Creating Own Song based on Meaning and Emotion Workshop

Upon being given the task to create a song based on the Meaning and Emotion workshop we started to write a serious song and something that we could all relate too. Therefore we started to develop the chorus about being a performer around a chorus that Amy had previously composed and decided that the genre would be Musical Theatre and like Glee and the upbeat tempo with the major key helps show this. However we then took how we were feeling that day which was quite annoyed and sassy and through me just playing through the chords developed lyrics over this. We created the relatable lyrics to connect with the audience, such as use of names, and a topic that we felt passion about so that we could express the emotion through the performance. The rap/speech was used to communicate this but to also keep the song musically engaged and using this alongside the pauses in the piano added comical effect. It was evident that this was successful from the audience's reaction as they understood the humour behind it and we got the desired reaction. To develop this piece further we could add extra harmonies especially due to there being three of us. We could also make the speech bit longer as this bit was very effective and there is a lot more that we would be able to passionately talk about. The final aspect that I could develop is the piano playing because this remained the same throughout the piece.

Our Song: https://www.facebook.com/groups/751682068277287/permalink/976401852471973/

Lyrics:

Monday morning 9am lectures, really get to me.
It's not just Monday infact it is any 9am start that makes me want to scream.
Shannon never brings her card, Yahya is always late,
Erin's never in because she's probably on some Tinder date.
I tell you what overwhelms me, that really pisses me off,
It's all the blogs, the essays, the deadlines, the people, the groupwork, the rehearsals, the tutorials not that I've ever had one.
The price of chicken Mayo sandwiches, the fact that I have to get the bus, Chevie and by the way Hayley we haven't done the reading, sorry we love you.

Breathe it in. Breathe it out.
Say the words and say them loud.
To the ones who always told us that we can't.
So come on, show them all,
Like a blazing star it is our turn,
Just forget what you've been told before,
Just smile and let your worries go away,
Today.

I'm always in, I'm always in, your never in it's always me.
I do my work, I do my work, I even wrote this song for Hayley.
And when I do my work, I always make sure it's on time.
Not like Yahya whose a skiver, and was late to his assessment. 

Break it down now.

We never have swivley chairs, no we only have the plastic ones,
Which really hurts her back and really pisses me off.
I can't even play the piano, because I don't even know the piano code.
God knows how we wrote this song, without a pissing piano what.
But hey ho it's still brilliant though, yeh this songs fab.
Abi when does it go back into the chorus? I don't know but I accidentally brought my kitten into uni yesterday.

Breathe it in. Breathe it out.
Say the words and say them loud.
To the ones who always told us that we can't.
So come on, show them all,
Like a blazing star it is our turn,
Just forget what you've been told before,
Just smile and let your worries go away,

Today.

REPEAT CHORUS