Genre change. (electronic, hip-hop, indie, instrumental, jazz)

littleknowitall · 01-09-2007, 06:20 PM

I got an assignment coming up in the next year for my music tech course which basically is to pick a song, change it's genre completely along with 3 instruments in the song and record it, any suggestions? ideas as to any interesting songs that could be given an interesting genre change?

swim · 01-09-2007, 06:32 PM

Pete Seeger- Shenandoah
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5NT9USPL
Turn it into a punk song.

cardboard adolescent · 01-09-2007, 06:33 PM

Maybe a song off of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, all those songs seem pretty dark to me and could afford a genre reenvisioning. Then there's the obvious funny ones, a Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears song or something like that. I could think of a few hip-hop songs, NWA's **** the Police springs to mind, maybe a Frank Zappa song like Trouble Every Day, or a punk song, such as Anarchy in the UK or I think Blitzkrieg Bop could make a good industrial song.

It could also be interesting to take a new wave, electronica, or prog song with heavy synthesizer and replace the synths with guitars and such and give it a more organic feel.

boo boo · 01-09-2007, 06:59 PM

Black Flag - Damaged I

Turn it into a prog song, now THATS a challenge for you.

littleknowitall · 01-09-2007, 07:26 PM

And if i was looking for one i'd take it, i just need to come up with something interesting and gain marks, You reckon an up-tempo ska version of Joni Mitchels 'big yellow taxi' would work??

_Spinning_ · 01-09-2007, 07:33 PM

^^ Yes.

Definitely.

littleknowitall · 01-09-2007, 07:55 PM

Hah, i'm glad to hear, i was a little unsure, i might go with that, you guys can keep putting out ideas if you want, i'd have probably posted a thread like this even if i didnt have an assignment anyway.

Trauma · 01-09-2007, 08:12 PM

Turn a pop song into a punk song, or a DHR/4-beat song into some kind of indie, downtempo track with digitally panned instrumentals.

Pop->punk, ie. 99 Red Balloons covers.

boo boo · 01-09-2007, 08:51 PM

A punk into a prog song and vice versa would be pretty interesting.

Or best yet, turn a death metal song into big band jazz.

cardboard adolescent · 01-09-2007, 09:06 PM

I thought it would be interesting to turn something electronic into something more organic, or vice versa. Or something lo-fi into a piece of studio wizardry, or again vice versa.

01-09-2007, 06:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	Genre change. I got an assignment coming up in the next year for my music tech course which basically is to pick a song, change it's genre completely along with 3 instruments in the song and record it, any suggestions? ideas as to any interesting songs that could be given an interesting genre change?

01-09-2007, 06:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
swim dontcareaboutyou Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 5,188	Pete Seeger- Shenandoah http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5NT9USPL Turn it into a punk song. __________________ http://nakednaps.bandcamp.com/

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Trauma snickers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: detroit Posts: 2,194	Turn a pop song into a punk song, or a DHR/4-beat song into some kind of indie, downtempo track with digitally panned instrumentals. Pop->punk, ie. 99 Red Balloons covers. __________________ A mi no me importa nada Para mi la vida es un sueño

01-09-2007, 06:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Maybe a song off of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, all those songs seem pretty dark to me and could afford a genre reenvisioning. Then there's the obvious funny ones, a Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears song or something like that. I could think of a few hip-hop songs, NWA's **** the Police springs to mind, maybe a Frank Zappa song like Trouble Every Day, or a punk song, such as Anarchy in the UK or I think Blitzkrieg Bop could make a good industrial song. It could also be interesting to take a new wave, electronica, or prog song with heavy synthesizer and replace the synths with guitars and such and give it a more organic feel.

01-09-2007, 07:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	And if i was looking for one i'd take it, i just need to come up with something interesting and gain marks, You reckon an up-tempo ska version of Joni Mitchels 'big yellow taxi' would work??

01-09-2007, 07:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
_Spinning_ Inexplicably Back Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 830	^^ Yes. Definitely.

01-09-2007, 07:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,671	Hah, i'm glad to hear, i was a little unsure, i might go with that, you guys can keep putting out ideas if you want, i'd have probably posted a thread like this even if i didnt have an assignment anyway.

01-09-2007, 09:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	I thought it would be interesting to turn something electronic into something more organic, or vice versa. Or something lo-fi into a piece of studio wizardry, or again vice versa.