Music Club is THE place to discuss the hottest, freshest new tunes! That is, if you havesomething to play them on.
Time to break out the mini spaceships - er 鈥 records!
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY - MARTIN is listening to a record sitting on the desk. It is the classical piece: Peer Gynt - Morning. He is lost in thought.
EXTERIOR FIELD - DAY - Martin is imagining himself in a field on a lovely summer day. He begins to dance around the field. He turns again and again until suddenly CARA is standing in front of him.
CARA: MARTIN!
Record scratch.
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY - Martin is startled by Cara.
MARTIN: Cara! I didn鈥檛 hear you come in. I was lost in this music, it鈥檚 so relaxing! At least it was until you came in.
CARA: Shouldn鈥檛 you be setting up for the new video?
MARTIN: Video?
CARA: The Music club video?
MARTIN: Music club video?
CARA: Where we talk about new songs and say what we like or don鈥檛 like about them?
MARTIN: (lying) Right, right yeah I remember.
CARA: You get set up and I鈥檒l get ready for the video.
MARTIN: Ok.
Cara leaves. Martin turns on his music again and gets lost in the music.
CARA (OFF STAGE): Martin!
TITLE SEQUENCE.
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY
CARA: Hi guys! Cara here along with my musical Martian鈥
Martin looks off in the distance, after a second Cara looks at him and nudges him.
MARTIN: What?
CARA: Say your name!
MARTIN: Whjinsoidnfsodfn
CARA: Not that one, the other one!
MARTIN: Martin?!
CARA: That鈥檚 right guys, and we鈥檙e here to bring you this week鈥檚 most on fire tracks! So let鈥檚 not waste any more time, talking, Martin?
Martin is lost again.
MARTIN: Huh?
CARA: Play. The. Track.
MARTIN: Of course! With what?
CARA: You didn鈥檛 bring the speakers?!
INTERIOR STUDIO - YESTERDAY - Martin is leaving the studio.
CARA (OFF STAGE): Martin don鈥檛 forget the speakers tomorrow!
MARTIN: Forget the speakers. Got it.
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY
CARA: What about your phone, we can play it off that?
INTERIOR STUDIO - YESTERDAY - Martin is leaving the house.
CARA (OFF STAGE): Martin don鈥檛 forget your phone tomorrow either!
MARTIN: Forget my phone. Got it.
INTERIOR STUDIO
MARTIN: Can鈥檛 we use your phone?
CARA: No Martin, we can鈥檛! Because some extra terrestrial troublemaker decided to test the warranty on it!
INTERIOR ROOM - DAY - Martin is taking a hammer to Cara鈥檚 phone.
MARTIN: Unbreakable my foot!
INTERIOR STUDIO
CARA: Martin you:-
MARTIN: Cara! Just before you continue I think I have to warn you. We鈥檙e still recording.
CARA: Arrrrgh! Cut!
Cara turns the camera off.
CARA: Well this week鈥檚 video is like my phone. Completely ruined.
MARTIN: I kinda feel that was aimed at me.
CARA: What are we gonna do now?!
Martin eyes up the record player.
MARTIN: Wait a minute! The records.
Martin opens his briefcase and grabs a large stack of old 7 inch singles.
CARA: No Martin, that鈥檚 old music. Nobody is listening to that these days. We鈥檙e not putting that on at music club.
MARTIN: Well why don鈥檛 we try one first before we dismiss it. You know that old saying, never judge a book by it鈥檚 words.
CARA: It鈥檚 never judge a book by it鈥檚 cover!
MARTIN: Oh! I鈥檝e been doing it wrong all these years.
Martin takes the first record and puts it on the record player. It鈥檚 on the wrong speed and is very slow.
CARA: It鈥檚 a bit slow.
MARTIN: It could just be the intro.
The singing comes in, it鈥檚 super slow.
CARA: I think your record player might be broken.
MARTIN: (in slow motion) Let me have a look.
Martin switches a button on the record player and it plays as normal.
CARA: Oh yes! Rock! I love this music. Listen to that guitar!
Martin covers his ears.
MARTIN: Turn it off, it鈥檚 killing me, it鈥檚 killing me!
CARA: Drum solo!
Cara air drums along to the drum solo. A record scratch, the music stops.
CARA: Whoa, what happened.
MARTIN: That鈥檚 quite enough of that weapons grade noise.
CARA: So now we鈥檝e had a sample of it, let鈥檚 vote on it. How would you describe it? For me it was ROCKING. Fast and loud with guitars and drums, AND a really great solo that was high up.
Cara does air guitar.
MARTIN: I think it sounded like something I would use on my enemies. 1.5 stars.
Martin holds up a card with 1 1/2 stars on it.
CARA: Are you cray?! That was 8 out of 10. Easy.
Cara holds up a card with 8 vegetables on it.
MARTIN: Ok my turn now.
Martin flicks through the records.
MARTIN: Ah yes, perfect.
Martin puts The Blue Danube Waltz on the record player.
MARTIN: Annnnd relax.
Martin is now wearing a tuxedo, he waltzes around the room.
CARA: Nooooope, no, no, no, no no, N to the O. NO! This stinks!
MARTIN: Hey, I wasn鈥檛 rude about your tune.
CARA: Yes you were!
MARTIN: That鈥檚 ancient history!
CARA: So is this!
MARTIN: Listen to the orchestra! The instruments! The strings! The violin! The low cello! It just makes you want to dance! LikeCinderella.
Martin picks up a stool and waltzes. Cara turns the record off.
MARTIN: Let鈥檚 vote. 9 out of 10.
CARA: 8 out of 10 for me.
MARTIN: Really?
CARA: MINUS 8 out of 10.
MARTIN: Har-de-har-har. We are never going to agree on a song.
CARA: Well what鈥檚 left?
Cara picks up another record and puts it on. There are male and female vocals on it. The production is modern but a bit 80鈥檚. The song is talking about two friends - they鈥檙e strange friends, an odd couple, but great friends. The pair nod along to it.
MARTIN: I like the male singer.
CARA: I like the keyboards.
MARTIN: Actually, the female singer is even better.
CARA: Listen to the beat!
Cara taps a 4-4 beat along to the song.
CARA: Ok, let鈥檚 score at the same time. 3鈥2鈥1!
They both hold up 10s.
CARA: We鈥檝e got our song!
INTERIOR STUDIO - DAY
CARA: Hi guys! Your musical sherpas are back with our music club and today we want to play you a song that really speaks to both of us.
MARTIN: Even with our differences!
CARA: We鈥檝e gone old school today. Phones out the window.
MARTIN: Oh, that gives me an idea!
CARA: No it doesn鈥檛! We鈥檝e gone deep into the music vault and we鈥檙e going to play a 鈥榬ecord鈥!
Martin holds up a record.
MARTIN: I know what you鈥檙e thinking. This spaceship actually plays music?! Well have a listen!
Martin puts the record on.
CARA: What do you love about the song?
MARTIN: Well, I love both voices. I love the tempo and I love the little hook they keep singing. It鈥檚 so catchy. What about you?
CARA: I love the keyboards, and the tempo! Not too fast, not too slow. I love the high notes on the keyboard and the low notes on the bass. Also, I love the arrangement of all the instruments together behind the singing.
MARTIN: And that鈥檚 why鈥
CARA: It鈥檚 Cara and Martin鈥檚鈥
CARA AND MARTIN: Song of the week!
The both hold up 10 cards.
CARA: See you all next week!
Martin and Cara wave to the camera. A beat.
CARA: You can turn the camera off now Martin.
Martin looks at the camera, he nervously laughs.
CARA: What?
MARTIN: I forgot to hit record.
EXTERIOR OUTER SPACE
CARA (OFF STAGE): MAAAAAAAAAAAARTIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!
THE END.
Musical Features
Music is made of lots of different elements that make up how it sounds.
These features can be described using key words like loud and quiet, high and low, fast andslow, long and short.
We can use these words and many more to describe the elements of a piece ofmusic.
More ways of describing music
The vocal line - How many singers are there? Are they male or female?
The backing or accompaniment - What instruments are there? What type of ensemble is it? (Arock band, a brass ensemble, a piano and violin?) Do any instruments play a solo?
The lyrics - Are there lyrics? Is there a hook (a repeated lyrics line)? Do the lyrics rhyme?
The texture - Is the texture of the music thick (many instruments and singers performing atonce), thin (only a few instruments and singers) or in between? Are there many layers ofsound? Are there many voices singing? Are there many instruments playing? Does the texturestay the same throughout?
The tempo - Is the music fast, slow or in between? Does the tempo change throughout thepiece? Does the music speed up or slow down?
The dynamics - Is the music loud, quiet or in between? Are the dynamics the same throughoutthe piece or do they vary?
The arrangement - Is the piece divided into sections? What are the differences betweensections? Which voices or instruments sing and play in each section? Do sections repeat?
Music Club
Why not start your very own music club?
Pick any song you like and listen to it. What do you like about it?
Is it fast or slow? Does it have loud sections, quiet sections or both? What instrumentsare being used? Is there a singer? What is the mood of the piece - how does it make you feel?Does the piece sound like it鈥檚 in a particular style?
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