aos 3 why does my heart feel so bad? moby. who is moby?
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AOS 3 WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL SO BAD?
MOBY
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Who is MOBY?
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• Born 1965 in New York• Music influenced by whole range of styles-
Blues/Classical/Gospel/Punk etc• Vegan & Christian• Use of sampling common in his music• PLAY – the album of 1999 heavily influenced by
dance styles
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Musical facts -WHY DOES MY HEART FEEL SO BAD?
• Song built around 2 vocal samples taken from a GOSPEL RECORDING of 1953
• Key is A minor • 2 chord sequences used• Structure is Intro V1 Ch V2 Break Ch Outro• Hip-hop Drum loop used• Texture of the piece varies- instruments come in
and drop out• Steady tempo• PIANO SUB BASS SYNTH STRINGS all play
important role• Reverb effect used in the recording
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This track was released as a single in 1999 and has been used for various film trailers
and advertsSeveral remixes have been made of it
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This track uses 2 samples taken from a Gospel choir recording of
1953
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Why is this track so popular?• Even if you had never heard of MOBY
before you started studying this a ,lot of you will recognise his music. The album PLAY was praised widely
• WHAT MAKES IT POPULAR?
• Use of interesting samples
• Catchy chord sequence and melodies
• Easy to dance to
• Well structured
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MOBY wanted his music to have a raw authentic sound so he deliberately left the background noise
on the vocal samples untouched. Although his music relies on technology he aimed for a human
element which he felt the background noise gave it
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The style of this music is often referred to as
ELECTRONICAThis name was for music
often in late 1990s which relied on sampling and
sequencing and electronic instruments
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The HARMONY or CHORDS• There are 2 main chord patterns in this piece- all easy
chords to play
• Why does my heart feel so bad?• Am Am Em Em G G D D
• These open doors…• C C Am Am C C Am Am
• Sus2 & sus 4 chords are used –here the middle note of the chord ( eg E in CEG) is replaced with either the 2nd (D) or 4th (F)