Reflection: The Creation Process (The Beginning)

So far, the creation of our songs has been quite rough. We had quite a journey to come to this point, and we're not even done. Not even close. Don't forget, we have the dancing part still. I don't know how we're going to do it, but it's going to be finished one way or the other...

The Beginning

After we finished the chart  (This one - Roles Chart) we went off on our way to start these songs. Now I am only one person, and I can't see everything, so I'll tell this from my perspective.

The song that I worked on in this stage was Candy by Robbie Williams. I played that bass part that is ever so apparent at the beginning, and that was the only part I had for a while. Anyway, back to the song. For a while, we had the beginning nailed down, at least to the second chorus. After that, it kind of fell apart... Overall though, it was a good starting point to creating the arrangement. We probably should've at least tried to figure out that second half, but I think it'll end up just fine.

Greased Lightning I know nothing about, at least until we started to focus exclusively on that song.

The third song is Waving Flag, by K'naan. I know a bit more about. The song made some process, with the legato-style opening mostly done. The rest of the song would have to wait until later.

The Verdict

So, what do I think about the progress we made at the beginning. Frankly, it was pretty good, considering how much of a mess the process would become later as we focused on one individual song.

In my opinion, the progress we made was pretty good was because of the amount of effort put into the songs and how they later turned out. Candy had by far the most progress, but that's a given considering how simple the arrangement was. Greased Lightning would turn out to be one big mess to handle later on, and Waving Flag started well. (I have nothing about Waving Flag because we're only beginning to work on it.)

So that's a summary on the beginning of the creation process. There's a lot more to come, so stay tuned...