Words & Photos from Alana Norie
Today was a day to remember for our whole group!
We started out in the band room bright and early this morning, listening, and or jamming to a few songs. Such as “Dancing in the Streets, We are the World, Lean on Me as well as Jimmy Mac”. Shortly we grabbed all our instruments and loaded on a public transit bus to make our way downtown. Downtown Mr. Farish, our cohort leader took us to John’s Place, a little diner he has been eating at since he was in high school. Inside this place was lined with retro posters and items. Even ones of musicians we had listened to earlier this morning. We sat down and enjoyed each other's company and a delicious brunch. Before we left a few students in our group got the chance to pick a few tunes from the jukebox. After saying thanks, we were on our way again. We popped into some taxis and got driven to Electric City Sound.
You could feel the excitement we walked in as many of us had never had the experience of being in a recording studio, and today was the day. We were greeted and toured around the space. There were separate rooms for vocals, amps and big spaces to collaborate. We had a quick musician chat, and came to the conclusion that we would work on an original and build it from the base up. We all know that a great groovy song starts with the beat, so we decided on a tempo, and recorded a layer with the drum kit. From there we split into a few smaller groups, one worked on guitar and base lines, one on the pianos and another doing some research to decide on a theme and start forming some lyrics. From there we recorded, and re-recorded and started to layer music. It all started to come together as our own little original song with all sorts of instruments and vocals. We saw each other be astonished by our peer’s talents and how they stepped out of their comfort zones. Fantastic day to come gain some experience with recording and get closer as a group.