To the people who think they'll fail: They cannot mark more than Grade 9. This song here is professional level, and while that's very good for them, that doesn't mean you will. The fact is - you are 16. Nobody expects every student to be immensely talented as the videos here. Don't worry. i'll lower the grade boundaries for you😆
Holy shit this is smooth I got 28/30 for my free composition, but the organisation of it wasn't anywhere near as good as this And I also have the feeling you took some inspiration from Misch 🦝
i remember watching this in year 9 after choosing music desperately wanting to get a 9, i can now proudly say im in year 11 and i got a 9 for both composition and performance😌
same to all of this!!!! i got my scores for them earlier today, full marks on all of it & i'm still bouncing off the walls with pride over it bc i put my blood sweat and tears into that shit :')) well done, fellow grade 9 music student, we've accomplished something really really cool
@@imnotokayipromise5940 so proud!! yessss i remember sitting in the music room wanting to cry while producing my compositions but i made it and the hard work paid off😌 and yes im also choosing music for my alevels i wanna do music for my future career hopefully:D
@@milktaejams1889 literally same again to all of that oh my god😭😭 you're so real for that tbh i hope it all goes well for you :)) would like to add another question -- are you going for a career as, like, a pop/rock musician or like a film composer kinda thing..? personally i'm going down the rock band route 🔥
hii i have a question, im doing aqa music did you do a solo performance & do u have any advice on things to do for a solo performance? im doing piano lessons but honestly im not graded and i have like no idea what to do for a solo performance 😭😭
@@imnotokayipromise5940 im so so sorry I've replied 3 months late😭🙏 but i actually wanna teach music, i feel happy seeing ppl talented at what they do, so by developing my own skills i can help others develop theirs:)
Bro I just looked up GCSE composition since I’m doing mine this year and this is exactly what I was looking for to show me it’s possible to make enjoyable music and still do well 💀 this is sick bro I’m gonna check out some of your other stuff
This is so so good omg! Has a similar kind of vibe to Conan Gray in that it's "relaxed" (definitely not explaining it well lol) but yeah this is insane
Same boat as you, teachers gave me a 9/ a** for compositions. Now just waiting for official mark. We weren’t allowed to upload them until after results though??
Wow! I'm a year nine student and I cam play the piano (currently doing grade 3) and I'm gonna do music as a gcse. I'm impressed! No wonder you got a 9! This inspired me alot, I hope you have a wonderful music journey in you future if thar makes any sense lol. Keep it up and have a great day!
I Did not expect that transition form the intro to the vocals?!? I just finished my composition and I done really since I also got a 9 in my composition but hearing yours Omgggg it’s so nice ;) and I also have my writen exam tmrw too 😅
dw it'll come :) i was getting grade 6 tops in year 10 but my finale was grade 9. just listen to A LOT of music in genres that interest you and develop an understanding of musical ideas through that. My finale was a musical theatre piece (for one) and i listened to musical theatre relentlessly in that time. i'm not a keyboard player but i did it all on a midi keyboard just from knowing how notes work and setting boundaries like knowing the key really well. and hey you don't need to be amazing at comp if you can perform and write well. i promise you you don't ave to panic yet :)
Miss Alan thank you for the advice, slowly moving to year 11 now and Mocks are coming up. Hopefully I can put this advice to work but thanks for the advice anyway.😁
bravo. really nice comp. i got full marks in my comp too this year but mines nowhere near as refined as yours and i never even finished the lyrics or recorded any vocals, or even mastered and produced it. love this.
I wish you could have uploaded this a year earlier so I could have used this as my inspiration. Well its too late and written exam is tmr so good luck everyone
I feel like if I was given some free reign with my piece instead of my teacher being a bloody control freak I might have gotten a better grade (I got a 5 lmao) Like I released a full EP which was a whole lot better than my GCSE piece and I had half the equipment phahaha.
Hey, that was great im in year 9 and im considering music as a GCSE option. 1 question though, are you allowed to use pre recorded pieces on the software in your composition and can you record yourself playing your instrument and stick it on the track? Thanks
I've not long handed mine in, I wasn't allowed any pre-recorded work because it counted a plagiarism (not your own work), we even had to make our own lyrics and couldn't even use a random template!
This is crazy good! Also makes me wonder why I’m doing a degree in music, when I was 16 I couldn’t make something like this! This is like degree level shit 😭❤️
I start by listening to other songs and imagining what style I want to write in. For this I was inspired by Tom Misch, and wanted to write a pop song. I then chose my tempo, key and time sig and thought of an initial chord progression. I then thought of a melody and some lyrics to fit that melody. The rest came quite naturally. Also make sure your chorus contrasts the verse and contains a catchy melody to distinguish it from the rest of the song. Also, if you're really struggling for ideas, find a key and look at all the chords in it. Play around until you find a progression that you like. And then for the chorus, the simplest way to create contrast is to move to the relative minor (or major if verse is in a minor key) and switch up the drum beat (for a pop song). That's what I've done here. Hope that helps
The guitar & bass are both real instruments just because it's pretty much impossible to replicate them well digitally. But the drums, keyboard and organ are all recorded using a MIDI keyboard as it's an easy way to get pretty realistic sounding recordings.
Im currently doing my gcse composition and have restarted like 3 times i need help I am definately gonna fail my whole gcse. Definately gonna take inspiration from this peice tho its banging :)
J'adore le calme de cette compo :) Cela fait très chill, apaisant... Petit aspect négatif, on entend presque pas tous les petits détails musicaux... Il faudrait juste rehausser un peu l'intensité.
None of the tracks are pre-recorded. If you mean the green ones, that's just because it's a default garageband sound - but the actual parts were written and recorded by me using MIDI keyboard
How can you make a composition like this? So unfair, not because it is good which it is though, but because at my school we have to use Sibelius! So unfair! I still got full marks so it's fine but nice tune by the way, really vibin'
Hey!! This piece is amazing! I have my igcse music exam this oct/nov series😭. I have no idea abt what to do for my composition. Can you plz tell me any app I can use. Btw can I use launch pads?😂 or you know the mix pads from band lab or something like that
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this just screamed “you will fail music” at me in so many ways
it's not looking good
same
But they got a grade 9 soooo how
@@tpzz6369 they talking abt themselves
You won’t, we got this 😫
To the people who think they'll fail: They cannot mark more than Grade 9. This song here is professional level, and while that's very good for them, that doesn't mean you will.
The fact is - you are 16. Nobody expects every student to be immensely talented as the videos here. Don't worry.
i'll lower the grade boundaries for you😆
Actually my school does options when we’re 14-15 🫢 (bit of a disadvantage imo 😭)
I literally got like 30 out of 72 lol helping the others XD
Holy shit this is smooth
I got 28/30 for my free composition, but the organisation of it wasn't anywhere near as good as this
And I also have the feeling you took some inspiration from Misch 🦝
haha yeah it was initially inspired by "lenny" by Stevie Ray Vaughan but it started to sound a lot more like "Movie" by Tom Misch lol
and thank you :)
@@josephyarde-buller3587 same
bro its the night before mine is due i think im gonan start again
@@miniganguly6072 ur so real for this litch what i would do
Absolutely love it for someone who is currently doing GCSE music I’m almost jealous by how good this is
i remember watching this in year 9 after choosing music desperately wanting to get a 9, i can now proudly say im in year 11 and i got a 9 for both composition and performance😌
same to all of this!!!! i got my scores for them earlier today, full marks on all of it & i'm still bouncing off the walls with pride over it bc i put my blood sweat and tears into that shit :')) well done, fellow grade 9 music student, we've accomplished something really really cool
@@imnotokayipromise5940 so proud!! yessss i remember sitting in the music room wanting to cry while producing my compositions but i made it and the hard work paid off😌 and yes im also choosing music for my alevels i wanna do music for my future career hopefully:D
@@milktaejams1889 literally same again to all of that oh my god😭😭 you're so real for that tbh i hope it all goes well for you :))
would like to add another question -- are you going for a career as, like, a pop/rock musician or like a film composer kinda thing..? personally i'm going down the rock band route 🔥
hii i have a question, im doing aqa music did you do a solo performance & do u have any advice on things to do for a solo performance? im doing piano lessons but honestly im not graded and i have like no idea what to do for a solo performance 😭😭
@@imnotokayipromise5940 im so so sorry I've replied 3 months late😭🙏 but i actually wanna teach music, i feel happy seeing ppl talented at what they do, so by developing my own skills i can help others develop theirs:)
This is on an entirely new level! The production is amazing; I could only dream to make something like this for GCSE
Bro I just looked up GCSE composition since I’m doing mine this year and this is exactly what I was looking for to show me it’s possible to make enjoyable music and still do well 💀 this is sick bro I’m gonna check out some of your other stuff
no way, im doing gcse music this year too- which exam board do you do?
@@axolotl3938 edexcel you?
This is so so good omg! Has a similar kind of vibe to Conan Gray in that it's "relaxed" (definitely not explaining it well lol) but yeah this is insane
i agree,, and conan is great
I saw him two weeks ago
oh my god. i love this. is this on spotify? the music is AMAZING and her voice suits it so much aswell!!!! it really put me in my feels
Thank you very much!! Sorry it's not on Spotify.
Same boat as you, teachers gave me a 9/ a** for compositions. Now just waiting for official mark.
We weren’t allowed to upload them until after results though??
after they've sent the sample to the exam board you can do what you what with them because it's been graded and it won't effect the grade
I would listen to this on spotify!!
Wow! I'm a year nine student and I cam play the piano (currently doing grade 3) and I'm gonna do music as a gcse. I'm impressed! No wonder you got a 9! This inspired me alot, I hope you have a wonderful music journey in you future if thar makes any sense lol. Keep it up and have a great day!
a fellow blink??? i’m in year 9 and taking grade 3 piano too lmaoo, ig we’re twins
sounds so good like a tom misch track
best compliment i could get! :)
It sounds very similar to Tick Tock by Tom misch
I’m currently in the process of making my first comp for gcse. This is class. Congrats
I Did not expect that transition form the intro to the vocals?!? I just finished my composition and I done really since I also got a 9 in my composition but hearing yours Omgggg it’s so nice ;) and I also have my writen exam tmrw too 😅
This is lovely, really authentic sounding
Bass is such a good instrument
But how? I’m in year 10 and I need advice on how to make a good composition. Please help.
Im not an expert but don't aim for perfection, just record every idea you have, and somehow you'll be able to make something from it
dw it'll come :) i was getting grade 6 tops in year 10 but my finale was grade 9. just listen to A LOT of music in genres that interest you and develop an understanding of musical ideas through that. My finale was a musical theatre piece (for one) and i listened to musical theatre relentlessly in that time. i'm not a keyboard player but i did it all on a midi keyboard just from knowing how notes work and setting boundaries like knowing the key really well. and hey you don't need to be amazing at comp if you can perform and write well. i promise you you don't ave to panic yet :)
Miss Alan thank you for the advice, slowly moving to year 11 now and Mocks are coming up. Hopefully I can put this advice to work but thanks for the advice anyway.😁
charliejoeralph thank you for the advice 🙏🏽
Gabriel Connell I’m in the same boat😂
bravo. really nice comp. i got full marks in my comp too this year but mines nowhere near as refined as yours and i never even finished the lyrics or recorded any vocals, or even mastered and produced it. love this.
This is so good so smooth my first comp is going awful but my second is at a grade 8 😭😭
I wish you could have uploaded this a year earlier so I could have used this as my inspiration. Well its too late and written exam is tmr so good luck everyone
how do you know that this is grade 9, if it is from 2019?
sounds really great nonetheless
well i don't know for sure yet because it hasn't been marked officially yet but my teachers gave it full marks :)
and thank you!
awesome @@charliejoeralph62 I'm in the same boat with my comp :)
Coursework is marked by the teacher and then the exam board moderates it.
this inspired and motivated me a lot for GCSE music! Tysm xx
I feel like if I was given some free reign with my piece instead of my teacher being a bloody control freak I might have gotten a better grade (I got a 5 lmao) Like I released a full EP which was a whole lot better than my GCSE piece and I had half the equipment phahaha.
whats ur ep called? i wanna stream
THIS IS AMAZING WHOA
u should release this on spotify or smth
this is amazing, also did u write the lyrics yourself?
Hey, that was great im in year 9 and im considering music as a GCSE option. 1 question though, are you allowed to use pre recorded pieces on the software in your composition and can you record yourself playing your instrument and stick it on the track? Thanks
You can :)
i was told you can't use these because it's technically not your original work so I'm not sure
It depends on the exam board but you can’t with mine, you can only record ur voice :)
@@willsudbury4681 they didn’t say anything about loops
I've not long handed mine in, I wasn't allowed any pre-recorded work because it counted a plagiarism (not your own work), we even had to make our own lyrics and couldn't even use a random template!
yoo this is something you should publish, im saving on my playlist!
Saw this two years ago and thought I was gonna get like 4 ish but got my results back for coursework and got all 9s
ME TOO BRO I WAS SO GASSED
This is crazy good! Also makes me wonder why I’m doing a degree in music, when I was 16 I couldn’t make something like this! This is like degree level shit 😭❤️
i could listen to this all day!!!! so good
Beautiful Bro !!! Congrats!!!
would love a project file of this so i could examiin it further. is that something you could do?
Just finished mine with 30/30 it’s rly nice but tbh this is so smooth I prefer it for sure
Early Pink Floyd vibe at the start
please can you give the chords for the piano please? i want to learn it
:)
You could’ve panned the audio to the left when the song says “my headphones broken, working on the left side” lmao😂 maybe that’s corny idk.
love it!!!!!
which software did you use?
Garageband
Is that GarageBand?
yup
Yes.
EDIT: no 🤷♀️🤔
edit 2: maybe
Currently in year 10 done my free one teacher said I should get 30/30, Clair de lune for solo piece should get 30/30. Just,looking around now lol.
Jesus how?
Quacker Games how what?
What, you’re taking the exam a year early?
Ofunne no
bro how tf did you write this, I'm in y11 and I can't even get the intro right and I play piano?!?! 😭
I start by listening to other songs and imagining what style I want to write in. For this I was inspired by Tom Misch, and wanted to write a pop song. I then chose my tempo, key and time sig and thought of an initial chord progression. I then thought of a melody and some lyrics to fit that melody. The rest came quite naturally. Also make sure your chorus contrasts the verse and contains a catchy melody to distinguish it from the rest of the song.
Also, if you're really struggling for ideas, find a key and look at all the chords in it. Play around until you find a progression that you like. And then for the chorus, the simplest way to create contrast is to move to the relative minor (or major if verse is in a minor key) and switch up the drum beat (for a pop song). That's what I've done here. Hope that helps
To make this did u plug instruments in or use a keyboard to replicate them. I’m just starting gcse music and could use a little help
The guitar & bass are both real instruments just because it's pretty much impossible to replicate them well digitally. But the drums, keyboard and organ are all recorded using a MIDI keyboard as it's an easy way to get pretty realistic sounding recordings.
charliejoeralph I’m impressed u managed to replicate the drums so well on a keyboard
i’m stressing about mine 😭 i’m tryna get ideas
Hey! That was great! Seriously! Btw I wanted to if I am allowed to make music from launch pads for my 2nd composition (IGCSE)
Thank you! I'm not sure what softwares you are allowed to use. maybe ask your teacher
please tell me u picked a level music
This is my fav 🤙
give me a shoutout then ;)
charliejoeralph I'll use it in a montage ecks dee
I did hardcore UK drill. Didn't go down well.
Did you do that guitar solo on an actual guitar by yourself too??? Damn
R you the one singing.? And for the composition task are you allowed to get other people to sing.?
Lovely song!
silently look at the composition im about to submit
Omg this is actually amazing 😂
Why did I pick this damn subject omg😭😭😭
REALLL and everyone is like perfectly naturally talented im just here tryna work out what notes are in a Amaj chord
Were you allowed to use pre-made loops from GarageBand for the composition?
Probably not
that is smooothhh well done man
Yeah I’m just not getting a distinction
What app are you using. I am doing gcse music and want a bit of practise composing before I do the actual test
Looks like Garageband
@@youngbutretro4228 it’s not
Logic Pro x
@@saintproduction348 she says its garage band
Did you have to transcribe this or just send the audio?
Did you record each element of this song by yourself?
all apart from the vocals
that guitar solo is fire
Is it you singing ????? This is insane
*cries in old school software*
What key is this in? Also did you start by writing a chord progression or bass line?
sounds like c# minor
The verses are in E major and then the choruses are in C# minor (the relative minor)
charliejoeralph thanks. I’m starting my free comp and I need inspiration
Im currently doing my gcse composition and have restarted like 3 times i need help I am definately gonna fail my whole gcse. Definately gonna take inspiration from this peice tho its banging :)
I kinda sounded like stigma by v from BTS . But it’s really good 👍
do you HAVE to sing in your composition?
No unless it specifies but this is a free composition so no
Did you use loops?
did you have to do sheet music for this on sibelius??
If it's in a pop style like this, a lead sheet would probably be sufficient
J'adore le calme de cette compo :) Cela fait très chill, apaisant...
Petit aspect négatif, on entend presque pas tous les petits détails musicaux... Il faudrait juste rehausser un peu l'intensité.
je vous remercie pour vos aimables paroles
for our gcse we have to use midi only
This is amazing omg
lmao the tracks are labeled so neatly, i just have shit like 'guiatr 2'
what software u use?
garageband
@@charliejoeralph62 it’s logic isn’t it?
This is a great composition but hasn’t told me if mine will do well because it is a _completely_ different genre! 😂
i got full marks too bro good job
what software did you use?
that's logic pro x
Ohhh ok
In school we use Sibelius
@@Leah_music i used cubase at school but i do production at home as a hobby and i use logic for that. What did u get for ur comp score?
Well I’m only in y10 so we are still doing our third comp but in the 1st I got 18/30 am in the 2nd I got 22/30
Is this your freecomp or is this for a brief?
Free comp
this isnt a grade 9 as you have logic pre-recorded tracks so the marks wont count as its not your work maybe 15/30 marks max
exactly what I was thinking 😂😂
None of the tracks are pre-recorded. If you mean the green ones, that's just because it's a default garageband sound - but the actual parts were written and recorded by me using MIDI keyboard
ssssssalt
that bassline is stanky as fuck love it
I’m a year 8 wanting to go into music, do you have to sing?
Nope
you can do an instrumental but if you're a singer your teacher will most likely to push you to sing in the composition
What they said^^ Singing isn't necesarry if you can show compositional skills on an instrument
How did u get the countdown ?
Sampled from a song (can't remember what song)
please help me I’m gonna fail my gcse music I’ve been out of school for a year if anyone has any tips please help me much appreciated
Did you have to make this into a score?
Nope, just a lead sheet (Chords & Melody line)
did u write the lyrics?
How did you write the chord sequence?
It's quite simple really - verse diatonic to Emaj, chorus in relative minor. I just played what felt right
omg i’m cooked i’m not passing
I don’t do so well in composition, I’m in y11 and I usually get a 9 for performance, I could use some help on this type of stuff 😂
How can you make a composition like this? So unfair, not because it is good which it is though, but because at my school we have to use Sibelius! So unfair! I still got full marks so it's fine but nice tune by the way, really vibin'
why is it over 4 minutes long
Mine was nowhere near this but i still somehow got 29/30 i feel if you add some guitar and just vary the texture the marks just get bumped up
lowwwkey gives me steven universe / adventure time vibes
omg this is like the soong till it happens to you by Corinne Bailey Rae.
i got choosen to do music gcse and to this day i still do not like it as much as i love listening to music it just isnt for me.
don't get me wrong this is really good, but a 9?
Why wouldn’t it be?
Who’s that singing?
came looking for inspo leaving in i'll never get a 9
How did you get away with putting fleshlight in your song lol
Flashlight!!! Dirty mind eh? 😆
Hey!! This piece is amazing! I have my igcse music exam this oct/nov series😭. I have no idea abt what to do for my composition. Can you plz tell me any app I can use. Btw can I use launch pads?😂 or you know the mix pads from band lab or something like that
As long as you're displaying your compositional skills then any software would be fine. I used garageband but launchpads would work
im a guitarist but suddenly im siding with bass
Just wow