Extended project

Zachary Millward, Ryan Gault

Original song We originally decided that we wanted to

produce a song with a humorous twist, along the lines of Weird Al Yankovich.We researched into him and similar artists such as NicePeter’s Epic Rap Battles of History, and started Writing lyrics whilst thinking of what we could do for The soundtrack.

Stephen LynchWe changed our plan to a more upbeat happier idea of covering Stephen Lynch’s humorous songs ‘Special Ed’, ‘She Got A Smile’ and ‘Caught Me'. We started to learn the songs well and then it became tedious and reasonably dull.

Reverting back to our original idea, we decided to produce an original song with a humorous twist. The song’s lyrics were written by myself and The soundtrack created by Ryan to fit the lyrics And give a good beat to support the vocals.

Monday, 12 March 2012 we have reverted

back to our original idea in this late of a stage, and have decided to roll with the plan of creating an original piece of music, him writing the lyrics and me producing the

Monday, 19 March 2012The final decision for what we are

doing for the extended project is called the Royal Rap.

We're managing our use of time by working together with our ideas, contributing different creative musical attributes towards this project. We're going to finish off each piece, him with the lyrics and myself with the soundtrack to go with it. On Friday the 16th we will go and rehearse the entire thing together, fine tuning each part of the soundtrack if we are unhappy with it at any stage and making the lyrics fit nicely with it, again altering any parts of the lyrics if they don't quite sound right. Once everything is in order we will be ready to present on Tuesday the 20th.

The final decision for what we are doing for the

extended project is called the Royal Rap.

We're managing our use of time by working together with our ideas, contributing different creative musical attributes towards this project. We're going to finish off each piece, him with the lyrics and myself with the soundtrack to go with it. We will go and rehearse the entire thing together, fine tuning each part of the soundtrack if we are unhappy with it at any stage and making the lyrics fit nicely with it, again altering any parts of the lyrics if they don't quite sound right.

For the Royal Rap we will use a ZOOM H2 to record my

lyrics as a basis to look back on and improvise. For the soundtrack Ryan will use Acid Xpress 7, a musical program for creating songs with tracks from EMI. We will combine the two and playback, then do some editing to the soundtrack if need be and change some lyrics if need be.

We looked at other comical original songs popular on YouTube and decided to run with a fast paced type of lyrical pattern.We looked at some examples of NicePeter's Epic Rap Battles of History, some of Weird Al Yankovich, and other artists known for their parodies and original comical songs

We developed our idea through the want to make an original piece

of music, but also enjoy the process and have a good time with it. So, this resulted in the desire for a humorous song with musical capabilities tied in. Ryan and I have knowledge of performing and musical arts, so we used our abilities as an advantage for this project and this resulted in the Royal Rap. We developed the idea by discussing what we could work with, we agreed that I would write the lyrics and Ryan would make the soundtrack. After realising what we had to do, the choices of how to create a soundtrack to fit with the finished lyrics was tricky, we tried a large range of tracks from the EMI instruments to royalty free music online. After choosing what we wanted, I created a simple but effective beat to play for the song. Creating the entire track was tricky as there were many technical difficulties with the programs I was trying to use (Cubase and Acid Xpress).

Greetings subjects, I’m queen Lizzy Can’t chat for long as Cameron keeps me busy I stay at home I like to butter crumpets When I come to the theatre I expect the trumpets I hang with the commoners joke don’t be silly The next king is goanna be my grandson Willy Yes I am the monarchy they love the most Come to England I’m a gracious host As a queen paupers know that I’m the best Check out my crown and my double D breast If I’m down at the track and I see more horse get shredded I find the winning jockey and have his wife beheaded I don’t collect stamps they’re just shots of me I can print my own money at the mint for free I say British labour is what keeps us strong But check my kitchen staff they’re all Mexican Before I go to bed I enjoy a cup of tea But I’m up every hour as it makes me need a wee This is the end I can’t spit for long I’m off to rock Philip in my hot pink thong