FOR LOZ

Know This


Ok, let's have it your way
See if I give a damn
And ok, we'll play your games
That change just who I am
Ok, we'll see which one of us wins in the end,
My friend
So let us figure out just what we're gonna do
Cause this shit ain't working out, ya know,
Me and you
And things just aren't the same as they were before
Anymore

Know this, know this
I'll never forget what we were
Know this, know this,
I didn't want you to be hurt
Know this, I just,
Want you to get what you deserve

Ok, now I'll have my say
See what you think of that
We'll play the games my way and
I'll hurt you right back
Ok, we'll see which one of us wins in the end,
My friend
So let us figure out just what we're gonna do
Cause this shit ain't working out, ya know
Me and you
And things just aren't the same as they were before
Anymore


Know this, know this
I'll never forget what we were
Know this, know this,
I didn't want you to be hurt
Know this, I just,
Want you to get what you deserve

I could just take the easy route and stay with you,
But no,
I've learned from my past
And I'm sorry but if you ain't right for me
Then we won't last


Know this, know this
I'll never forget what we were
Know this, know this,
I didn't want you to be hurt
Know this, I just,
Want you to get what you deserve

Independent Research - Lilygreen & Maguire's Big Welsh Busk

"WELSH singer-songwriters Lilygreen and Maguire will bring their melodic, acoustic sound to communities across Wales from April 16- 20 in a series of free, open-air gigs at some of the country’s most famous locations and landmarks, including a beach, a stately home a castle and an amphitheatre.

Friends Jon Lilygreen and Jon Maguire, both from Newport, who have just released their debut single ‘Come On Get Higher’, on the Warner Music label, began their ‘Big Welsh Busk’ tour in Wrexham city centre on Monday, April 16, and will play their final gig at their hometown of Newport.

They will also play at eight other venues across the length and breadth of the country including:


Wednesday, April 18: SWANSEA AND BARRY


Thursday, April 19: CAERPHILLY AND CHEPSTOW

Friday, April 20: CAERLEON / NEWPORT AND CARDIFF

 

The pair will be in the Mumbles in Swansea tomorrow morning (Wednesday, April 18) before moving onto Barry in the afternoon.

 

The duo who are both in their early 20s have already built up a solid fan-base after supporting X-Factor runner-up Olly Murs in his recent arena tour of the UK and Ireland.

 

They are also well known within south Wales’ music scene: Lilygreen as a covers performer and Maguire as a local music producer and member of a rock band. They came together in 2009 when their talent was spotted by Warner Bros. Music who soon secured the duo with a lucrative record deal. Their debut album will be released later this year.

 

Jon Lilygreen said: "These gigs are going to be great fun for us and our fans. I can’t wait to grab my guitar, pitch up at some fantastic locations and play free acoustic music in the open-air. It’s going to be quite a challenge visiting so many venues across Wales, including a beach, a prom, a castle, a mountain and our hometown, Newport, hopefully our fans will come and support us and cheer us on."

Jon Maguire added: "We love writing and performing our songs and thought we’d like to give our fans a special preview of some of the songs that will be on our album. We’ve played in front of thousands of people in big arenas but this Big Welsh Busk will be quite different – we’ll be up close and personal with our audiences and that will be an intimate experience.""

Independent Research - How To Make A Music Video

How To Make A Music Video

The Planning

1. 1
   Plan every detail, like who the lead character is and what song you're using.
2. 2
   Choose the entire cast (even the background characters, they are important too!). Make sure you have good actors and actresses !
3. 3
   Get props for the set, a camera and lights. If you don't have lights, go outside on a sunny day and use something called a reflector. Its a piece of white fabric used to "reflect" light onto the set. It is the most effective way to make a professional looking video. You don't need to go out and buy one; you can use a large piece of poster paper or something similar. For the most effective way to focus light, use more than one or even a mirror. You can have a group of people holding it off camera.
4. 4
   Remember, the main person on screen is always the brightest on screen. When outside, always have the main character's back to the sun except when the sun is in the middle of the sky. This way, the reflectors can illuminate the person's face and front. Although there is a lot to do to get efficient lighting, it is worth it when you want a high quality video.

The Filming

1. 1
   First, find the ideal setting. It could be your room, a location outside, a trailer, or anywhere you want. Some people could rent rooms for the video shoot also.
2. 2
   Set up your camera where you can see everybody in your video. Tripods are excellent for this purpose, because you can smoothly turn the camera, and you avoid the "shaky hand" taping that screws up your great performance. Also, if you face the sun dead-on, your video will be too bright and you won't be able to see anything.
3. 3
   Determine whether some people will be dancing and the others singing. Maybe you want to change it up and have all singing, or all dancing.
4. 4
   Play your song in the background while you're filming. This way everybody is in tune and on the same page.
5. 5
   Transfer your video to your computer.
6. 6
   By using Windows Movie Maker (PC), iMovie, Premiere or Final Cut Pro (for Macs), synchronize the song and the video together. Import the song you chose, and the video you recorded. Then drag the song to the 'Audio' section.
7. 7
   Add a title and credits to the end and there you go, an awesome music video!
8. 
   

Tips

• Always put the copyright somewhere to give credit to the artist and its year!
• For YouTube videos, you need to put the credits in the Additional Details area, or your music may be muted or your video removed due to copyright infringement!!
• Make sure the video camera is not facing the sun, facing a video camera, or any camera for that matter; the sun can greatly damage the internal image capturing hardware.
• A very good strategy to video making is to make 3 completely different videos and mix clips in different places.

Things You'll Need

• Video/digital camera
• Song
• Stereo
• good director/tech producer
• Computer
• Editing software like Windows Movie Maker (PC), iMovie or Final Cut Pro (for Macs), or Sony Vegas for both OS.
• A YouTube account if you are uploading the video.

Mood Board - Lilygreen & Maguire

Independent Research - Moodboards

I have been looking at different moodboards online to try and get an idea of how I can create a good quality, media rich moodboard for the artists Lilygreen & Maguire.


I found http://olioboard.com/, a website which you can use to create moodboards. The website features lots of different moodboards, submitted by the public, and you can enter competitions on the website and win prizes.

Here I was uploading pictures to my account on Olioboard to place on my moodboard.

However, I soon found that Olioboard is not my friend, and it wouldn't upload my pictures into my library, so I started to look for a different website.

I then found MoodShare, another website that allows you to place images together and create your own moodboard.


Once I had collected all the pictures and placed them together, I tried to find an embed code for my new moodboard, but couldn't...

so instead I took a print screen and chopped it down!

My finished moodboard can be seen here.

How Your Advanced Portfolio Is Marked

Mr Henton has spoiled us yet again and has made a very informative post on how our work is going to be marked.

You can access the post by clicking here.

Independent Research - What makes a music video memorable?

I have thought back to some music videos that I clearly remember from when I was growing up, as this is the time I watched music channels on TV the most. I don't watch music channels any more as I have other ways of getting access to music, and I don't really like the music that is in the charts nowadays. By thinking back to the videos that I personally remember, I can find out what it is that makes music videos memorable and hopefully then, what will help me to make a good quality, memorable music video.


One of the main factors of music videos that makes them memorable is sex / sex appeal. This is used a lot in music videos today. 
The first video that came to mind was the video to Alex Gaudino's "Destination Calibria", seen below. 





Personally I believe that this video is too explicit to be shown on television, I can't remember how old I was when I first saw this video but I remember being told to change the channel! 
However, it is cleverly done, as the level of explicit material shown worked as a shock factor, which is what made me remember the video. 


In a similar way, another video that was memorable to me due to a sexual nature is the video to Benny Banassi's "Satisfaction".




Benny Benassi - Satisfaction from Luxo on Vimeo.




This video is also very explicit and equally as shocking as the first video I mentioned, again I believe this is why the video was memorable.
So it seems that the reason that we remember videos with high/explicit sexual content is because it shocks us - whatever age we are - watching the videos back again disgusted me, but I know that if someone were to sing the tune of either song to me, I would instantly remember the video.


Simple videos can also be memorable. For example, the music video to "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve shows a man walking down a street, being bumped and bashed by various people. That is pretty much all that happens in the video, seen below.



The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony from liamliu on Vimeo.



I have read an interesting article on Five of the Most Memorable Music Videos, which you can read here. The writer talks about what happens in the videos that makes them memorable.