My World of Color Winter Dream Honor Choir Adventure
Yesterday my best
friend and I attempted to record my audition for the World of Color Honor
Choir. The idea is simple. Having already practiced and learned the song it was
time to record. All we needed to do was find a quiet place, put something black
behind yourself, attach earphones or a headphones to your computer so you can
hear the music the sound of the music not be out in the room, make sure your
computer webcam is ready, check the sound recording to make sure your singing
is not recorded to loudly so it is not distorted and finally SING.
First off finding
a place where I could put a large piece of black poster board and stand was an
interesting challenge. We finally thought of placing the poster board on the
inside of the front door. Next was setting the camera so it caught the singers
face and the black background with nothing else. FUN every time we looked a
sliver of the white door could be seen.
After setting up
our recording location we needed QUIET. Living in So. Cal the weather is pleasant
and in fact a little warm so windows can’t be closed or fans/Air conditioning must
be on. I told my teenage daughter what we were doing and that we needed quiet. My
daughter and her friends were outside on the lawn chatting. At times their
laughter and voices would be heard inside. They needed to come in and several
times one or another of the girls came in while we were recording. The
attempted to be quiet but it is impossible to be quiet enough when recording. I
also have 2 dogs and 2 cats who would occasionally let themselves be known. The
pets were less of a problem than the girls. The cats were quiet except when we
were taking a break. The dogs only barked a couple of times.
My friend has
trouble with ear buds so she opted to use the headphones with the built in mic.
This worked well, mostly during practice but when the time came to record she
felt the recording was giving her feedback. We never got a satisfactory. By the
time she done I had a short time to try before I had to stop for the day. As I
started my daughter’s friends come in.
Now has this deterred
me from auditing? NO!! I’m going to go get another poster board so I can have a
larger black space behind me. I’m going to LOCK the doors and put a note on it
saying, “Recording in progress!! Do not enter, knock or disturb in any way.”
The audition video
must be submitted by October 6th so there is still a little time. If
you would like to join or find out more about the Disney California Adventure
Winter Dreams Honor Choir just check out the link below! They are accepting
professional and non-professional singers for this project to be shown as part
of the Holiday Glow World of Color Show.
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