Programme 1: Chart Hits

Programme Outline

00.20 Chart Hits presenter link – what is a composer?
01.07 DJ Luck and MC Neat' 'Feeling Irie'
01.30 first ideas, reuse of old material
02.39 intro, the drop, basic structure
03.30 other members of the team: programmer, engineer, how the team works
04.20 building the track. Garage rhythms: 4 to the floor, Ragga beat
04.55 choosing sounds, drum kit sounds for the sampler
05.37 laying the tracks, creating variety
06.04 the mix. Listening to individual elements of the track and how they contribute to the texture.
07.28 MC Neat: the words and the RAP, inspiration, the process
08.40 difficulties of composing
09.25 Chart Hits presenter link – making tracks
09.42 The Corrs 'Would you be Happier?’
10.05 song structure, classic pop structure
10.40 first ideas,
11.15 the chorus, chords, and melody
12.00 the verse, rejection of first melodic idea
13.00 link phrase, repetition, middle 8, anthem ending developed from middle section
14.25 building the track, discussing aspects of the mix. 64 tracks:

• Combination of live drumming and sampled drums
• Guitars made up from several guitar sounds and riffs, choosing the ones for the job
• piano, keyboard pad
• Backing vocals, double tracking
• Lead vocal

18.20 difficulties of being a composer