Vocals!

Well today, lets say I tried to record the vocals for the song, but it is always the hardest part because I am not a singer, I spent like 4 hours trying to get it right, but my voice could not keep up with it anymore, so let's say I have like 60% of the vocals of the song done, but tomorrow I have to finish it, I'm kind of nervous to be honest but I am sure I can do it

Guitarss

Today I Recorded the Guitars for All I want. We Spent 4 hours in the studio, we used the Fender Amp that was there and it sounded pretty well, the song is coming out much better than what I thought! it's considerably a pretty easy song, but we spent a lot of time on it focusing in every little detail that the song has and recording like the original song. Unfortunately my camera wasn't working  so I don't have a visual record of it, but I have the audio for sure :D

The Real Deal!

I'm writing this week even though it is Springbreak because I am, in fact, working on my project on vacation because I am a good little dubbie. Today I recorded the bass guitar for the cover that my brother and I are doing. We don't own a bass guitar here in Los Angeles, so Andre (my brother) had to borrow it from a friend. We did not have a problem in the recording process, my brother spent something like 15 minutes setting up the sound and I nailed it in less than half an hour while my brother's girlfriend was video recording the whole thing. We spent the rest of the time doing the EQ of the bass until we found something that we liked, the song is sounding pretty well, up to this point everything is perfect.
We rented the Studio of the Art Institute, (which is where my brother studies) to record the guitar's there with a Fender amp, it's going to be great.

L O S A N G E L E S ... :D

I'm writing this from the from the west coast of the country, I'm in my brothers apartment already :)
I have good news, We finished the drums!!! Can you believe that?? like in two days? I think it's crazy! we are doing si well, we are having fun, and everything will turn out very well! this is going to be a short journal because we have to get to work, hes going to teach me how to use pro tools on my mac, and EZ drummer so I can record cool stuff when I am by myself as well.

Spring Break :D

Robots & Music??

Yesterday I went to FIU with my other brother because I had a problem to fix. Afterwards I had to stay there with him because he had to finish a project for his robotics class. Him and his group had to presented in a video, so he asked me to do the video for it, and it turned out to be great! To this date I think is one of the best projects I've done for Wise, my brother told me today that everyone, including the teacher. So I am pretty glad, I'm trying to upload it to youtube but it won't work. I promise I'll show you somehow because I love it haha, See you Later.

Practice For Next Week.

Hey hey! so, I decided I'm doing All I Want for my cover, so this week I'm practicing, A LOT!! Since I'm playing every instrument of the song ( the drums are midi, but I'm technically doing them as well). I'm changing the tuning of the song because I tried to sing it the original way, but I cant reach those high notes, so I changed the tuning to drop D, and now I feel comfortable singing it. I'm kind of nervous I have to admit, but my brother is great at what he does, and my sure that together we are going to make this sound really well. :)

Hi Guys!!

What up?? New stuff happened.... (doesn't it always anyway)
First, Friday's show happened, it was amazing, everyone seemed to like it. I played three acoustic songs in Spanish. My girlfriend recorded it so I will be uploading a video soon of the performance.
Also, Saturday's Concert happened, I liked a lot, there are very good local bands and people should support them. Especially I liked two ska bands that simply destroyed that stage. I t was crazy, I interviewed some bands and basically asked how did they get to play in that battle of the bands, how did they prepared for it and what are their expectations now that they've played in such an important show. They thought it was a great opportunity, not only because of the prize. (1000$ or hours in a recording studio) but also because people get to know them and they get to show their band. I was a great show which I think helped me a lot with the project.

This Weekend. L.A :D

I love recording covers!

So here I am guys! It is a day before Friday's show and I decided to chill about that a little!

I decided to do this cover of Bring Me the Horizon ( it's a little heavy) but I hope you enjoy it!

The process? The same as last time. I recorded the sound on Garageband, with the track of the original song and different tracks of me playing the cover. I'm trying to make them sound better each time by trying to find better a distorion, a better sound. I think I'm doing a pretty decent job so far, but I can't wait to go to Los Angeles, and take my covers to a whole new level. After that I think I'll be working on writing some new songs for my self and record them.

I also want to tell you about this week's homework that was due today. I reviewed and interview that I conducted some time ago, like in January, to a film producer Tom Alexander, owner of Alexander Productions located here in South Florida. A film producer and a Music Producer would have pretty similar lives so I decided to use it & it really helped me a lot! he is a really nice guy

Here is the video It never ends by Bring Me The Horizon

Practice. Practice. Practice.

So today is Tuesday, is a new month, and what I've been doing is practicing for a little show I have on Friday. I usually don't get nervous until just before the show, I'm confident of myself on the guitar, but the pickle for Friday's show is not only that I'm going to sing as well, it is also the fact that is an acoustic set, meaning that if I make a mistake singing, I'm out of tune for a little moment or something it will be noticeable (BIG TIME!!) so that's why I have to practice, practice, and practice, especially because my voice isn't in great shape since I got sick :(   But I'm working so everything goes exactly the way it's supposed to be on Friday.

Also I'm tryuing to decide (still) for the cover I'm recording in LA on spring break. At the end I think I'm going to go with All I Want by ADTR, but I'm not a 100% sure yet!

See you later