Mar 23: It’s been a while
Think I’m getting worse for the learning app. I did not do well. Must be about to do a learning leap. I hope.
I had trouble with the theme today too. I got it eventually, but gah.
And my voice is all raspy still, thanks to allergies, so I took off the capo for my songs because I couldn’t hit the higher notes. And believe me, these songs are already on the lower end of my register, so this is ridiculous.
Maybe I should take my allergy pill with breakfast instead of lunch.
Then, because I had a long practice today, I pulled out one of my Disney books and played from that. It’s been… A while.
Apparently I don’t usually play G7. I got used to it eventually, but wow my fingers hurt from the stretch. A good hurt.
Mar 24: Uke app
I had another long practise today.
I definitely did worse on my learning app. Which is very frustrating.
I played my theme twice, both times with no mistakes. That was awesome.
I played my songs. I am happy with how they went.
Then, because I still had lots of time, I pulled out the tablet and opened up the uke app. I haven’t played these songs in a while. Overall, I’m pretty pleased with how they sounded.
Mar 25: Maybe tomorrow?
Practise went well today. So well, that I think I might be able to record tomorrow! Meep!
I still struggled with the additional notes in the learning app, but I did better on all the rest of it.
My songs were fine. I keep forgetting to take an allergy pill with breakfast. It’s amazing how much my voice cracks.
The theme was good each time I played it. I think…I might be ready. Gulp.
Mar 26: Recording studio
Guess what I did today!?!?! (The title kinda gives it away)
We recorded our theme for the book trailer today!
The kids played quietly* upstairs for about an hour (!!) and we got this down.
I started by recording the melody and then tried listening to it while I recorded the harmony.
Lol!
Yeah, that didn’t go well at all.
I can’t keep a rhythm in my head if I’m listening to something else.
So instead, we recorded the harmony and then I listened to it through headphones and played the melody (faster than I’m used to). I made a couple little mistakes and had dull notes a few times, but I was so happy with how well I started and ended that I didn’t want to try recording it again.
Then my husband recorded the bass line to the harmony/melody.
Now I’m watching my husband play with levels and effects. It’s really cool.
I’m really proud of what we’ve accomplished today!
*most of the time. We were interrupted several times by the kids coming down for no reason, or shouting at each other, or thumping as they ran along the hall…