ickle dilemma

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I have to perform one song for the head of the music department in my new school, and i really don't know what to do.

Needs to be rocky ish, no swearing and other stuff i.e. no songs about oding or slitting wrists, not too hard and preferably with a backing track.

any ideas?


Plus
I have to write a song lyrics and all for her as well, the lyrics aren't too hard for me but the writting out the melody line could be, anyone who is really good at composition that could look over something and play it for me and tell me what they think??

Thanks

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Something by Garbage maybe? Or No Doubt? Alanis Morrisette?

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StupidGirl wrote:

Something by Garbage maybe?

Yeah thats what i was going to say if you go for something which has female vocals anyway you can probably pull it off better than a song which a bloke would normally sing.

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i have a big range and i'm used to singing guys songs much more than girls but i'm not really fussed, i just need something that will show off my abillities well.

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I've also been trying to look for a siblieus type thing online, just so i can give them a computer written version that would look a lot better than my hand written version, and she said she wanted me to include a middle 8 in the piece, and i've googled it and searched and searched and i've no idea what she means.

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twisted_trinity wrote:

I've also been trying to look for a siblieus type thing online, just so i can give them a computer written version that would look a lot better than my hand written version, and she said she wanted me to include a middle 8 in the piece, and i've googled it and searched and searched and i've no idea what she means.

I think a middle 8 is the instrumental in the middle of a song. I'm not 100% though. What about Blondie? One Way, or Atomic?

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Would Nightwish be too taxing?

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HunnyPot wrote:

I think a middle 8 is the instrumental in the middle of a song.

Correct, although it's not always an instrumental, it's a bit that is different to the chorus and to the verse that fits in somewhere around the middle, like, for example Machinehead - Imperium "Just listen to it, Voice so true inside calling, To pick you up and march you on..."

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ummm i think i need something more modern and a little harder than one way and atomic...i just can't think what though...i want something that isn't really well known so they might listen a little more...i don't know though...

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chaos_insomniac wrote:

Would Nightwish be too taxing?

nightwish wouldn't be to taxing i just can't stand their songs...

so the middle 8 is like a bridge type thing?

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yeh pretty much just a bridge.

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twisted_trinity wrote:

nightwish wouldn't be to taxing i just can't stand their songs...

so the middle 8 is like a bridge type thing?

Yes they're the same thing...I think.

I know it's overplayed, but Evanescence maybe?

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i think something happier than that. garbage, no doubt maybe...i did actually think about psycokiller by talking heads, but maybe not...

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twisted_trinity wrote:

i think something happier than that. garbage, no doubt maybe...i did actually think about psycokiller by talking heads, but maybe not...

L7?

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so far i've got:
new born, plug in baby & sunburn by muse
blue & the noose by a perfect circle
thank you and hand in my pocket by alanis morissette
and stupid girl by garbage

any of those any good?

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Hand in my pocket's great.

My favourite song to perform is Don't Speak by No Doubt.
Its an amazing song

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and seriously over done.

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I'd go for Hand in my Pocket.

And look for Capella on eBay - tis much, much cheaper than Sibelius. Not as good but if you're just writing a basic score it's fine. I used it all the way through GCSE.