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"Big Week 1" Post 3+4

Day 3:
-I continued working on the melody (somehow I managed to follow my rule of staying in one key, which was C)
-I figured out which lyrics I wanted for the chorus, then worked on melody for those

Day 4:
-I played my piece in multiple practice rooms (after one period, there was a class in one so I had to move to another room, then was kicked out of there 9th period because choir was there). I also did some last-minute changes to lyrics/melody
-I recorded in both rooms my song (one time with only left hand, one with only the melody)

-When I got home, I tried mixing the two together on Garageband, but it the melody and the left hand weren't on time together, so I had to play it on my piano again. I contemplated writing a whole new part for the left hand, but my Mom suggested that I should just play the left hand while recording the right hand, so they would be on time together. My piano has this recording feature, so I recorded the left hand first, then recorded the right hand with the left hand at the same time.

After a few takes, I realized that I could record both parts as separate tracks (I liked it that way so I could edit them easier on Garageband) if I just recorded them on my piano on separate tracks first, then used the zoom to record the recordings on the piano (it took me a while to realize that...). I took three separate takes of the melody and the harmony. After that, I put the recordings on garage band and edited them slightly (they were mostly on time on the takes because of the way I recorded them). I tried doing vocals, next, but by then it was 12 AM so I had to stop...(I had a AP Bio quiz in the morning, and I was feeling sick already).

in summary:
1. Touched up song and recorded at school
2. Tested out recordings on Garageband, found they didn't sync together well
3. Recorded the left hand on piano, then used zoom to record left hand(piano recording)+right hand at the same time
4. Had an epiphany and recorded right hand and left hand separately on the piano (I was able to play the left hand track while playing the right, and the piano recorded them as separate tracks). Recorded the recordings with the zoom
5. Put on Garageband and did minor edits
6. Tried recording the vocal, was taking too long to edit, so had to quit for the day.
7. ...Felt nervous about singing tomorrow.