Resting Day 7

 Woke up a bit early, but I had my window open so that may have played a role. Snoozed my alarm a couple of times and then took a shower. Slowly packed up and off to the climbing gym. Climbed for a bit and then went to my office. At my office, I was waiting for my coworker to leave so I could do some recording. While waiting, I refreshed myself on what power electronics can be like and read some random things. Eventually my office mate left and I got to work. 

First, I readded my "siren" and then put in a distorted midrange pad to give it some extra static. I also worked on the sound design of the vocals. I couldn't figure out my melody though, so I eventually just sang something and got all the words recorded. I still need to figure out musically what I want to do in the chorus. I'll probably move the bass up and into a zone where you don't need a subwoofer and can actually here some movement. Then I'll do a more melodic bass thing. Combine that with a distorted music box maybe as my lead. That will give the chorus a significantly different feel while also being a bit poppier than the rest of the song. 

I'm most proud of the bridge/breakdown section. I'll need to mess around with the bass some more there too, but I do some fun things with hyper distorted vocals (you can't even tell I'm counting) and a distorted drum beat (right now it repeats itself too frequently, which is more rhythm than I want, so I'll be changing that up a bit too). Hopefully with a bit of work and maybe some rerecorded vocals, I'll be able to hit my self-imposed deadline. 

A number of students emailed complaining about their grades. Like, I left good comments on why I gave them the scores they did and the professor has backed me up each time, so I don't know why they bother. Substandard work is substandard. Anyway, I'm stuck meeting with one tomorrow to see if they can argue any higher points but I was already really generous compared to the rubric so I'm not sure what more they can do.

Felt fine today and did force myself to be slightly productive. So that's good. I'd rather feel happy than fine, but maybe that's the problem. Who knows. Not me.