Rap
Was the best choice for us to do as there’s more freedom for us to
Move with and control.
We carried our use of humor and musical creativity throughout the
Project and resulted with this performance.