My first song! (First song recorded, that is.) There are a couple mess ups in the last segment where I muffled a string, and I'll likely go back and fix it sometime later.  I'm still very happy with this track, however, especially as a first recording! (Oh, and please excuse my breathing...I recorded this with the Mac's mic, nothing fancy.)

Drift

You may listen to this song if you like. I'll leave it up. However, there is one condition: After listening, please go listen to Star Tripping 2.0! It's much better, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the finished version better than this piece in progress! Thanks, and enjoy!  

I began this song just practicing some simple lead riffs, because I haven't done a lot of it, and I'd like to get better! As I messed around I thought, "You know, why don't I just record this?" The result was "Star Tripping". To all you Highest Praisers from 2011, yes, I named it star tripping because of our tour. To all you who were actually star tripping, you'll know that the sound of this song is NOTHING like spinning and a camera flash! However, I like to think of it more as a trip through the stars. I just figured I'd throw in an HP reference, since I recorded this the day after our tour ended! Again, it's by no means perfect. There are some rough spots, but I'm happy nonetheless. :o) More tunes will hopefully come in the future! Thanks for listening, and if you're still reading, for having read this far!


Star Tripping

Okay! This is my final version of Star Tripping. If you listened to the original, then try listening to this one! :D There were some things about the first one I didn't really like, so I went back and got rid of some clicks, corrected some timing errors, and put in a couple harmonies! (Oh, and you'll notice I also changed the whistling track at the end. ;D )Much, MUCH happier with this track! Enjoy! :D


Star Tripping 2.0

This came out of the melody you hear at the very beginning—the one that's sort of dark and mellow. I had come up with it and wanted to do something with it, and I found if I raised the base note in a simple E,G,C,D progression, it cheered it up a little! However, I found it to be so pretty that I decided to add some sarcastic emotion... ;D Special Thanks to Austin for his help on the dialogue. (We mustn't forget orphans.)
All this was recorded on the Macbook Pro's built-in speaker, as with my other (what, like—two?) projects! For a built-in mic, it sounds GREAT! I'm VERY satisfied with how this came out!
Enjoy!

ZJK



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