Accidental Song of the Week (Plus Video)

[Song of the Week is a "weekly" feature which is supposed to update every Thursday, but almost never does. In it, Drew records a song, or attempts to record a song, or gives up and writes another movie review.]

I don't have an excuse for not posting, other than what I call "[long string of creative expletives] finals." And I haven't watched any movies in a while, so there's that. Let's all just pretend I was abducted by aliens.

So I find myself having to do a presentation, and I think-- hey, if'n I makes me a movie, I reckon I wouldn't have to stand up while presentatin'." At the time it didn't occur to me that the movie would be more work than a normal presentation. So then I thought, "well shoot, I's can make up a right purty song to go with'n my movie."

As they say in the business, EPIC FAIL.

I was going for something James Bond with the song, with a heavy bassline, surf guitar, and the kind of drumming that goes tsk-tsk-tika-tsk-tsk, but the bass sound was weak and messy and both my guitars are broken (I've taken to calling one "ol' five-stringy," because I'm too busy/lazy to buy new strings). I managed to get the drums working, and figured I'd try some of the other MIDI doodads Garageband offers.

Come to think of it, my recording process of trying to start the movie on one PC, the recording software on another, and playing an instrument at the same time so they'd all sync up? Really stupid for people with only two hands.

I tried to get a tight drumbeat on this song, but the other instruments are just keyboard-mashing. I tried an experiment with doubling the bassline, but I'm not entirely sure it worked. I really do like the ending, mainly because it's a lot louder than everything else.

Oh, and just ignore the movie. I'm just too lazy and pressed for time to make a whole other music video.


Drew's DIY Presentation: "Battle Theme"


[Update: Sorry about the weirdness. I was trying to upload the wrong file for the first 18 or so hours.]

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Rerelease Notes: This one's the same.