Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Check List/Mixing)

After getting all of the recordings down for our cover of “popular”. I decided to have a listen to look for any areas I might have trouble with later on during the mixing stage. Doing this lets you plan ahead and gives you time to look into ways you might fix any little problems. After listening to it a few times, I noticed it wasn’t … Continue reading Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Check List/Mixing)

Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Recording Guitar/Vocals)

After having a successful session recording drums and bass in only a 4 hour session. It was time to record the guitar and vocals. Once again I limited myself to a 4 hour. I did this because I felt like pushing myself. I really wanted to limit myself to only doing one session on each instrument. I only decided to do this because the whole … Continue reading Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Recording Guitar/Vocals)

Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Recording Drums/Bass)

After having a quality jam and finally working out the song and fixing up any loose ends. It was time to head into the studio. I planned to record drums and bass in the first session. I wanted to do this because the fact we only just made the song the night before. I felt it would be easier for Linda to play along with … Continue reading Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Recording Drums/Bass)

Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Creating the song)

From my last blog, a lot has to happen. So let me refresh your memory. For our first project, we needed to recreate a song from the album “So Fresh – Summer 2005”. For my reinterpretation, I have chosen “Popular” by ex-Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes. Popular is a pretty weird pop song, it consistently changes time signatures. Even the vocal melody is pretty all … Continue reading Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Creating the song)

Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Planning/Overview)

After a long break from my last projects, It’s time to dive back into it and create some awesome projects for Lloyd’s World of audio. It’s going to be great I have a lot planned already and can’t wait to share my progress with you! So to kick things off my peers and I have decided to reinterpret a song. We decided that instead of picking … Continue reading Reinterpretation of a Pop Song. (Planning/Overview)