Much like with most other weeks in the Club, my thought process varied rapidly as I pondered what to write about.  The obvious was the first that came to mind, being waves on the beach.  Then came the act of waving hello and goodbye, but that had already been done some 50-odd years ago!.  A homonym of wave, being "waive", was also an option but I decided not to go down this path.  Should I make this song about surfing?  Well not in the traditional sense anyway, but maybe the kind that involves computers.  That brought me to the idea of making WAVs, which are uncompressed sound files that are saved whenever you record audio either on a desktop or laptop machine.  I have always been into computer-based music, having had experience with it for at least 25 years.  It made perfect sense to me to write a song about it.  I experimented with loops and samples fairly early on in my deep dive into this kind of music, having been heavily inspired by the likes of Moby and Fatboy Slim who used a lot of both of these in their songs.  In saying that though, loops and samples were not used in the creation of my submission for this week.  On the subject of surfing, the chord progression of my song is based on the one used in the hit "Surfin' USA" by The beach Boys.  


VERSE 1
You open up your DAW
And start a new file
If you put the effort in
You'll be here for a while

The hours pass by oh so quick
But all you do is smile
You're fully in the zone now
This track's a real vibe


CHORUS 1
When you're recording audio
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

When you're recording audio
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save


VERSE 2
A guy told me I suck
And he wants my internet
It was a decision
That he'd like to forget

I took his voice and looped it
Then it became a song
I made the whole thing last
Over three minutes long


CHORUS
When you recording vocal takes
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

When you recording instruments
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save


VERSE 3
When you're finished for the day
Make sure to back it up
I use online storage
To archive all my stuff

External drives can work as well
But they are prone to fail
To me it's just not worth 
All the drama it entails


CHORUS
When you're recording digital
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

When you're recording digital
You are making WAVs
Just in case of a crash
Please don't forget to save

Making WAVs

Protis has been writing music since 1998, when he was still in high school. The name Protis came about from watching the TV show Pokemon; his original name was Piggy, and just how Pikachu evolves into Raichu, well he decided that Piggy would evolve into Protis. The name has stuck ever since then.

Protis is a big fan of computer-based music.  The first computer program he used for music purposes was Cubase Lite on good ol' Windows 3.1 operating system.  Over the years he moved on to Cubast VST, where he further developed his skills as a songwriter.  Most of his early recordings were instrumental works, as at the time he was unable to compose decent lyrics.

After a while, Protis decided to leave the realm of General MIDI and progress into the world of loops and samples.  He accomplished this by using the ACID range of products.  Countless hours were spent with this brilliant piece of software, coming up with lots of cool beats.

Protis has also dabbled in the FruityLoops software, now called FL Studio.  He utilised FL Studio to write songs which contained his first self-penned lyrics.  He was surprised at just how well his lyrics came across in each song, fitting in well with the music.  And all this from someone who could never write words to his songs!

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