Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Main conventions of music videos?

Music video: For the majority of the music video, both Nikki and I follow the conventions of our genre music. It is deemed to be under the category of Indie rock 'n' roll. These videos, done especially by Arctic Monkeys, tend to have and introduction in which ours does. I am very happy with the fluent and well cut edits in the introduction. Different angles are displayed during the walk of the protagonist going into the shed. This can portray my importance in the music video and establish my character early on in the video to the audience. The mis-en scene is goes obeys the conventions that are shown in Arctic Monkeys music videos, that stereotypical rock look.

Ancillaries: With the magazine advert, I have slightly gone against the conventions of the ideas in magazine adverts. Magazine adverts show the full image of the band and what they stand for with reviews and other factors. My magazine advert is a very original idea. This was liked by everyone who gave me feedback as it can now be trademarked as a sort of Paper Shop Dave signature picture, something that can remind people of the band.

Digipak: The hand drawn effect that is kept as a scheme throughout the digipak is also very original, it is following conventions of digipaks to the extent that one scheme is kept throughout, however, the hand drawn effect is the difference.

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?


What have you learned from your audience feedback? 

Showing the final edit to a large audience group enabled a range of constructive criticism. An example being, asking them what genre they thought the song was in, by knowing the band Arctic Monkeys, they answered correctly with saying Indie Rock 'n' Roll. After asking this, I then went into more detail and asked if everything displayed on screen and what Paper Shop Dave are wearing is similar to that what Arctic Monkeys would do in their videos. After this, I asked for any similarities or differences between them two options and see what I could take on board to learn from. Quoted from my friend Aidan Gubbins from college - 'In appearance, I genuinely would say that everything PSD have on, they could even be cast in an Arctic Monkeys album!' After being told this by Aidan, I felt satisfied by the amount of research I put into figuring out what genre stereotypically puts in their videos via mise-en-scene.

 During the lesson in which I watched my final edit back and received feedback from my teachers, peers and friends, the below indicate all the information I wrote down:

• Transaction between shots works well when cut fast in tempo with the track. However, there is and seems to be for others, a lack of shots that are used for quick cuts. With a rock track, very fast cuts can last for literally under a second each so plenty of raw footage is required to be captured for more variety in options.

• The effect used in the video where one shot of layers over another had good feedback. I felt when I was editing it that we used it a bit too much but it nicely represents the genre of the music well. I was told by my students in my A Level Media Studies class that it features at around the right amounts.

• Jess needs to be featured more in the video. Her involvement is quite limited and only occurs towards the ending solo section of the video, which is only a short section. Introducing her towards the middle of the video may help more as to introducing her as a character. Display her importance early on and establish her personality.

• Timing of shots on instruments being played and when the camera is focused on them is done well. As the narrative enigma is based quite a lot around portraying the band in the video and what they do, showing the performance in detail with various shots is quite important.

• One or two shots in the chorus’ are shaky. A couple more of them do actually work well. Nikki and I were both aware of this when we were editing and did actually do it on purpose, however, from the feedback; some of them do not actually work too well.

• Glare on the shot where Jess is stood on the bridge at Attenborough irritated a couple of my music video viewers. I think adjusting the opacity and contrast of the shot can dimmer the lighting coming from the sun which could make it easier and better to the eye.

• The introduction tends to be everyone’s favourite part of the whole video and the section I am most proud of. It is quick, flowing cuts with good ambient sound as the drums being played in the background slowly gets louder and louder as I approach the shed. The music then begins once the shed opens. The continuity is essential in the introduction. 

Looking now at my feedback points, I agree with all of them. There are obviously pros and cons about the final edited video, but I do consider this whole process a massive learning curve. Constant feedback from my A Level Media Studies teachers throughout my editing process helped me learn the technical issues that existed in the video and how to sort them out and furthermore prevent them in the future. 

The top bullet point explains what I strongly agree with after all my recording sessions with Nikki. It's quite simple, We needed quite a bit more raw footage to edit from. Having more options to be able to put in final edits increases the amount of variety in the video.  

The positive comments that I have enlisted have seemed to acknowledged all the aspects that I have thought about throughout my planning process. The digipak especially has been praised for the original ideas and images portraying the band. Taking inspiration from the Beatles - The Revolver album artwork and their ever famous abbey road photograph, I have made my own creations. The collage on the left inside panel includes all band members and instruments.

Ancillaries:

Magazine advert – The old school retro look was praised by the other students and teachers as it linked with both the music video and digipak.

Simplicity with the black and white colour is continuous throughout the ancillaries, on the magazine advert it works very well.

The feedback I received about the idea behind the magazine advert was very original and innovative. I hold a magazine up to the camera whilst looking into the lens. This is thought of through the actual band name ‘Paper Shop Dave’. I edited the magazine itself to look like I am holding the magazine advert if it was to be real, a sort of photo inside a photo.

Digipak – I am very satisfied with the final edit of my digipak. Primarily the feedback I got for improving it is on the collage panel. Some of the photos displayed on it tend to get a bit lost. This is because of the black and white colour scheme that is on all of them meaning nothing really stands out but the larger images such as the Marshall amplifier. It was suggested that a thin white border line that runs around each photo could enhance the visibility on every photo. 
The representation of the characters was praised by peers primarily because of the frequent involvement of them. Showing the band members often on each product highlights importance and individual image to the audience.

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? 


Research and planning:

YouTube - To research other existing products and videos. This was the most in depth usage I have achieved ever in my studies by using YouTube. In my Directors research task and Music video research, I watched all the videos plenty of times repeatedly just to examine them in the most in depth detail for my research.
Band websites to search for things
Phone in our process of planning between Nikki and I, also our characters as to when we can plan a final shooting schedule. Organisation and team leadership is the key to success in this section. Finding an available time period in which all actors and both us directors are able to begin or continue filming can be quite a task, dependent on how busy everyone is. Being in college and some of us having part-time jobs does limit the time available for filming so finding spaces to reserve for filming needs to meet everyone's individual needs. Morale is also a key factor of filming. Everyone's confidence and self esteem must be at a high level to capture good the moments you need.

Construction:

Tripod and filming camera - Canon 550D DSLR. The skills that I have developed in the actual filming element I am very pleased with. During my AS task of producing a thriller opening sequence, I was always slight hesitant with what I was doing or pressing on the camera as it was essentially my first real and serious experience with a camera. The work I did was marked and counted towards my grade which made me think and be a bit more aware of what I was doing so I wasn't my normal decisive self. Now however, I can set everything up myself and now before I start, what I need exactly in each shot. This has pleased me massively as I am thinking of studying Photography as an A level next academic year. Now I have reference and experience, I feel much more confidence to go into the subject and achieve success.

Setting the white balance correctly on the Canon digital camera was stressed by my teachers, especially in filming being done outside. Colour balancing is image processing, editing the image before you actually take the photo. It is the global adjustment of the intensities of the colours, typically primary colours. This was helpful whilst filming at Attenborough nature reserve as the natural lighting coming from the sun was very glary, adjusting the colour balance is similar to adjusting the brightness and contrast at the editing.

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - This is the software in which I have edited both my thriller and music video in. I grasped the skills and technique of this throughout the process of editing my thriller. I achieved this through extra graft outside of lesson by watching YouTube tutorials on how to do certain aspects in specific. I can edit and use the software fluently to quite a high standard now after continuous usage throughout my media lessons. It sort of came to me naturally because I have used a software similar to this in Music technology. Having to edit in my A level music lessons, the methods are very similar. I could recall tools in Premiere Pro that provide the same service of some tools in Cubase, the music software I edit in.

Adobe PhotoShop - As well developing filming, editing and planning skills, my photography work that was required in both my digipak and magazine advert have both excelled past a level I wouldn't have assumed I could've done to this standard. Filming raw footage for the video was one task for us to do, I also had to take still photographs to edit and use for my ancillaries. At first in PhotoShop, I didn't have much of a clue as to what I was doing. When I find myself in this situation, I think back to any previously learned skills that I have obtained and see if they any relevance to current task I'd be doing, but with PhotoShop it is a completely independent software. This wasn't necessarily a problem however as I have two photography students in my media class, one of them being Nikki. I steadily learned through mistakes of my own doing and guidance from Nikki, how to use PhotoShop. The primary issue for me that provided a slight mental roadblock was the use of layers in photographs on PhotoShop. When editing for an image such as my magazine advert, the layers have to be put in the right place for the right effect, otherwise they wouldn't be very clear or visible. Using digital camera for the still pictures in the ancillaries helped advance my photography, the editing process also helped me understand the process that people have to go through to achieve the final product.

I learned a range of different features on Photoshop having not used the software before. For example:

•       Using layers – this added more versatility to what the images would look like on my ancillaries. For example, on the magazine advert this is a newspaper that I am holding. The image that I got for that was a separate newspaper image of Google, then edit it to make it seem empty and write over it. Without the feature of layering, this effect can not be achieved. Selecting the order in which layers are selected doesn't necessarily matter. Messing around with the opacity on the adjustments drop down section can make layers that are behind others to come through and become more visible.

•       Using filters – these are found on the adjustment drop down section located on the right hand side of a Photoshop window. This is used to select the correct colours you want to come through on your image. It can erase or dim any brightness of colour you have to one suitable for the look you are trying to achieve.  
•       Cutting images - The drop down bar on the far left of the image displayed below, there are several different editing tools to use. One of is the pencil option, you can select how big it will be. After adjusting this to your comfortable use, you can begin to use it for editing and erasing sections of an image you may not want.
•       Tool presets - can be accessed at any time from either the Options bar. This is customisation of the settings on each tool specifically for you as an individual. 
•        Layer Styles - Change the angle in which an image is presented. Add textures and vary the opacity for a more professional look. In the magazine advert, this is done with the image of me and the magazine in my hand. The two images are completely separate, this is done to speed up the process of editing.
•       Cropping - To use the Crop tool to add canvas to your image, drag out a crop and release the mouse. Then, drag the crop handles outside of the image area and apply the crop. The area outside of the image will be added to the canvas.Using the crop tools assists you when editing the images outline and making sure there is no real pixelation issues. Pixelation ruins the definition in which the image is.

Evaluation:

Use of computer and the website blogger. Blogger has made me commit more free time into updating my work. With the posts being there and available to edit, I can go back anytime I wish to improve it. This is best once I have thought of something new or better to put in rather than the stuff I have in before. I already had a fair amount of experience using Blogger for my AS coursework. It is a very useful tool and can be accessed anywhere, allowing the user to blog work at any given regular interval. The features on blogger are quite straight forward. Label organisation was something I used more often than when I did on my AS coursework. There is a drag-and-drop template editing interface, this is for personalisation and privacy of your blogger. Furthermore, blogs are updated dynamically, as opposed to rewriting HTML files.

In my other formats of evaluation, I have done a Directors commentary and Prezi. Throughout this evaluation progress I have picked up several different skills via using different software's and websites.

The font I used for the titles of my directors commentary is the same as that of my ancillaries. This yet again maintains the continuity between the products and profiling the font as a popular choice of font selected by Paper Shop Dave.
The editing techniques such as using cross dissolve on the end of every shot was also done in the video. This has helped my consistency in editing MP4 clips. Some soft of fade out or dissolves are more effective than straight cuts in the commentary video due to the change in position of which I am sitting.
Another feature I used whilst creating this video is the use of another video playing in synch with another video. This section I mean is where the video 'The view from the afternoon' is playing the top left corner with no audio whilst a continue speaking. This is a quick reference for a viewer watching as they won't need to search for the video to understand what example I am explaining.

With prezi, I had only used it a few times in the past so using it for the second evaluation question seemed right for me to expand my format skills. There are several different features you can use to achieve a more creative process of passing on information. With the use of editing the path in which the slides take place, you can write more information on a topic without disrupting the flow or structure of the prezi's process.
An example of doing this is when in the paragraph in which it explains the conventions of the genre, it explains the importance of black and white contrast as a colour scheme in rock n roll. The picture displayed below indicates the video I put in that is on the bullet point of a sentence. The path is instructed the zoom into the video to enlarge it, this feature very helpful as it prevents boredom to anyone reading it.

Prezi employs a Zooming User Interface, which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media, and allows users to display and navigate through information.

Final music video edit

Magazine advert

This wasn't my original idea for my magazine advert. The draft that I did was just me editing the album cover and putting reviews, quotes etc on it. I had the idea of this finalised magazine advert when I was shooting the photo shoot for all the photos I needed for my digipak. The raw photo is me looking into the camera with a magazine open in front of me. This adds the weird effect of a photo inside of a photo, quite illusive.

I kept the theme of the black and white contrast that is displayed throughout my digipak on the magazine advert.

Digipak

From the research I have done on Digipaks, I feel the theme of it needs to be continuous throughout to be most effective. If the theme changed on a different flip side to one that has a different design, it'd look  tacky and awful. This is the reason that has ensured me to create a design to hold for the actual design of the whole digipak. This will be based and sort of inspired from the front cover that has already been done, the 'Paper Shop Dave' band name displayed in newspaper font on a newspaper that is placed on a table with coffee stain, lighter etc.

• This whole design idea will be done in black and white, a very popular and traditional colour scheme for the majority of newspaper nowadays as that is what it was always like in previous times and decades. I would like to find a very nice effect on Adobe photo shop to make all the texts and pictures on the digipak to look like they are drawn or sketched by someone to give it a more realist look.

• Font has to be the most consistent of all for a digipak. It has to portray the character of the artists and what they and their music is all about primarily. The greatest example that I have previously researched is the 'Paul Simon' magazine advert. The font on his magazine advert is his signature font used frequently throughout most his hardware products such as CD albums and his digipaks. It is very sophisticated which represents his music very well. With it being bold and slick, it looks very formal as well, this explains more on the side of his mis en scene and image he portrays. Not necessarily eye catching but smart.

For the font I will be using, is the most common italic newspaper headline font displayed below. It is the font I used in the design for the Paper Shop Dave digipak cover. I will keep the font and colour scheme of black and white consistent throughout.

After deciding my font and colour scheme, I remembered that due to such concentration on my filming and editing schedule that I actually need to focus some attention on the photo shoot that needs to be done. Band photos of performance and just day to day photos need to be took to a quality that I am satisfied with. After taking several different shots in various locations and mis en scene, it will help me create my 'Beatles - Revolver' inspired hand drawn band collage. Time will be used across half-term for filming the second part narrative better and capturing better performance shots, but also taking nice to the eye still shots, basically a photo shoot.

Individual dimensions:
Height - 125.5
Width - 138.5

Font :

Full digipak dimensions:

Width - 431
Height - 251

Full Digipak:

The final product is displayed above. I feel it has surpassed my expectations on how it was going to be. The scheme was kept throughout the whole of the digipak, which proved to be the hardest factor of the whole project. Being creative with what was going to be on the digipak panels didn't prove an issue for me, in which in planning it, I thought was going to be. It has changed from my initial plans. I find this occurs often, at the planning stage I am satisfied with the ideas that I come up with, and then change it once I get to the stage of completing the project.

I took inspiration from previously done album artworks, for example the collage page on the bottom left is a design based on the Beatles' 'The Revolver' album.

Music video first edit

After filming the raw footage from most of the two narratives, Me and Nikki both found that we didn't leave enough time for us to edit it as successfully as we had wished. There is still time for us to completely focus on the editing aspect however, it has meant that our first edit isn't up to the standard that we are satisfied with.We knew that filming would have been time consuming, we almost got lost in a haze of filming that we forgot that the editing of a music video is incredibly quick paced. I do think that we captured certain shots that were required for our final edit which I am happy with.

Certain sections of the video need to be re filmed. There needs to be more close-ups shown on screen of the band members singing the vocals. This being done will establish the importance of the performers and idolise them.

The introduction is something I am reasonably quite proud of in this moment of time. The quick cut shots of me walking to the shed need to be timed better but this is all because of the slight rush that was on, due to me and Nikki wanting to meet this time line. I still don't think our time management could have been a great deal better particularly. We know exactly what we have to do and when to do it.

The lighting in the performance shed for me and Nikki has come across as a problem that we are yet to get too and resolve. The can be done when we go back to re film short clips for us to put in and edit, these clips will be focused on the types of shots that are lacking in the video such as close ups. Lighting can be adjusted in the software that we are editing in which we can do to the best we possibly can. I know this from my previous media project in AS of making an opening sequence for a thriller. The adjustments can be done to a really good level, it needs to be brightened up as it comes across on camera to be quite dull.

Another aspect of the video in which we are proud of doing is at the editing stage. The music actually starts at 0:57 when I enter the shed. We did this at the editing stage after the introduction scene because we wanted to portray the Paper Shop Dave performance/practice shed to be symbolised as a place of music. As soon as my hand reaches out to open the door, the music begins.

Towards the middle of the video being the performance section and the end at Attenborough with Jess, it is clear that we didn't have a mass amount of time to meet this deadline. It wasn't so much as rushed but we had to speed up the process by missing out quite major details. This isn't completely missing it out though as I have made notes on my computer as to what filming and editing changes need to be done.

- One improvement is to make sure next time we film Paper Shop Dave is that we film more aspects/angles/shots of the band singing because looking back on our draft we actually haven't captured many close ups of the lead singer which I think we need to do to get the highest grade possible. 

Within our editing process we involve a lot of dynamic effects, one of which is fading. We found this works really well within our video because we was very careful whilst editing our shots together and we have realised that it helps to prove our music with a smooth and relaxed feel to it instead of straight cutting every single shot. However, watching the first edit back now it had met the deadline, I do feel that we used it far too much, so some straight cuts need to be put in at the right moments. Cutting from different close up shots dependent on how close they actually are can be quite a good idea. Although we found that the introduction looks much more professional that we have straight cut every shot because it looks more fast paced and gives of the feeling that the actor is wanting to get to somewhere important quickly.   

 

The instrumental of the song first comes in as I open the shed door as we found helped to build and create positive feeling and tension. The music track actually starting when shed door opens can also be seen as a sort of symbol of the shed being an environment of music, in which it is. At this point we had recently gone away and filmed our second narrative at our second location which involved Jess acting as Arabella. We then realised how close our deadline was and how much we had to edit in the short time we had which caused us both to get a little worried. From that we began to rush the editing process and not spend as much care with the little details which we had planned as we decided as a group we simply wanted to meet the deadline and we could re film what we needed after the deadline as we realised we have half term coming up. As shown above we did meet the deadline for our first draft which brought our spirit up as we felt more confident that had identified what we wanted to change and improve. 

• The effect of the opaque level being decreased to make it appear faded behind another shot is frequently used. Watching it now, it is involved far too much. Straight, quick cuts to short shots need to be shown much more but this will mean filming some more footage has to be done which are currently planning.
• There are some zooms that really need to be cut out. I didn't intentionally mean to put them in so I will go back and edit the shots to make it look much better. I have studied in my media classes that zooms are hardly used in music videos, they tend to look strangely quite tacky. 
• Ambient sound needs to be arranged according to the location of the shot. For example, the shot that includes Me walking down the garden cuts out sound because we took it out in the editing stage as there was some noise in the background. A search on the internet is required to find a relevant ambient sound that can go well with the shot, considering the shot is actually taken from inside the house. The transition from inside the house to outside the house must change in its ambient sound, otherwise it will not look legitimate.

The most important job for us to do when we go to film more footage is to capture the Paper Shop Dave vocalists with varied types of shots and film the band at Attenborough and follow the storyboard. There was a barrier for Paper Shop Dave to come down with instruments and film at Attenborough nature reserve, this was the weather. Bringing guitars down whilst it was raining on the day just will not happen, the rain will damage them in one way or another. Not worth taking the risk.

The narrative isn't as of yet clear to the viewers. Very long and dragged shots come in towards the middle of the song which isn't what we intended to do but it was the time that held us back in this deadline. Our main priority was to meet the deadline with a rough narrative to work on for the final edit. Me and Nikki both learn best visually and verbally. Being able to watch our first edit, pick out all the flaws and discuss them together will make us work much better and quicker paced.

Call sheet

What is a Call Sheet?

 The 'Call sheet' is usually a film making term for a sheet of paper issued to the cast and crew of a film production created by an assistant director, informing them where and when they should report for a particular day of shooting. It can be issued to other areas of work but it is most commonly found in film production. The production schedule is listed by call time, the time when people are expected to start work on a film set. The requirements for a filming crew is very demanding so the call sheet is basically a organisation plan.

Call sheets include other useful information such as contact information such as phone numbers of crew members and other important contacts. It is often to have the schedule for the day ahead, preparing the cast. It also involves when scenes and script pages are being shot, and the address of the shoot location, to make it clear. Call sheets have information about cast transportation arrangements, parking instructions and safety notes. Some can also involve risk assessments that may have to take place before filming in a remote location.
Call sheets may also provide logistical information regarding the location. It is common to find such items as weather information, sunrise/sunset times, local hospitals, restaurants, and hardware stores on call sheets. Preparation usually isn't a problem if a call sheet is done. Nothing at a location will surprise or frustrate any of the cast if they are aware of it. Spontaneous problems could occur if you don't have any idea what the location is like.

- An example of a well written call sheet is James Bond Casino Royale.
This sheet is numbered #6. This explains that the amount of detail on this one sheet gets replicated but with different information every time a new sheet is made.

 

• Individual casting names with times of arrival and where they should be
• There is also a 'Unit call' of 7:30, stating for all the cast to be there at that time.
• Breaks are indicated in the top right.
• Vaccination period made clear to cast with a time window of 08:00-20:00 to book an appointment (Safety preparation)

Audience Research

Below is a survey that Me and Nikki wrote up to develop our understanding of audiences inside the music industry specifically;

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1359078/Audience-Research


Results Evaluation:

Before we got any results back, through previous research in class we already had an understanding of wide of a range the music industry has towards people. Age is constantly a factor that is irrelevant towards music consumption. Genre isn't vital to certain age groups, there are no restrictions which gives people a sense of freedom. The ability to be able to listen to what you want is very good. Me and Nikki had both agreed to have a target audience age group of around 13-25. After  analysis of our survey results, we found it isn't embarrassing for people over this age group to like the same genre. This made us think that we can expand our target audience to ages above.
The music video itself is a project I want people to want to watch it again and find out if they have missed anything. This is the quality of a well made, entertaining video which is what bracket I want my video to fall under. Gorillaz are a personal example of what I can watch over and over again. It just isn't boring, fast cuts make the video more upbeat meaning I want to watch it again. 

Music Video Storyboard

Introduction

• The Establishing Shot has been improved since Me and Nikki originally drew up this storyboard; It begins with a long shot of Georges house with a car driving slowly into the shot and parks up in the shot. The car is being driven by one of Jordan's mates who is dropping him off for his band practice (Paper Shop Dave's performance in the Shed). 
• The camera then cuts to Nikki filming in the back seat of the car when it pulls up. This shot involves both Jordan and his mate in the shot. The shot is an Over the shoulder shot on both of them. 
• A cut to Jordan getting his phone out of his pocket then texting George saying 'I'm here bro' then occurs. He then puts the phone back into his pocket.
• Going back to the Over the shoulder shot, Jordan then knuckle touches his mate (Safe) and then thanks his mate for dropping him off, so some slight dialogue.
• Then it cuts to the second image on the storyboard; the camera is looking under the car from the other side in which Jordan gets out of the car. With this very unique shot, you can see the persons feet touch the floor then cut to a shot of their whole body getting completely out of the car. 

- After finalising our ideas on our narrative, we then went onto planning our story board. We declared that we wasn’t going to write up every shot of our music video as we found that we would end up changing our mind when we are at the location with the opinions of our actors. Instead we have decided as shown below to only do our main important shots within the video. This will prove to be a very good guideline to work with when we take it with us to the locations of filming

Shooting Schedule

1.Performance narrative shooting in the Shed: 

1/10/13 - 3/10/13 (If required) 

2. Attenborough filming for Jess:

4/10/13

3. Attenborough filming for Paper Shop Dave:

7/10/13 

• All three of the location settings are going to be filmed on separate days. This is because we want to try our best to prevent any filming confusion problems. Getting from location to location in the same day with instruments will be a hassle and one that we feel would be best if it didn't exist. Having a full day or two to record as much footage as we can from each narrative and location would mean a wider range of shots and footage to edit from.

• Another point behind this decision is that it will prevent boredom from our little cast featuring in the music video. If they were to film their individual bit and get it done successfully, they would want to leave whilst other filming occurs.
   

- The main advantage of having an actual band behind playing in a music video is they can actually play the music whilst they are being filmed. This is just going to make it look more in synch when they are on the camera in the video. Acting isn't a problem or a requirement when the band can play the actual song and act as normal as they would if they normally practiced. With the song still being a newly released track, I had to wait a while for myself to actually learn the track. However, a tablature is the way in which I learn music because my music theory ability isn't very good meaning I have no confidence reading it. After a new song is released, it usually takes a while for the song to be tabbed up online for people to learn it. In this case with the Arctic Monkeys new album being a hit, so was the song 'Arabella'. It is already tabbed up so I have learnt and so has my band. This was an initial problem when we decided our track was going to be Arabella because it wasn't tabbed and we had no real idea of when it would be.

- I am the bass player and backing vocalist in my band 'Paper Shop Dave' so I have learnt the bass part, this is the tablature I found:

http://www.911tabs.com/link/?8342178