Final Project Proposal

For my final, four minute track, I would like to create something in the trance genre, my favorite type of electronic music. I was really inspired by the trance lecture Professor Juraj gave, and I appreciated the trance track "recipe" he has provided us in his lecture slides. 

Given certain parameters for creating a trance track, I realize that a lot of my work will focus on development and arrangement. The key to a good trance track lies in exposition, and not necessarily the amount of musical material you have. The Paul Van Dyk track that Professor Juraj played for us in class, "Namistai", illustrates this principle well.

I hope to play around with four programs for this final composition. Logic will be the main piece of software that I will use. Specifically for this software, I will need to familiarize my self with the ultrabeat drum tool in order to create the percussion required for my trance track. I also will need to compose musical ideas and riffs that will form the basis of my track.

I will probably use Reason to supplement Logic (pun INTENDED). Finally, I hope to use ReCycle and RadiaL to get some small sampling into my track. Right now, I'm looking for samples that I could use. Two cool things I am thinking of sampling are from the post-hardcore music genre: the intro to "The Downfall Of Us All" by A Day to Remember, and the middle section to "HTML Rulez D00d" by The Devil Wears Prada. However, I have to develop my musical ideas first before figuring out if and what samples I can incorporate into my track.