Reborn - AlexGB231 (Revival Project) (preview)
Channel: AlexGB231
Date: 2023-01-09

Yes, this is an old song of mine, but no, you have most likely not heard this before unless you went to the same school as me and were in the same A-level music class as me. Well, even then, I don't know if you would've heard it or not, I'm pretty sure only a handful of people did hear it. I actually did get an A* on this composition alone, which was great, even though my overall A-level music grade was only an A. The overall grade probably could've been an A*, but I think the exam component dragged it down.

Anyway, yeah, I'm bringing it back. For me, the Revival Project is a re-imagining of any of my past works, publicised back then or not. It then serves as a good way of not only introducing newer viewers to my older songs, but also giving the old viewers something new alongside all the old as well, giving them a breath of fresh air from all the stuff that they've heard before.

Anyway, if you lot did AQA Music back in 2021, remember that one brief where it gave us some cheesy pop song lyrics to an F - Dm - Bb - C chord progression? (in its simplest form, though, there were some chord extensions that they imposed too) Yeah, that's the one I chose. How could I possibly resist writing cheesy music to cheesy lyrics? I took the song in my usual rock/synth style. I wanted to include a fun little arpeggio pattern to open it, as I do with a lot of my songs, admittedly. I remember when I first showed my work to my teacher in class, he really liked that synth arpeggio! It is pretty catchy. A lot of my work tends to start with an arpeggio pattern, and for good reason, they set up the song so well!

For the verses, I actually do slow down the harmonic rhythm from one bar per chord to two bars per chord. There is also a subtle piano part playing the arpeggio pattern if you listen closely! This then leads into a big dominant pedal for the pre-chorus, which was something that the brief seemed to want, and that leads back into the chorus with the fast harmonic rhythm again, as well as a bit of syncopation for extra energy.

It's also worth mentioning that this *is* also supposed to have vocals too, but I've proven by now that my singing voice just sucks. So, if any of you wants to help me out with that, please let me know!

And that's it. Full version hopefully coming soon, along with the rest of the Revival Project!