Eenuh Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Alright, so for my Composition class, I'm supposed to do a painting. A painting based on a song. I'm not sure about the specifics yet, since the blackboard thingie isn't working and I thus can't check the actual task. Basically though, we'll have to pick out a song and then make a composition on paper that shows all the different parts of the song. So how longer the song, the more complex your composition and painting will become. I'm not sure yet if it has to be pretty abstract or if it can have figures in it, but that's not important right now. What I want is some suggestions from you guys as to what kind of song I could use. I'm preferably looking for mostly instrumental tracks that aren't too long (like, 3-6 minutes seems best). Some singing in it is allowed, but the more happens in the song (singing, tons of different instruments...), the more difficult it will be to paint. So simple songs that still have a lot of different things going on in them seem best. If you have any suggestions, be sure to let me know! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sounds like an awesome project! But surely a song with vocals thoughout, i.e a normal song would be easier to paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eenuh Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 Sounds like an awesome project! But surely a song with vocals thoughout, i.e a normal song would be easier to paint? Well we don't have to paint the words, we have to pay attention to stuff like the bass, the low and the high notes, if the song is fast or slow, the amount of instruments and what they play... If you add in vocals, they can take away from the music itself (unless it's something like an opera), or they can make it too complex, cause then you have to pay attention to the vocals and all the instruments. We had some samples to listen to in class (and follow the music and constantly draw what we heard on paper with charcoal; we all ended up with a bunch of lines that go up and down and all that stuff), and the more modern kind of songs with a beat and vocals are a lot more difficult to follow (I think we had a Pixies song?). So instrumental would be best, unless there's a tiny bit of vocals in (I'm thinking of some Zero7 songs I have). Still, any suggestions right now would be nice, I'll try to check all of them out. =3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Well we don't have to paint the words, we have to pay attention to stuff like the bass, the low and the high notes, if the song is fast or slow, the amount of instruments and what they play... If you add in vocals, they can take away from the music itself (unless it's something like an opera), or they can make it too complex, cause then you have to pay attention to the vocals and all the instruments. We had some samples to listen to in class (and follow the music and constantly draw what we heard on paper with charcoal; we all ended up with a bunch of lines that go up and down and all that stuff), and the more modern kind of songs with a beat and vocals are a lot more difficult to follow (I think we had a Pixies song?). So instrumental would be best, unless there's a tiny bit of vocals in (I'm thinking of some Zero7 songs I have). Still, any suggestions right now would be nice, I'll try to check all of them out. =3 Ah alright, thanks for explaining it too me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Gaming music would be a good choice because usually game songs are shorter than other music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 .. surely just choose one of your favourite songs, and paint what you see when you sit there, eyes closed, listening to the music and what it means to you? /emo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture. The part near the end, where everything just comes in, it's so awesome. It's 17 minutes long though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Oh. My. God. You must use Explosions in the Sky for this, they're perfect. The following of their songs are under 6 minutes: Welcome, Ghosts What do you go home to? So Long, Lonesome And all of "The Rescue album" There's some other stuff but it's not as good. EDIT: Also the song "The birth and death of day" is almost 8 minutes long but it's so incredibly epic and I think it would be very well suited for this type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Some songs I can just imagine them live. I might do "All Neon Like" by Bjork. Maybe "Pluto". Both quite electronic. I wish we could do that in art.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chairdriver Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I'd do the Dull Flame Of Desire by Bjork. Like massive Eyelashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead Awesome but probably a bit obviouse. Angel - Massive Attack Just listen to it...I can't describe it. I would imagine that something like this would be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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