Hi--just stopping by, no time to catch up on the blog, busier than a cat on a hot tin roof. Our new iMac is just about set up and debugged, updated versions of legacy software (some didn't work with the current version of the operating system) located and installed. (Final one, just now, was published by a company that no longer exists--but they sold the rights to another company that sells a new version online.) Lots of work at work, too. Keep cool, all!
Well, I've finally finished the first draft, so to speak, of "Music to My Heart." The lyric is pretty much finished and the melody is pretty much finished. Because of some wrestling with Cakewalk, I didn't get to bed till 3:30. Stage 2 in the writing of a song, for me, is to sort out the note durations. I write out the melody in all quarter notes first, then in the second stage worry about what should be an eighth note, what a half note, and so forth. The third stage is adding the harmony. While stages 2 and 3 require a lot of concentration, they're not difficult per se. So, the hard part is over in this project. Yay! I was beginning to think it would never come together.
Did I mention I've been buying records again? You can get a lot of vynel for the cost of one CD. And while CD's are wonderful in their way, you just can't beat real records. On the other hand, over the weekend I installed iTunes and managed to download a song. Even figured out how to play it - the iTunes interface is not very disabled friendly. So, it's not as if I'm failing to keep up with the times. It's just that I like real records.
Maybe it's the full moon, but it seems to me that Howie is first!
ReplyDeleteCome on you sleepyheads, rise and shine. The day's a wasting. . . .
ReplyDeleteOkay. Goodnight, gotta get some sleep ~~ see ya'll later.
ReplyDeleteHi--just stopping by, no time to catch up on the blog, busier than a cat on a hot tin roof. Our new iMac is just about set up and debugged, updated versions of legacy software (some didn't work with the current version of the operating system) located and installed. (Final one, just now, was published by a company that no longer exists--but they sold the rights to another company that sells a new version online.) Lots of work at work, too. Keep cool, all!
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ReplyDeleteWell, I've finally finished the first draft, so to speak, of "Music to My Heart." The lyric is pretty much finished and the melody is pretty much finished. Because of some wrestling with Cakewalk, I didn't get to bed till 3:30. Stage 2 in the writing of a song, for me, is to sort out the note durations. I write out the melody in all quarter notes first, then in the second stage worry about what should be an eighth note, what a half note, and so forth. The third stage is adding the harmony. While stages 2 and 3 require a lot of concentration, they're not difficult per se. So, the hard part is over in this project. Yay! I was beginning to think it would never come together.
Did I mention I've been buying records again? You can get a lot of vynel for the cost of one CD. And while CD's are wonderful in their way, you just can't beat real records. On the other hand, over the weekend I installed iTunes and managed to download a song. Even figured out how to play it - the iTunes interface is not very disabled friendly. So, it's not as if I'm failing to keep up with the times. It's just that I like real records.
Oh me, too! (And he, too!)
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