Neil shows his work

Per my earlier post, my time has been quite limited for this project. I knocked out a version of “Hope She’ll Be Happier” really fast. I also started two other songs, but those only got as far as the initial experimentation phases. In the spirit of sharing sketches, I decided to include those really rough concept explorations.

I had grand ambitions of covering “Anesthesia” on accordion, but only spent a very short amount of time trying to wing it more or less by ear. I got about a minute deep into the song and realized this would require far more intense learning than time would allow me.

I also wanted to experiment with how to get different vocal effects out of GarageBand, so I picked the other more repetitive song from the submissions, “Let It Go By,” so I could quickly establish a very simple foundation and then experiment with effects. Clearly, this is just a study and not a finished expression or song. Again, I figured, what the hell, I’ll just share my process for something to share.

-Neil