In the first year a lot of my projects had heavy emphasis on voice. Thought Artist, was created as a show of my ability to create sound art, with the material being presented in the project doubting said ability. Unheard screams, my first collaboration, had me only using my voice for the screams and the… Continue reading Looking Back.
Author: Mario Edwards-Roberts
The essay.
My essay covered the topic of Rap music and high fashion over the last 14 years. Looking at artists and groups such as ASAP Mob, Westside Gunn and Migos. I tried to link elements of sound arts in it by looking at music videos and analysing aspects of the songs I brought up such as… Continue reading The essay.
Ingenious.
We had a little session on Tuesday (April 23rd). Amani couldn’t make it, so we decided to work on another little project called ‘ingenious’. a play on the popular ‘genius verified’ series. Verified has artists describe the meaning behind their lyrics, with some of the biggest being Billie Eilish and her song ‘idontwannabeyouanymore’, Lil Nas… Continue reading Ingenious.
Preparations.
Although the last few weeks have been slow, we finally have a studio space to start working on the project. In one of the future blogs I will go over the session and what was done. I have seen a few documentary style videos over the last few weeks, the most notable being the North… Continue reading Preparations.
Music and Fashion.
For this project, I am planning on researching the correlations between fashion and music, particularly high fashion and rap music in the 2010s (as well as the last few years in the 2020s). This idea comes from my interest in both art forms. Over the years, I’ve wanted to make music and had thoughts of… Continue reading Music and Fashion.
Collaboration.
March 21st 2023 For this project, I Will be working alongside Amani and my friend Alexa to document the process of the creation of a musical project (perhaps a album or ep) My role will be to provide vocals for the beats that Amani creates. On top of this, I will be researching voice or… Continue reading Collaboration.
Guest Lecture.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to attend many guest lectures this semester, and those I did go to didn’t match up well with what I have been working on for my audio paper. Fortunately, I was able to look back at the previous guest lecturers and found Janine Francois’ lecture from 2021. “Janine Francois is a… Continue reading Guest Lecture.
Recording.
Wednesday 6th December The recording took place on December 3rd. I enlisted the help of my mum to discuss and rediscover the songs of the late Bob Marley and The Wailers. We had listened to a few songs from across their discography with a focus on songs about conflict. Not all the song discussions made… Continue reading Recording.
Small Axe.
Sunday 3rd December Recently, I watched the film Small Axe – Lovers Rock on BBC IPlayer. ‘Lovers Rock tells a fictional story of young love at a blues party in 1980. The film is an ode to the romantic reggae genre called lovers rock, and to the black youth who found freedom and love in… Continue reading Small Axe.
Reworking my project.
I realised that my initial idea didn’t have a critical element to it so I’ve decided to rework my idea. Instead of focusing on the album, lovers rock and my brother in laws dancehall experience, I will focus on songs from the Caribbean that have strong messages of peace and justice for all, discussing them… Continue reading Reworking my project.