Macbeth Creative Piece Reflection

This project is about how Macbeth was a good and sane man until he began chasing power and was king. It shows his character journey and downward spiral, and also tells the story of the play. The creative part is a song parody of the Maroon 5 song "Love Somebody"
I actually got this idea way back when we started reading the play. From there I got the original lyrics from the song and listened to the song a few times to get a feel for the rhythm before writing my own lyrics. The ideas for the lyrics cam pretty easily and worked well, and I recorded on garage band. So overall, my creative process was simple and fun, but took a lot of time and hard work.
The most difficult thing I encountered for the project was actually finding the music to use. In the past when I have done parodies for school, I have found just the instrumentals (karaoke version) on youtube and recorded it on garage band, but finding just the instrumentals for this song was surprisingly difficult. It seemed like this was the only song that didn't just have instrumentals, and all of the karaoke versions still had the original singing in it. I searched around youtube, the web, and various karaoke sites, but could not find the needed music. I looked on iTunes, but they didn't have it either, so I eventually just had to buy the music for a couple of dollars.
Another very challenging aspect of the project was fitting everything I wanted to say into the song, which doesn't have that many lyrics. There are 3 choruses, two 4 line verses, and one 4 line bridge. While the chorus come easily (love somebody became kill somebody), the verses were more challenging because space was limited, there was a lot I wanted to say, and incorporate quotes. I overcame it by shortening lines and using shorter synonyms, and replacing lines with quotes. I also used lyrics in the parts where the original song just has "ohs". I also decided to have extra space by putting some parts into the chorus. While this made the chorus different each time after "kill somebody", it was worth it and helped me overcome the challenge.
I'm very proud of everything in this project. The outcome was much better than I was expecting. I think I wrote/used great lyrics that not only incorporated all five of the quotes, but told the story, supported my thesis, and fit the rhythm of the song. I think the song itself turned out very well (at least as good as I can be singing with laryngitis) and sounded great.
If I were to do something differently, I would record the music and the singing separately, if that's possible (maybe listening to the music on headphones). I played the music while I was singing, so they recorded as one, so I couldn't lower the volume of the music and increase it of the singing which would've been helpful and made it sound better.
From the classes presentations, I learned and had justified how creative our class is. I was very impressed with many of the projects I looked at, and very impressed with the level of creativity and amount of effort. I learned about all the different ways the same story can be interpreted and expressed, and that was really cool.
I learned about myself in this project also. I learned that if I really set my mind to something, I can exceed my own expectations, come out with an impressive result, and lose track of the time while my mind is whirring. I also learned that I'm willing to spend the extra time to take my work to the next level and not settle for good enough.

Here is my song parody.

Here are the original lyrics with my lyrics:

I know your inside, you're feeling so hollow

Macbeth was the worthy Thane of Glamis

And it's a hard pill for you to swallow

“For brave Macbeth- well he deserves that name”

But if I fall for you, I'll never recover

But now he’s Thane of Cawdor, and next in line for King

If I fall for you, I'll never be the same

Once he began chasing power, he wouldn’t be the same

I really wanna love somebody

I really want to kill somebody

I really wanna dance the night away

I really want to take their life away

I know we're only half way there

We could be king and queen, so come on

But you can take me all the way, you can tak   e me all the way

Let’s do it today, Let’s do it today

I really wanna touch somebody

I really want to end somebody

I think about you every single day

King Duncan’s standing in our way

I know we're only half way there

If we kill him we’ll have it all

But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way

So let’s kill him today, let’s kill him today

You're such a hard act for me to follow

So Macbeth, he killed King Duncan

Love me today don't leave me tomorrow, yeah

But had a hard time getting over it, yeah

But if I fall for you, I'll never recover

“Methought I heard a voice cry, sleep no more

If I fall for you, I'll never be the same

“Macbeth does murder sleep!”, and became King next day

I really wanna love somebody

I really want to kill somebody

I really wanna dance the night away

I really want to take their life away

I know we're only half way there

In order to keep my power I’ll

But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way

Do this every day, do this ever day

I really wanna touch somebody

I really want to keep on killing

I think about you every single day

“Returning would be as tedious as go oe’r”

I know we're only half way there

Because of that I won’t stop here

But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way

I’ll be killing every day, killing every day

Whoa, whoa, whoa oh oh oh

He’s becoming, he’s becoming, he’s becoming a tyrant

Whoa, whoa, whoa oh oh oh

He’s going, he’s going, he’s going mad

I don't know where to start, I'm just a little lost

Soon an uprising begins, led by Malcolm and Macduff  

I wanna feel like we never gonna ever stop

Against “this tyrant whose sole name blsiters our tongues”

I don't know what to do, I'm right in front of you

The walls are closing in, Macbeth’s not not panicking

Asking you to stay, you should stay, stay with me tonight, yeah

“Direness, like to my thoughts cannot once start, me!”

I really wanna love somebody

I really want to kill somebody

I really wanna dance the night away

Anybody who is in my way

I know we're only half way there

Everyone is after me

But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way

But I’m not dying today, not dying today

I really wanna touch somebody

I really want to keep my power

I think about you every single day

I don’t want it to go away

I know we're only half way there

But Macduff is coming for me and  

But you can take me all the way, you can take me all the way

On this world I might not stay, on this world I might not stay

Whoa, whoa, whoa oh oh oh

Macduff is, getting near, adding to Macbeth’s despair

Whoa, whoa, whoa oh oh oh

The final,   battle ensues, and Macbeth will lose

You can take me all the way, you can take me all the way

His tyranny ended today, his madness ended today