“The Long Weekend”: A Story of Artist Identity, Acoustic Instruments and Electronic Soundscapes

Authors

Sanskruti Rewatkar

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Abstract

The purpose of my project is to explore my artist identity whilst also looking at how acoustic instruments are treated in electronic soundscapes, as well as how a story is told through music. Firstly, I analysed albums that looked at how electronic production aspects and storytelling come together to form a cohesive body of work. I also looked at how contemporary harmonies and techniques are used in different songs and used them as a starting point to create my own music. I then looked at how to utilise Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) in my own compositions. I took all of these processes into consideration and created 4 songs that contribute to a story of my own in a 6-song project titled “The Long Weekend”. I also included ideas of how I will disseminate the project to the general public. I hope this will serve as a basis for developing my artist identity further as I progress through my career.

Publication Date

7-1-2021

Campus

Valencia (Spain) Campus

Keywords

creative project; artist identity; composition; electronic music

Comments

Project Components: paper (.pdf), presentation (.pdf), audio files (ZIP file containing 4 .wav files), lead sheets (ZIP file containing 4 .pdf documents) lyrics (ZIP file containing 4 .pdf documents).

Recommended Citation

Rewatkar, Sanskruti. ““The Long Weekend”: A Story of Artist Identity, Acoustic Instruments and Electronic Soundscapes.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2021. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-contemporary-performance/214.