Drums Recording...

Recorded drums on friday. Quite insane. Had jonathan to help me play drums, once again.. and dingchao daniel and yinghao were there to help. THANKS SO MUCH GUYS! (:

At first, we wanted to use 12 mics: kick, subkick, hi hat, snare top, snare bottom, tom1, 2 and 3, ride, and overheads left and right, and room mic. But after setting up everything we remembered studio C had only 8 inputs so.. gave up the ride, snare bottom, room mic and tom2.

All that setup time took far longer than i expected, almost 2 hours before we started recording. But jon's really good, he just kept listening and practicing over and over, and completed it almost perfectly in 2 takes :D

Now I'm down to mixing, recording guitar and vocals, arranging abit more and then scoring. ONE MORE WEEK!

Lyrics!

Silently

Beneath a frosted pine tree

A snow flake falls so gently

And there, it landed beside me

Wintry

At twilight of Christmas eve

The brightest stars that dazzled

Will they, soon enough, disappear?

When there's nothing left that goes my way

Is it just selfish to say

"I'll do whatever it takes"?

All the uncertainties

And my insecurities

I'll say Trust is all we need

This is not just a game

It will be a burning flame

All your expectations

They're not my obligation

Who's to say what's next for me?

Listen to your heart, it speaks

And you'll dare to dream.

POD2, too soon!

hmm okay so i still can't quite decide what i wanna do for POD2 (yeah i know it's 12th nov already :/ ).

well my initial idea was to do a jazz acappella piece, and the panel encouraged me to do it. but later i seemed to have drifted to wanting to try something orchestral and choral(to suit the festive season? hehe). and now, im getting even more ambitious. i want to make it more epic, by adding a rock element to this orchestral piece. sympho metal? nahh not to extent of metal.. but somewhat like that idea. hahah

lyrics wise.. yup it'll be about Dreams. typical but.. something most significant in my mind now.

some of my references/inspirations i have now are:
Josh Groban - Believe
Evanescence - My Immortal
Within Temptation - Our Solemn Hour
Larry Neeck - The Glacier Express (arrangement)