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| Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris |
| This concept album is a recording of compositions which consists of stories with a
specific theme, various genres and styles that connect one song to another. The main
aim of the research is to organise, revise and orchestrate a collection of her existing
songs, and write new songs which fit the idea to be put into a concept album. In this
research, the concept album title, ‘Summer Dreams’, contains ten songs, and they are
inspired by a man. The researcher places ‘Love’ as the subject and life experiences as
starting points in the creation of this concept album and utilised practice-led, practicebased
and autoethnography as the methodologies of the creative process in this
research. The challenges faced in the production of this concept album was to preserve
the quality of each song that was created in the process of recording and post-production
and, at the same time, ensure the connectivity of each song in it. The creation of this
concept album details the process of constructing using software such as Sibelius, Logic
Pro X, Word, and Pro Tools and produces the analysis of how each song is connected
in terms of its emotion and theme. Besides, the intention to share the sentiments from
a psychological approach is to allow people to grief when facing a similar situation
because it is the process of being reborn. Assuredly, the researcher shares new
knowledge in her compositional process by producing unique sounds using synthesisers
and soundscapes. Next, in lyric creation techniques, she demonstrates that there can be
less or no repetition in a song, to depict that composing is boundless. |
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