Artist Royal Blood  Song Little Monster (3 mins 397 sec) Album Royal Blood (August 22 nd, 2014) Tempo 96 BPM key G Minor Genre Hard rock/Stoner rock Overview Royal Blood is a hard rock duo from West Sussex, England. The band formed in 2013 and released their Debut EP ‘Out of the black’. Which got the band signed to Warner within a 4 month period of … Continue reading Case study #1 Critical Analysis of a song. (Royal Blood – Little Monster)

Brit Pop. What is it? Britpop (British Pop) is a subgenre of Alt-Rock and Pop Rock. A lot of people wouldn’t classify Britpop as a genre, but more as a cultural movement which is also true. Like Grunge, it was a term created and used by the media to pigeon hole something but with culture aside. Britpop like all genres does have its own unique characteristics and musical style … Continue reading Genre Analysis – Brit Pop

Shoegaze. What is it? Shoegaze is a subgenre of alt-rock, that takes elements of 60s psychedelic rock and mixes it with punk and pop to make a wall of noise. The genre breaks out of the typical rock mould, it still follows a 4×4 beat but what shoegaze does is it explores new ways of playing rock music. Making it into more of a dream-like … Continue reading Genre Analysis – Shoegaze

Grunge. What is it? Let Homer Simpson and his band Sadgasm explain, after all, we do learn everything from TV right? Grunge is a subgenre of alt-rock a genre that was popularized in the 80’s but alt – rock bands from Seattle started to add elements of punk, pop, and heavy metal, making the sound/genre darker and more aggressive. Each band has a different take … Continue reading Genre Analysis – Grunge

Drums are the heart and soul of music it’s the most important aspect of a song, it’s the instrument that gives the music a pulse something we can lose our self in while listening to music giving us the beat to dance too. Recording drums can be a problem manic process that can lead to failure but when done right it can become an art … Continue reading Case study #4- Drum Recording.

Artist’s Tricky, Massive Attack, Portishead, Faithless, Nightmares on Wax UNKLE, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Chet Faker, Lana Delrey Songs Massive Attack – Tear Drop Portishead -Roads Faithless Tricky  Albums Portishead – Dummy  (1994) Nightmares on Wax – Smoker’s Delight (1995) Tricky – Maxinquaye (1995) Laika – Sounds of the Satellites (1997) Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998) UNKLE – Psyence Fiction (1998) Tempo 75 – 110 BPM Key Minors and Majors  Genre Trip Hop  Overview  Trip hop is a sub-genre … Continue reading Brief History on Trip Hop

Artist John Frusciante Song Representing (1 mins 44 sec) Album To Record Only Water for Ten Days (February 13th, 2001) Tempo 177 BPM key 10A/B Minor Genre Alt-Rock/New-wave  Overview John Frusciante is a guitarist, singer, composer and producer, Johns is best known for being the lead guitarist and main songwriter for Alt-funk band the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. John joined the band at the age … Continue reading Case study 3# Critical Analysis of a song.