Saturday, 20 January 2024
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Artist Interview with conova
Band Name
Conova
What first got you into music ?
Family connections
Who Inspired you to create music ?
Originally it was my secondary school music teacher
What kind of music do you make?
Used to make classical but have now moved to more electronic
What is your creative process like?
Make an idea of piano, move it to logic and expand the idea out
Who would you most like to collaborate with?
JVKE
If you could go to an open show by any artist who would it be?
Jacob Collier
What is one message you would give to your fans ?
Thank you so much to you guys for all the support. It's been a real help as a new uni student to see that my work is being appreciated by friends, family and new people.
What is the most useless talent you have ?
I can wiggle just my left ear
Do you sing in the shower? which songs?
Phantom of the Opera really
What would you be doing now if it wasn't music
Either going into Law, History or Political science
Where have you performed ? Favourite? Worst? Do you have any gigs coming up?
My fav performance was playing in front of Prince William at Keswick with my old brass band. My worst performance was an open mic live night and could barely play a note 😂.
How do you feel the internet has changed music ?
Independent music ecosystems have been forced to merge into one mega pile of techniques and ideas.
What is your favourite song to perform?
As a teenager, I loved to play Chattanooga Choo Choo on the Cornet and it was my go to song.
what famous musicians do you admire ?
Ed Sheeran originally was inspiring for his journey but I admire the current fusion of classical and modern music that JVKE makes and the harmony that Jacob Collier brings forward.
whats the worst trouble you have been inthat your prepared to tell us about?
I did crash my car on my second day moving to uni
whats the best ever advice you have been given ?
If you think you're not doing well, just pretend that you are doing well. Soon you'll forget that you're pretending.
If you could change anything about the music industry what would it be ?
Making it more accessible and fair for everyone who is enthusiastic.
Whats next for you ?
Keep studying at university
Track link to latest music
Friday, 19 January 2024
Yorkshire Prestige awards
So I decided to enter this competition and blow me I won
https://prestigeawards.co.uk/awards/yorkshire-prestige-awards-2023-24/
Thursday, 18 January 2024
Student Side Hustle Awards
Thank you so much for being a client of mine / supporting Musical Artizan on our journey so far!
We're very excited to share that we're nominated for the Student Side Hustle Awards and if you could take a moment to vote for us, we'd love your support.
Your vote could win you a £600 holiday with spending money and help secure my business £2500 funding from the University of Law.
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Just go to the website, search "Musical Artizan" and follow the steps!
Thank you in advance for supporting my business
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Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Happiness by Conova
Music has always been a passion of mine, ever since I was a young kid. It's clear that it flows through my blood as most of my family is musically orientated. Ever since I can remember, I've always played an instrument but I was always interested in the actual process of making music. The pandemic really allowed me to hone in on my composition skills, which has now been forming into more production skills, ever since I started learning Music Technology and Composition at the University of Huddersfield.
The song was originally given as a task to complete in one of my modules but over time, I've really started to get attached to it. In the New Year, I promised that I would start uploading my music online, for everyone to listen to and see how my musical journey progresses. Even though this is a short piece (clocking in only 1:45), this has been a great example of how I've overcome the challenges of being "thrown in in the deep end" when using a DAW like Logic. I hope that everyone who listens to this song enjoys it, as I have enjoyed making it.
The song was originally given as a task to complete in one of my modules but over time, I've really started to get attached to it. In the New Year, I promised that I would start uploading my music online, for everyone to listen to and see how my musical journey progresses. Even though this is a short piece (clocking in only 1:45), this has been a great example of how I've overcome the challenges of being "thrown in in the deep end" when using a DAW like Logic. I hope that everyone who listens to this song enjoys it, as I have enjoyed making it.
Fanlink here
Friday, 12 January 2024
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Spotify's new payment scheme
Well, my music career has come to an end with Spotify's New royalty payment scheme Stating that songs need 1000 streams a year in order to qualify for payment. Not one single track of mine gets more than 1000 streams per year indeed only about 20 of my songs across the whole of my business enterprise have got more than 1000 streams since 2015. So thank you very much Spotify you have just ended the career of an artist who is number one in his County, in the top 30 in his country and higher than 400 globally.
Well thanks a lot I wish you well in your greed and avarice in keeping money that previously came to me in your coffers
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Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Musical Artizan In Concert
There two songs here the first is makes use of the Prometheus scale and the seconf makes use of the Hirajoshi Scale
So whats the Story on how I produced one of my latest songs "The Eruption"
So what is the first step in producing a work of art.
Theory, Theory, Theory,
I can't express enough the need to learn music theory if you want to become a composer/producer
For this work I chose to work in the Hirajoshi scale
These notes would be used in various octaves on various instruments.
For this work I chose to work with Percussion from the Americas, i.e indigenous instruments to both America and mainly Brazil or Peru.
I chose Bongos, Handclap, Congas and the Iya ( a native drum)
To get around the fact that noteperformer does not work with rewire I exported the audio from Sibelius to Protools. I created a file in Protools set the metronome on 100 BPM and imported the audio.
I decided to add a more western drum loop.
So now we have a basic mix we need to set the volumes and make use of the space ie panning left and right.
I now need to record the lead part. For this I chose the Native American Flute in Am.
Having recorded the part. I added some reverb, not forgetting to increase the pitch by 32 cents
This is to increase the frequency from 432hz to 440hz.
So what does my master piece sound like?
Well you can listen here!
Let me know in the comments what your thoughs are!
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