Recording Debacles

For the past year I have been trying to record some of my music. My husband bought me a mic which came with a recording program. As soon as I started using it, it started to freak out on me. The program would only open if the mic was plugged in and you couldn’t use the mic for anything else. We didn’t have a hub/interface to work everything through so the mic plugged straight into the computer. In case you ever feel the need to start recording, don’t ever buy M-Audio mics with Pro Tools software. There is one too many glitches. Sometimes in the middle of recording the program would stop working and I’d loose all of my work. This happened more often than not. Gradually it got worse to where it would distort my voice.

I was done with it. I stopped using it.

My husband could see how bad it was and felt terrible that what he got for me was not what he expected. Wednesday evening he came home and surprised me with a new recording system. This included a new mic, interface, desk boom stand, plus a stabilizer for the mic itself. I cried. We are not sure what to do with the old mic now, but I’m excited I don’t ever have to use it again.

I have not recorded anything that is my own just yet. I’ve been working on a cover of Ed Sheeran’s piece called “I See Fire”. I’ve done a full recording, but it is not perfect. There is still a lot to do.

I’m blessed to have a husband that loves to support me in what I like to do and help me in my endeavors. He has deemed himself my recording manager (although I’m not sure that’s a real title or not). Basically he’s the one who helps mix everything.

I’ll be diving into it more when the kids go back to their Mom’s. For now I will be recording a couple pieces with my daughter as she wants to do all the songs from Frozen!

-Jay

Favorite Parody

There are some songs that are just not that great. I mean, they have a really awesome beat, but the words are pathetic, or its just not something you are really interested in. That’s when changing the lyrics to the song helps! There are many parodies of songs however, there is one I just can’t seem to stop listening to. Maybe its because the new lyrics are a little like me. For example, the song called “Talk Dirty to Me” by Jason Darulo was not a song I really enjoyed listening to, until someone got a hold of it and changed it to “Talk Nerdy to Me”.  It’s the song for nerds everywhere and I LOVE it!! So for your listening enjoyment, here is “Talk Nerdy to Me”.

 

 

-Jay

The Hobby Killer

I used to write all of the time. I would play my guitar. I would watch movies, listen to music, and hang out with friends. I would take spur of the moment beach trips and camping trips. That is, until I met “The Hobby Killer”. Let’s go back to March 2007 when my then boyfriend (now husband) flew me down to meet his parents in Florida. It was there that I was introduced to “The Hobby Killer.”

At the time, “The Hobby Killer” and my boyfriend were good friends. He introduced us so that I would understand why he liked “The Hobby Killer” so much. Little did he know that “The Hobby Killer” and I would become even better friends than he was. From April 2007 until January 2008, Steve and I shared a computer, which means we had to share “The Hobby Killer.” Everything was fine and good while he was away at work and I didn’t have to share. However, when Steve would be home, I would still want to split our time on the computer fifty-fifty. It was only fair right? The days I had it by myself were exempt.

January 2008 we got Steve a computer and we were finally able to play “The Hobby Killer” together. This worked out amazingly for us. If you haven’t guessed already, “The Hobby Killer”‘s code name is World of Warcraft, or as most know it as WoW. WoW was good to us. We got to play games together and have adventures on a very tight budget. It was in these first few months of 2008 that I really found out that healing was my niche. Steve and I could conquer the world, and we did that.

Over the years, we  had mad some incredible friends through this game. Polly (via Oscar), Ricky, and Matt to just name a few. We even found some friends from the real world that play as well (Melissa, Patrick, Jay, Jon and more).

For many years, too many years, it was our main focus. We thrived on competition and doing and being our best. We enjoyed end game content, especially raiding. Although we took many breaks we have made it to the end of every expansion so far. However, recently, our dreams have been growing and changing and we have been phasing our gaming life out and focusing on our business and the world around us.

Steve took the first leap and put his notice in of our raiding team of nearly 3 years. I wasn’t long to follow him. Steve’s account is currently inactive, and mine goes inactive on May 8th. Sometime toward the end of this year there will be a new expansion coming out called Warlord of Draenor. I couldn’t even tell you if we’ll pick it up and check it out.

Since stepping down from gaming I have been blogging regularly (as you can see), working on two different novel ideas, and so much more. I’ve made friend in the Nashville area and I am excited to be doing this business with my wonderful husband. Don’t get me wrong, I still love the game, and enjoy playing around on it; however, I love my freedom.

~Kay

…Have You EverFound…

Have you ever listened to a song and instantly loved it? You know the kind I’m talking about: You get the album and then play the song on repeat until you learn all of the words and can sing along. The last time that happened to me: Taylor Swift’s “Red” album spent almost an entire year in the CD player in my truck. But this post is not about Ms. Swift.

It is about a slightly lesser known band; however, they are equally impacting. The band’s name is EverFound and the song is titled “She Said.” Because this song is new to me, I can’t really throw it back very far. So let’s call this a TBT for EverFound! Please sit back and enjoy this awesome music video! I hope you enjoy their music as much as I do!

 

There is a great profile story about how these guys came to America and fell in love with music on the Winter Jam website, where they just finished a 57 city tour!

Check their website out: http://www.everfoundmusic.com

You can also follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everfound?ref=br_tf

 

~Kay