Bo Burnham was the artist that first inspired me to start learning music. As my friends can attest, when I first started learning piano, I would play nothing but Bo Burnham songs. From "Art is Dead" to "Are You Happy" and now, "Goodbye". I've had so much fun playing all of these songs, so I figured I should put one of them on (digital) tape.

For this song, I delved into EQs and went down a rabbit hole of changing tiny parts that made no perceivable difference and yet changed the entire feeling of the song.

As for the mixing, this is one of the hardest ones I've had so far. I'm not sure if it was the instruments, my voice, or the composition, but nothing was working. No matter how hard I worked, nothing sounded how I wanted it to sound. I think this is my knowledge surpassing my skills.

As I do this challenge of One-Song-Per-Month, I'm getting better at mixing and learning more about music and what goes into it. Along with this is learning how hard mixing is. Knowing the sounds you want and knowing how to get it is to very different things, and this cover does not sound how I want it to.

Unlike my previous songs, I don't like this one. To me, it sounds hollow and yet too dense. The highs are too sharp, yet nothing stands out. It sounds like a big contradiction to my ears. But I'm still glad I made it. My next project will be a blank slate to work on and try again to find my sound. Whether that next one will be better, I can only hope so. But I'll never make my great one before I make my next one.

It's been a tough month. Thanks for following along with me, and I hope you enjoy this song, even if I can't right now.

Goodbye

A cover of Andrew Barth Feldman's cover of the Hall and Oats song "Man Eater". A challenging song for sure, right on the edge of my vocal range and my piano skills. 

I learned this one almost 6 months ago, but I never felt comfortable enough with it to start recording until 3 months ago. 3 months is a lot longer than I ever want to be working on something, but every time I would start mixing it, it would fall short of my vision and I would lose all motivation to work on it. It was a challenge to finish, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

My favourite part in there is the piano. I've recently fallen back in love with the piano, and I love building on the chords of a song with some improv. I learned how to do it with this song and it's been a staple in my toolbox ever since.

Maneater

Just a place for me to post whatever project I've recently finished. That's usually a cover of whatever I've been learning on the piano, but hey, sometimes it's original.

Goodbye

Maxx

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