Blog 4

I was perusing through people's blogs and came across
Alexandra Welches's

What caught my attention was the filter sweep on the bass synth line and the squeaky lead line. It is very playful and fun. The drums were simple with a 3 kicks on the beat and then the 4th syncopated with a snare on 2 and 4. The piece continually progresses with each repetition. The synth bass drops out and a soft synth pad comes in. A quieter more complicated kick drum accompanies the first with hi-hats coming in as well. Following another repetition, the hi hats drop out and a new lead line enters. Next repetition the hi hats comes back with a new synth pad. Eventually everything drops except the lead line and a new voice sounding synth pad. Then everything comes back accompanied by the synth bass with the filter. It ends on a deep chord on the voice sounding synth.

These changes occurred with each repetition of the lead line, so it feels like it is constantly moving forward. She played around with dynamics by dropping parts of the drums while maintaining a lead line with pads. It is obvious Alexandra put a lot of effort in to this project.