I have a new song up. It sounds very similar to that last one I recorded except a little darker. I’ve been using a lot of the same little guitar chords and I’ve been writing in the same key, lately, which is why they sound so similar.

I used a lot of different neat little things I’ve never used recording before. I put tons of distortion on the bass in the first part. I also used a “Bronzer” on the guitars in the middle of the song. It sounds really warm. And in the beginning and the middle-end I dual-tracked the guitars, one clean guitar with lots of delay and reverb, and the other with light distortion and tremolo. Tremolo is an effect that makes the volume go up and down… you’ll hear it in the beginning. It came together really nicely.

Enjoy!

This just in:

I got my letter tonight stating that I was a recipient of one of the awards for the Anna K. Suter scholarship that I mentioned in the last post. They award me $500, which isn’t a whole lot, but I am still very excited! This gets my name out there in the math department. And I’m allowed to apply for it each year.

Also, I edited the song a little bit. I took some advice that Jason Carr from the Bean Cup, a local coffee shop, gave me for the end of the song. I let the clean guitars in the end play over the heavy parts. Enjoy!

I recorded a new song the other night that I actually wrote! It’s all instrumental, but I ended up doing a decent job on it. It’s about how I feel victorious in life in general, right now. With Olivia, and school, etc.

A couple weeks ago I applied for the Anna K. Suter scholarship at IUPUI. It’s a scholarship for math majors, and my calculus professor told me he thought I’d be a very strong candidate for it. The committee had their meeting yesterday, and I should find out on Friday about whether I win one of the awards or not. I’ll definitely post about it, if I’m one of the award winners.

Today, one of my old friend’s sister Biz Strother came over and we recorded some of her music. We recorded two songs. I’m working on one still, but the other came out great! It’s called Paper and Glue, and Biz wrote it herself.

I now have condenser microphones, and am able to record vocals and acoustic instruments really well. I also recorded a cover of Polly by Nirvana with my dad the other night, but we both sang in it, and are pretty embarrassed. We did it just for fun.

Winter Break has been great! I ended up with straight As for my first semester! 4.0! Mike and I recorded some music with our drummer friend Nick Walker last week. I’m working on getting more equipment. Expect more music in the coming months!