There are three stages of
songwriting and playing guitar. When someone is first learning guitar, they'll mostly play covers of other band’s songs, to try and improve their playing. After a
while of playing, they might start to write some originals. After playing for even
longer, they might start to gain confidence in their songwriting, to the point
where they'll want to record their songs so they can share them with other
people. I feel like I have already surpassed the first two stages, so as such, I
have wanted to start recording my songs. The only problem: I haven’t been able
to get around to recording anything. Fortunately, with this new Genius project thing, I have decided to take advantage of it to finally record and produce an original
song. Hopefully, what I learn from this will give me some experience if I ever
decide to record more. And believe me, I want to record more.
If I am going to put effort into
the making of this song, I'll have to run a schedule: By the 24th,
I hope to acquire all the things that I need in order to record this song that
I don’t already have. This includes recording software and an amp-to-computer
cable, as well as the song arrangement. By March 6th, I hope to have
the drum, bass, and backing guitar parts recording. This gives me solid footing
for when I record the lead guitar parts. Speaking of the lead guitar parts, I
plan to have those finished by March 15th. By the 22nd,
since I’ll have finished most of the standard parts, I will start to add little
extra parts (such as guitar overdubs) to add some texture to the song. And
finally, by the 29th, I hope to have the song mixed and completely
finished.
I won’t need that many resources
for this recording. One thing that I will definitely need is my guitar, which
will be my primary instrument for recording (being used for the guitar and bass
parts). I will also use an amp, as I can get a better tone and playing through
an amp sounds a lot better than just plugging into the computer. Another thing
that I’ll definitely need is recording software, to, well, record the song.
Another important thing I’ll need is a amp output->computer cable, which
will allow me to transfer what I am playing onto the computer. Regardless of
how good my tone is, or how expensive my recording software is, if I don’t have
this handy device, I won’t be able to record anything.
My primary research-the 25% part of
this project-is probably mostly going to be researching recording and
producing. Unfortunately, wanting to record songs for a while, I barley know
anything about recording and producing (Come to think of it, that’s probably a
reason why). As such, throughout this project, I will be researching stuff.
What I’m researching will include things such as how to use the recording
software and great producing techniques.
And finally, if it wasn’t already obvious, my goal for this
project is to finish writing and recording a song by the end of the 7th
week.
