PMR PORTFOLIO

INTRODUCTION

This portfolio documents the creative development and exploration of professional techniques involved in writing, recording and releasing my debut single, “Uh Oh”. From the song’s initial development and collaborative decisions made during the recording process, to the branding, release strategy, and outcomes, this portfolio showcases how I produced the key assets required for a professional music release. A link is provided to access my press release below.

Press Release

Development

After careful consideration about how I plan on advancing as a solo artist, I decided to focus on the wrong I wrote in response to brief 3.

This brief required us to pick our favourite commercial artist and write a pop song that would fit their style.

As a huge fan of CMAT, I decided to seek inspiration from her music.

I already had the initial idea for Uh Oh, with the BVs in the first verse, and chose to develop this further.

My typical writing style doesn't neccesarily fit into this commerical pop world, so my goal was create a track that had a catchy hook and sing-along chorus.

Revising and Rewriting

When writing the song in the songwriting workshop, I structured it as A B A C D A C D.

I battled with the idea of adding in a middle 8, as I felt the song needed an extra section. Again, I wanted to keep the song familiar and sing-alongy, therefore I added in a repeated middle 8 section with the familiar chord pattern and lyrics, layering up some harmonies before going back into a final chorus.

Production and Collaboration

When thinking about production references, I keep circling back to "When a good man cries" by CMAT. The acoustic guitar and strings part really stood out for me and I wanted to encapsulate that in this track. The track was written on piano within the workshop, but after coming home and playing it on guitar alongside my friend on violin, I felt that was the foundation for the production process.

I brought in Paul Leslie and Liam Docherty to help with the production process. We recorded the instrumental parts together and I recorded the vocals seperately.