Portfolio (What I am singing now and What I want to sing in the future)

First tiers: Where are you at 

  1. Song Title: Adele-Remedy

Composer: Adele Adkins, Ryan Tedder, Produced by Universal Music Publishing Group

Date of Composition: 2015
Important performances

  • There is only an audio version of the song because she has never performed this song.

Stylistic Aspect of the piece

  • This is a Ballad song.
  • This song is written for the people who are looking for a “cure” for difficulties from life ex

The observation about techniques involved

  • The song is building up from softer to louder throughout the song. This creates an emotion for the audience when they listen to the song
  • The words sung in the song is well pronounced such as “cruel”, “pain”, “fool”.

2. Song Title: When We Were Young (Music Sheet)

Composer: Adele co-written with Tobias Jesso Jr., produced by Ariel Retchshaid.

Date of Composition: 2015
Important performances

  1. Adele, Nov 2015, Live at Church Studio
  2. Adele, Feb 2016 during BRIT Awards 2016

Stylistic Aspect of the piece

  • A ballad song
  • Adele had a lot of struggles writing this song because she was not confident about the material she has

Observation about techniques involved

  • There is a run in the chorus part so a good breath is needed before singing the chorus
  • The adlib part that after last pre-chorus is in a high vocal range.
  • The dynamic in the song is expressed differently in the verses, choruses, and bridge.

 

3. Song Title: All I Ask (Music Sheet)

Composer: Adele Adkins, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Christopher Brody Brown.

Date of Composition: November 2015

Important Performances

  1. Adele, Nov 17, 2015, “Adele Live in New York City” at Radio City Music Hall
  2. Adele, Jan 13, 2016, Late Late show With James Corden
  3. Adele, Feb 15, 2016, 58th Annual Grammy Awards

Stylistic Aspect of the piece

  • A ballad song
  • This song is about a moment as if it is the last and it is going to come to an end.

Observation about techniques involved

  • The vocal range is very wide in this song
  • The dynamic is building up from soft to strong from the verse to the chorus.

Second Tiers: Where would you like to be next year.

  1. Song Title: CREEP CHORDS by Radiohead @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com (Jazz Version/ Original Version by the Radiohead)

Composer: Radiohead, Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood.

Date of Composition: September 21, 1992

Important Performances

  1. Karen Souza (cover), Radial by the Orchard (2016)

Stylish Aspect of the piece

  • This song is originally a rock song but it is converted to become a cover song in a jazz style
  • The main instrument for the song is piano and it sounds very jazzy.

Technique involved

  • There is not that much technique in the song. It is just the expression of the singer. She is very calm when she sings the song
  • There is not a lot of dynamic in the song. The song is sung soft most of the time.

 

2. Song title: Shallow (Lady Gaga)

Composer: Lady Gaga, Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando, Mark Ronson.

Date of Composition: September 17, 2018

Important Performances

  1. This song has not yet performed live before but it was sung by Lady Gaga and Bradley Copper in the movie “A Star Is Born”

Stylish Aspect of the piece

  • A slow-burning ballad

Technique involved

  • The harmonize between the singers blend very well together
  • The chorus is always forte and the other parts are softer
  • The song is singing in a legato style.

Third Tier: Where you would like to be in two years

  1. Song Title: Natural Woman

Composer: Carole King and Gerry Goffin, with input from Jerry Wexler.

Date of Composition: September 1967

Important Performances:

  1. Aretha Franklin, 1967
  2. Aretha Franklin, October 30, 2015 during Kennedy Center Honor 2015

Stylistic aspects of the piece

Observations about technique are involved

  • The dynamic is expressed in a certain words of the song. For example, the singing is soft for the word “natural woman”. The singing is strong when for the phrase “Make me so alive” with the happy tone.
  • The expression is shown very well because the audience can feel every words that they are listening. It clearly shows that the singer is falling in love with her man.

2. Song title: This is Me by Keala Settle (Music Sheet)

Composer: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, produced by Greg Wells, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Date of Composition: 2017

Important Performances

  1. Keala Settle, Mar 5, 2018, Oscar 2018
  2. Keala Settle, Dec 24, 2017, Carols By Candle Light
  3. Kela Settle, Feb 21, 2018, The Graham Norton Show

Stylish Aspect of the piece

  • Pop Ballad Style
  • The soundtrack of the movie “The Greatest Showman”

Technique involved

  • Dynamic is well expressed. It was soft at the beginning of the song when the singer is trying to tell how sad she is when people look at her differently. Then it got stronger throughout the song when she is expressing that is who she is and nothing can bring her sown
  • Vocal Range is extremely wide in this song.