Riley+Sacred+Composition

=**27/4/15**= Rock Not being able to think of a tune and not being able to find inspiration and recording the different instruments. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses Rush You - Baby Animals Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Take It All - Hillsong My Friend Robot - Regurgitator =**15/6/15**= I've decided that to do my composition I will use my dad's different computer programs to record different parts and to add drum parts and everything. We will use Reaper for vocals and whatever guitar I decide to do and Reason for midi drum and bass parts. We are doing the drums first. We use the keyboard as the drums. Then I worked out the guitar riff that I wanted then I did a bass part! I really like it so far! I have completed the intro so far. Here's what I have so far:
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 * What are some of the problems you think you might encounter?**
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 * MY GOD**
 * Lyrics:**

My God He reigns from Heaven above Behold his power and love He lifts us up My God My Lord The mighty saviour
 * Verse 1:**

His son Hung upon a wooden cross And He died for our sins out of love He rose again He gave His life In exchange for our eternity
 * Verse 2:**

Shout your glory to the earth Lift your name on high For you saved us from a life of suffering I know you're the Messiah You are the only way Jesus you are God You are My God
 * Chorus:**

Some say You were just a prophet You were only just a man But I know You are So much more You are the redeemer
 * Verse 3:**

We're living for His name Not distracted by material gain He carried the cross and delivered us all For we are your sheep The lost will be found And held in your loving arms You're there when we weep When we're broken and down You set our spirits free Yeah
 * Bridge:**

Shout your glory to the earth (Shout your glory to the earth) Lift your name on high (On high) For you saved us from a life of suffering (Of suffering) I know you're the Messiah (You're the Messiah) You are the only way (Oh the only way) Jesus you are God (You are God) You are (You are) My God
 * Chorus**

I wrote those lyrics myself because I came up with the melodies first and then I just had to make up lyrics to match I couldn't really take them from another song. =16/6/15=

Verse and Chorus tune pitch:

Currently working on the verse. Once I get this I will be well on my way to victory! I'm going to use a simpler bass line and guitar line because this will be where my singing comes in. I also changed the tempo from 125 to 130 because I felt like it was dragging a bit. I have now decided on the structure: Intro Verse Verse Chorus Verse Bridge Chorus

Tried to come up with a chorus but the one dad came up with was too passive so I'm going to think of a new one. I have now got a verse loop though that I am happy with: media type="file" key="Christian Rock 2.mp3" width="240" height="20"

=18/6/15= I have a chorus! All I need now is a bridge and to do some fine tuning and finishing touches and also record the vocals but that shouldn't take long. I also changed the tempo again to 140 because I wanted it to be faster and have more energy.

I officially have a bridge but now I want to change up some of the drums because it's dull if they are the same throughout the whole song. I'm pretty proud of the melodies I've made up.

Please excuse my singing because I am still sick but this is the final product:

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Overall I am pretty proud of my composition and I worked really hard on it. The major setback was my inability to sing as I was sick for a while but in the end it turned out okay. I chose to do a song like this because I didn't want to do a slow sappy song because that's not the type of person I am. I had a lot of fun making this and I look forward to more tasks like this in the future. It took me a while to think of ideas but as soon as I got cracking it all came together in my head and I was able to put it into actual music. I would have liked to spend more time getting the vocal levels right because it's a bit rough but I ran out of time.