Final Google Day!

Since Matt and I are practically done with the Google project I used the class period to have an incredible jam session with piano virtuoso Kie Mata. This session improved my ability to improvise over many different kinds of styles. This was helpful for me because I am always looking for ways to better myself as an all around guitar player. If Matt and I choose to add another song into the project I'm sure that my new-found abilities for improvising will come into play. 

-Nick McClurg

Final Google Day- Agritelley

Over the past weekend, Nick and I made the final touches to our recording. It looks like our friend Nick Doering never got around to recording vocals for our song, but it's alright because it sounds great as an instrumental. We might shorten it down a little this weekend to remove some of the repetitiveness, but besides that it is essentially set and done. I look forward to presenting it and getting feedback from the rest of the class.

Matt

Nick McClurg- Google Day #3

A little over a week ago, I was messing around on my guitar at home, trying to think of some additional licks for our song. I ended up coming up with a solid chorus that we could use. In addition, I transcribed a saxophone solo for guitar that was played in a jazz song I listened to. My goal is to incorporate this into our piece as an additional solo. We recorded last weekend for a long time and it was pretty tiring. However, we got the entire song recorded and it sounds awesome. The combination of the soft jazz melody and the bongos make the song seem smooth. I plan to continue to work on my solo ideas and record some more.
Nick

Matt Agritelley- Google Day 3

Over the past two weekends, Nick and I have worked to record our song. After countless arduous tries, we got a rough draft recorded. The theme of our song is intended to be calm, with a jazzy feel. Nick plays on the guitar while I play on the bongos. We sent the song to our friend Nick Doering, who we're hoping can think of some lyrics and record them on top of our baseline. I'm not entirely certain at this point whether or not this will happen, but the lyrics are just an added luxury; the song remains great as an instrumental.  Over the next few weekends my goal is to tweak some of the parts of the song and do some more editing on the garage band, and of course talk to Doering to see if he's made any headway on the lyrics. For now, it is safe to say that we are very happy with how our song is sounding and are looking forward to making more progress.

Matt