Elements of Music Project
The two songs I am analyzing are by the same artist. The artist is DJ Shadow and the songs are entitled “Building Steam with a Grain of Salt” and “Midnight in a Perfect World.” These songs are from his first album “Endtroducing…,” which was written in 1996. Shadow’s music has been classified into a few different types of genres; trip-hop being the most prominent. What makes his first album so different is that it is composed entirely of samples. Shadow spent years and years “digging” and listening to thousands of old records to piece together his first album. He listened to each record with and open-mind; waiting for something to spark creativity. In 2001 “Endtroducing…” was published in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the “First Completely Sampled Album.” The only pieces of equipment that were used to produce this album included a 12-bit sampling drum machine and a pair of turntables. I have seen Shadow perform......

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Title: Dj Shadow Song Analysis
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