AOS 3 WHY DOES MY HEART
FEEL SO BAD?
MOBY
Who is MOBY?
• Born 1965 in New York
• Music influenced by whole range of stylesBlues/Classical/Gospel/Punk etc
• Vegan & Christian
• Use of sampling common in his music
• PLAY – the album of 1999 heavily influenced by
dance styles
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
This track was released as a single in 1999
and has been used for various film trailers
and adverts
Several remixes have been made of it
This track uses 2 samples taken
from a Gospel choir recording of
1953
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
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
The style of this music is often
referred to as
ELECTRONICA
This name was for music
often in late 1990s
which relied on sampling
and sequencing and
electronic instruments
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)