The Remix Project

This term you will be honing your compositional and arranging skills by completing a remix in Garageband. To begin this process you will today:

• Choose a song to remix
• Decide on the NEW style/genre that you will create your remix in. This must not be the same style as the original song i.e. if the song is originally an r'n'b tune you might choose to remix it in a dub step, rock, jazz, reggae of funk style - for example.
• Research the chords used in the original
• Start the Garageband project - begin by working on a rhythm track to establish your chosen sense of style. Remember to think about TEMPO (as Garageband will automatically choose 120bpm). You may want to change the tempo from the original recording 

For inspiration you might want to take a listen to any of the Verve Records remix albums, all good stuff, remixes of jazz classics in dance/electronica styes.

Writing Lyrics

Group Performance

Today we are going to take a look at the mark scheme for your Group Performances. Below is the full AQA mark scheme for the group performance:

Mark Scheme for AQA GCSE Group Performance

To get a clearer idea of how this mark scheme is used, we are going to take a look at a couple of different performances and mark theme using this mark scheme. Take a look at this..

Consider this performance and how it relates to:
Accuracy - Communication & Interpretation - Sense of Ensemble