The document discusses the author's inspirations for two songs, "Streamline" and "Empathy Sympathy," drawing from country-folk and indie/alternative rock influences. It explores common conventions in both genres, including instrumentation and lyrical style, as well as their historical origins. The author reflects on their personal progress in music production and outlines creative ideas for their songs.

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Genre
My firstsongStreamline,comesfrommyadmirationandinspirationforcountryfolkmusic,Ihave
alwayslovedthe Genre,myinspirationvariesfromartistslikeBobDylantoTownesVanZandt.
Commonconventionsinthe genre range frominstruments likethe acousticguitarandwoodwind
instrumentstoothermore subtle conventionslike the countrycampfire lyrics.Techniqueisalsoa
large part of Country – Folkmusicsimple chordprogressionswithabstractpickingstyle with
rhythmichammerOnsand alterationinchordsforexample likeinthe song"SkyBlue Sky"byWilco,
there isa sectionwhichswitchesfromD7to D6 to D#dim7 simple variationsthatcan change the
sounddrastically.Similarsoundscanbe foundwithinmyownsong.Americancountryfolkmusic
originatedinthe mid20th centuryandquicklybegantoblendwithmainstreampop,formingmany
otherdifferentgenresinthe processinspiringgenreslikepunkrockandhiphop.
Folksource - KimRuehl,February13th, 2019 [ Online ] Accessed06/03/2021
Secondly,mysongEmpathySympathy,myinspirationandsource of thissong,wouldbe aroundthe
indie /alternative rockgenre.Isaythisas bandslike sonicyouthandTitle fightare large influences
for thissongbut alsoartistslike CurrentJoyin"2013" albumbothare filledwithgreatsongsyetall
DIY done at home withhisdrum machine andguitarlooperpedal.WhichissomethingIgreatly
admire andone day hope to create like NickRattiganthe mindbehindCurrentJoys. Muchlike his
song" Ramblingsof adyingadolescence the same drumbeatisusedthroughoutthe songsimilarto
my songEmpathySympathy.Accordingtomusicmap, "Sonicyouth"isnoise rockwhichisa fair
judgement,andoriginatedin1986 describedasa "missinglinkbetweenhardcore punkand
alternative rock"onwhichI agree.
Music map [ Online ] Accessed06/03/2021
Personal practice routine
I’ve beenable togeta lot of personal workdone thankstothe new relaxedschedulebutnextweekI
thinkI will adjustthe routine slightlyasI'mworriedI mightbe gettingalittle toorelaxed.AlthoughI
feel asif I have made significantprogressinbothmySMART targets,ProductionandTime
management.Productionwise Iwasable tosuccessfullycomplete mydemoformy2nd song,whichis

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heavilyproductionbased,inmyopinionthe songisgettingthere,andIfeel asthoughImay be able
to be proud of thisone.
Title - Sympathy empathy – Creative output
I havent got much to showfor this week though I have created a working titlefor my firstsong" Streamline".
Despite this I am still yet to upload the lyricsand a rough transcription for my 2nd song so here they are.
Conscience - title fight chord but faster do 4 the take middle finger off4. every 4th bar bend on
ring finger
verse
Telling myself to give up
telling myself I’m not worth enough
telling myself to just shut
telling myself I’m not worth it.
!!! - go to 11 on a then 13 on d and 11 on d 3 times.
What is this supposed to mean?
what am I supposed to do?
what is this gonna do?
who am I supposed to be?
!!!
Chorus - em on 4th to 2nd to 6th 2nd time on 6th do rhythmic strum - sing octave higher.
I don’t really care who knows.
I wanna go.
I don’t really care who shows.
but if I go, I go alone
Verse
Who is this gonna be?
who am I supposed to be?
why are you asking all these?
fu**ing stupid questions
!!!
It comes it goes if it comes it flies.
I wanna love I wanna fell.
but I can’t be fu**ed if it's not real
yeah
!!!
Chorus
I don’t really care who knows
I wanna go
I don’t really care who shows
but if I go I go alone
tell him to take it slow
he wants to grow
inside a hole
if he grows he grows alone
Outro - pick title fight chord without middle finger then go up to 11th 9th too maybe 14 and 16
could do solo here or go back out into loud maybe another chorus but could end here.