Forum week 10

This weeks forum started off with Fred May, who discussed the 'formula' for a successful hit song. He gave an example of one so called formula that he quickly dismissed as not being 'The One' and the went on to discuss some of the factors that he regards may be in this recipe. To a certain degree I agree that there are formula's that companies and others follow to produce a hit song, but I would rather suggest that these formula's can only maximise ones chances for success. Also whatever elements the formula had, these factors would need to be able to evolve, as new styles and trends occurred. The formula would also need to take in to account the fact that each new generation tends to rebel against the music of the previous generations.

Of the other presenters there was Nastasie Dragos who discussed that construction and deconstruction with in songs. His first example o0f techno music showed how adding new elements into the song created a new texture to the music.

The last presenter was Matt Mazzone who presented and discussed aspects of his work on a television commercial. Unfortunately there were problems with the hardware which I think threw his presentation out a bit. Regardless of this he discussed the elements that went in to constructing the music for the commercials.

[1]May, F. "Forum week 10", at University of Adelaide, 17/05/07
[2]Dragos, N. "Forum week 10", at University of Adelaide, 17/05/07
[3]Mazzone, M. "Forum week 10", at University of Adelaide, 17/05/07