POD2 Comments WOOHOO

Okay i better write this down before i forget! hahah

And so the comments were:

1. Horns at the interlude towards the last chorus sounds too muffled, it is an important part so it needs to come out more!
2. Don't write too thick harmonies if I intend to record a real choir at the last chorus, probably can have sop and alto sing unison just to thicken up the sound.
3. Maybe have all the instruments come in once again at the ending after Amelia's last sentence, to end the song "properly"? hahah
4. Michael Spicer: "Sounds like a Singapore song!" DDDDD: NOOOOOO.

POD 2 PRESENTATION NOWWWWW

I'm gonna be presenting in about 20 mins. Just got all my stuff settled. Hope it'll all turn out well! (:

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I hope my pod2's gonna be awesome :D

It's awesome because it's made up of
1. The most zai drummer Jonathan
2. The most versatile guitarist Zaki
3. The sexiest bassist Yinghao
4. The best classical vocalist Amelia
5. The best rock male vocalist Jonadab
6. The ever helpful classmates, press record button, set up and tear down and all

and of course the best.. ahem. songwriter and arranger :P HAHAH. I'm kidding about that. But thanks a million to all those above who helped me! :D

And oh my, I think I'm really getting a sympho rock sound at the back. Shiok boss (: Okay now it's everything else before the presentation. I think the score's gonna kill me maximum.

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)

POD1 MIX!

well i realised the video cant be seen because it's locked. hahaha. so i decided to just upload the final mix i did for the video in pod1.

GLOW IF YOU'RE READING THIS CAN GIVE ME SOME COMMENTS ON THE MIX ALSO? THANKS! (:

别再靠近我 POD1 MIX by peixfifteen