Take the original version of a song and mix it with a cover that is drastically different. This will allow you to truly see the difference in the two songs in real time. It could be a slow version of the song and then a faster paced version of the song. It is cool to see how different artist’s create different versions of the same song. An example would be to mix Michael Jackson’s song ‘Smooth Criminal’ with Alien Ant Farm’s version of the song. The chorus is a perfect example since it would go from the softer more pop version of Jackson’s to the hard guitar version of AAF.

Assignment Bank- Audio Assignments

For this assignment, I decided to merge the Beatles song “Hey Jude” and its cover by Across the Universe. It was kind of hard to do this, but it was really fun. I love both versions of the song, and it was cool to hear them back to back. The original song by the Beatles is a lot longer than the cover, so I did end up having to cut it off at the end.

I did end up having to change the pitch of the voices in order to post it on SoundCloud. The song sounds a little silly with their high pitched voices, but you can still hear the differences between the original song and the cover. I had a hard time using Audacity when making this mashup of songs. I think I still need to get the hang of the application, but I knew my way around enough to make this!

For my next audio assignment, I had to merge a cover of a song with the original. I picked “No Tears Left To Cry” by Ariana Grande. The cover of the song is done by Miley Cyrus. I did about half of the song. Right from the beginning you can tell that Miley’s version is a lot slower and does not have as much background noise. Honestly, I liked Miley’s version better than the original. It was really interesting to hear how different each song sounds using the same lyrics. I created this mashup by downloading each song and then playing around with them in Audacity. It was pretty simple after I figured out how to get the flow of the songs right.
This assignment was worth 3 and a half stars.