mel williams writing for publication. ‘rip it up’ = weekly music magazine i am familiar with the...
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Mel WilliamsWRITING FOR PUBLICATION
‘Rip It Up’ = Weekly music
magazine
I am familiar with the
articles they write
Journalism is an interest of mine
I hoped to recreate a ‘Rip It Up’ feature
write-up.
PURPOSE/INTENTION
•A current issue
•A new discovery
•An event
Feature Article – The Advertiser
•Movies•Gigs•AlbumsReviews – The
Advertiser/J-mag/Review Weekly
OTHER OPTIONS THAT WERE CONSIDERED
PROCESS – ANALYSING WRITE-UPS
PROCESS – ANALYSING WRITE-UPS
PROCESS – ANALYSING WRITE-UPS
PROCESS – ANALYSING WRITE-UPS
•The name of the band or artist that the write-up is about.
Title
•A witty pun/play on words linked with the name of an album or song by the musician that the article is written on.
Subtitle
•The interviewer’s name
Author
•A ‘Question-Response’ pattern. The interviewer will ask a question to trigger a small story or answer from the musician.
Body
•A recent band photo or album cover for the musician.
Picture
PROCESS – DECONSTRUCTING THE TEXT
More of an interview than an article
Too much direct dialogue from the person being interviewed
Not enough chance to demonstrate my writing ability
PROCESS – ISSUE!
‘Hinds told the website that progress has been “slow,” given its members, Ben Weinman from Dillinger Escape Plan, former Mars Volta drummer Thomas Pridgen and former Janes Addiction bassist Eric Avery all live in different parts of the world.“We tried to get together and do an album, but there’s been no time. We want to record crazy stuff and Ben (Weinman) is working on that, but it’s been hard to get together,”Hinds said. And as for the choice of name?“Because they look sick,” the guitarist said.’
Solution: Write AS a member of the band being interviewed as well as the interviewer.
•Young (15-30)
•Both genders
•Sense of humour
•Often fans of “indie” music
Audience – Music fans who prefer “non-mainstream”
music.
•Sophistication can be added to the reproduction when talking about musicality of the album.
Language is casual
•To inform readers of recent album releases and the journey that was taken to get the musicians where they are.
•To answer questions that people may not already know the answer to.
•To Advertise new bands with a small fan-base.
Purpose
PROCESS – DECONSTRUCTING THE TEXT
•Medusas
Band name•With
the metaphorical theme linked with board games – “Snakes and Ladders”
Band album
•Don’t Pass Go - Monopoly
•Right Hand Blue - Twister
•Three Guesses Who – Guess Who
Some songs
•Climbing the Ladders – Tying in their board game theme and also linking it to the music charts and their rank
Subtitle/Pun
PROCESS - REPRODUCTION
First draft of part of the Write – up.
So was is hard to do the album in that short amount of time. “It was quite hard! We rushed the songs to get them done and none of us really enjoyed the music. It seemed like a boring offi ce job which is what we didn’t want. We didn’t think the songs sounded like hits so we recorded them in the same place as the other ones for some consistency. The album sounded more mellow than we had intended but at least all of the songs matched.
DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE
Second draft of part of the write – up. (after consulting with editorial group)
So was is hard to do the album in two half day sessions? “It was ridiculously diffi cult! We rushed the songs to get them done and none of us really enjoyed the music because seemed like the music was a boring offi ce job which is what we wanted to escape from. Our unhappiness with the tracks came across so we decided to re-record the tracks in the same place as the rest of them. The album has a more folk/acoustic sound now which is the aim we were going for.”
DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE
Third draft of write – up after consulting with teacher.
Wow, three songs in less than twelve hours, that doesn’t seem easy. “It was mind-bogglingly diffi cult! We rushed the songs to get them done and I think that was one of the times where being in a band felt like a job which we wanted to escape, rather than something we love doing. After listening to the tracks a few times, we heard that negativity come across so we decided to re-record them in Ricky’s shed along with the rest of the songs. The album has a more folk/acoustic sound now which is the aim we were going for.”
DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE
Final version of part of the write – up after re-reading my own work.
Wow, three songs in less than twelve hours, was that diffi cult to manage? “It was mind-bogglingly diffi cult! We rushed the songs to get them done and I think that was one of the times where being in a band felt like a job rather than something we love doing. That slightly negative feeling came across in those three tracks so we decided to re-record them in Ricky’s shed along with the rest of the songs. The album has a more consistent folk-infl uenced acoustic sound now which is the aim we were going for.”
DEVELOPMENT EVIDENCE
Analysed: Content Layout Format
Consulted: Editorial Group Teacher Myself...
EVALUATION
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