The Final Blog

I agree with everything that Matt said. The whole google project was a really fun experience and a lot harder than I though it would be. We got a sick song though and the synth was really cool to get to work with. I had fun working with Matt and I hope we get a chance to do another Google Project. I learned so much while doing the project. Thanks for the great opportunity Mr. Matthys!
Cameron

Final Blog

Ah the project is finally over. I learned so much over the course of the Google Project, and had more fun then I expected to have. It all started with an idea and an optimistic attitude to attempt something that we had no idea we could actually carry out. After long hours of recording and discarding and recording more, me and Cameron finally got what we considered to be a sweet song recorded on Garage Band with the synthesizer and piano. I really understand now how difficult it really is to record a song and make it sound good! It is an extremely tedious process and very difficult to get it to sound good. I'm not sure our piece sounded good, but nevertheless I am proud in our effort and the fact that we actually succeeded in making a song. It was a great idea and I hope to do something similar in the near future!
Matt

Finishing Touches

Today in class, Cameron and I successfully put the finishing touches on our google project. We recorded the end part of the song, rearranged some parts and finally completed our song. Our song now consists of piano and synthesizer recordings in which we arranged to form a cool song, which we haven't named yet. The name is what Cameron and I will need to be thinking about from now until our presentation date, as well as what we are going to say when we present the song. Today, in addition to finishing our actual project, we went off on a tangent and recorded this hilarious a cappella of our chorus line with Mike and Aram. After presenting our song in all seriousness, we are thinking to throw in this funny 30 second clip to add some comedic spice to our presentation and hopefully get everybody laughing. I guess you could say it's a song "blooper". I am proud of the work Cameron and I have done and it feels good to know that we have made a cool song.
Matt

The Final Stretch

Today we had another google day in band that was very productive. We got a lot done and got much more recorded that was needed. Our song is coming along quite nicely and now that we have recorded most of the individual parts it is becoming much more enjoyable to hear little tastes of the final product as we stack the pieces together. The only part we have left is to record our ending, and to finalize all of the editing.
Cameron

Tidying Up

Yesterday during our Google Project work day in class, me and Cameron spent time tidying and polishing up the song. I am pleased that we have almost all of our recording done. We spent most of yesterday just editing and mixing, seeing what would sound better and where. We both ended up being satisfied with how the song is sounding and actually very pleased with some of the parts which are actually really cool. The Garage Band program is becoming much easier to use and I'm becoming a pro at it. The song is around 4 minutes long I'd say and it's very cool. After me and Cameron get the ending recorded last time I should put up a tentative version of the song.
Matt

Editing

Yesterday me and Matt met to do some editing changes and we didn't do any more recording. Matt was the tech guy and I helped to figure out where to put some of the sounds and what sounded good and what didn't. The song is looking more like a real song now, but still has some parts that need work. We are going to work on it more tomorrow at school during the google day. Otherwise it was a good day and the song is taking more of a shape. I am excited about what our outcome will look like.
Cameron

Major Editing

This morning Cameron and I sat down for about an hour and just edited what we had gotten down. I realized that you could copy and paste the previous sounds onto another part of the song, which was what I was originally hoping for. The song is sounding good, however there are a few minor transition problems that we need to work on, possibly with some new recordings. However I'm pleased with what we have now because it is sounding more and more like a complete song rather than bits and pieces of sound. If possible I am hoping to have a recording session tomorrow depending on our schedules. Otherwise, I am still pleased to be at this point in our project. Once we get a more tentative recording I will try again to upload it for viewing.
Stay Classy Lake Oswego,
Matt