Goals...

Right now I figured out what song I could loop for my jazz rap song. I've chosen a classic for the trombone and it's a Count Basie tune. I would loop April In Paris. Also I've looked at a lot of album art to get inspired by it. I've noticed mostly Miles Davis's "Bitches Brew" was one of my favorites. Also there is one of Thelonious Monk I've really adored too. But this'll help me get inspired to create my album cover.

Finding the Right Song to Loop

At this point in time, I'm looking for a featured trombonist I could sample into my hip-hop song. Right now I have just revived my mp3 player and now listening to trombone players. I'm mostly looking to find a modern like feel so I would probably look at trombonists like Steve Turre, Robin Eubanks, Frank Rosolino, and Trombone Shorty. I've found a coulpe of songs but I'm still searching for the one that stands out the most to me.

Trying to Create Some Funk!!!

Right now I'm in the middle of studying the roots of funk. Right now I've learned that mostly a lot of funk requires a guitar playing riffs and the bass being funky. Also I've noticed that a lot the rhythms funk plays, usually has 1/8th notes on the hi-hat and 2 1/8th notes on 2 and 4 of the beats. Also a lot of music including funk usually has a round out like solo showing the end of the form of one of the parts of the chorus.

Production of My Music

What is the importance of trombones and how can I use it in my music? Recently I've been researching about trombonist. I seem to be very familiar with the subject of famous trombonist, but now I'm just trying to find out a how to incorporate it into my music.

Right now I feel very confident of my senior project. Just recently I have created some music of mine, and it's very difficult to understand what you're doing. I've noticed that Logic Studio is very simple, but at the same time, if you don't know it, it's very difficult to understand. Even though I've created three different songs, now they just need to be edited, which I need to work on. So right now, I'm in the process of editing it and smoothing the texture of the music out. I also need to finish a song by Friday. This might be very difficult because good songs take a good amount of time. So I need to focus and work hard on production of music.