Year 8 Remix Finalists

Every year we spend half a term exploring music technology. This year the themes of the Remix competition where: Ed Sheeran, Gustav Holst and Steve Reich.

This year our expert is Benjamin James  who is a professional music producer working in Saigon @ Inspiral Records. He will decide which is the best Remix from an expert’s perspective. The popular prize will go to the remix with most plays. Our winners will also get to visit the recording facilities at Inspiral Records and see how music producers work.

 

The brief for year 8  was: to create an atmospheric remix of Ed Sheeran’s  ‘Shape of you’ but re imagine it as if it was part of “The Planets suite” by Gustav Holst. They explore Delay effects as well as sampling of sounds related to space travel. Students explored Gustav Holst, orchestral instruments and the orchestra, major and minor chords, riffs and ostinati, and how to make a coherent musical arrangement.

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