I’ve just finishing off the final mixing of the song for my latest music video.
This is a screenshot of the software I’m using, Logic Pro X, which is absolutely great. You might be able to see the various audio tracks I’ve recorded – drums, ukuleles, bass and vocals. With the mixer on view it’s great fun adjusting the various levels and adding effects etc. When I’ve finished, or perhaps when I came to the point where I think it’s the best it’s going to get, I’ll “bounce” out the song which will export it as a WAV file. Then the next stage will be to add it to the video that’s already been prepared.
Hopefully I’m aiming to have it finished and uploaded onto YouTube by the end of next month. It’s another parody of a well-known song but with a local twist, more details later when it’s released.
As you may know, a while ago I noticed that there are lots of songs with American place-names but fewer songs about places in the UK. So I thought I’d adapt some popular songs and give them some place-names in the north Midlands. My first music video was a parody of “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” which is entitled “Drive Some More Down the A34” (the A34 being the major trunk road which goes through the Midlands). This was followed up with “Highway to Chell” a parody of the AC/DC song (Chell being a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent). This last video has received over 4,000 views on YouTube which is amazing as it’s only been produced for fun. So I’m wondering if my third video will be as popular.