Google Day 5 Nov. 27

During the workday today I transcribed more of "When You Go" and practiced singing. Some of the parts I cannot identify the correct note, but I am starting to see that I can hear the note in my head and can sing it. I have high hopes for recording! I hope it will sound much better sung than a computer piano.

Google Day 4 Nov. 9

Yesterday, as I did not have access to a piano for the workday, I enlisted Shannon to teach me to sing because she is in choir and a talented singer. I did not want to practice by myself, but I was also too shy to sing in front of anyone. Eventually I got over my fright by listening to the song on full volume and sing quietly along so that I can't hear myself. It worked quite well, and I felt much better singing in front of people. I still have a long way to go, because there are many notes that are too high or low to sing, plus there are several lines of harmonies that I am still discovering. In all, however, I feel I am making significant gains.

Much Accomplished Nov. 5

Yesterday I spent a few hours working on transcribing "When You Go". I found all the chord changes for it, which was extremely helpful, and then I got to work writing the harmonic lines. The melody was quite simple and easy to write, but the other parts are much more difficult. After that, I practiced singing them, but I don't know how it sounded from the outside of my mouth. I will probably need to enlist someone in choir to help me, because after a while my throat started to hurt. But all in all, I made substantial gains.

Google Day 3 Oct. 23

Late again, but it completely slipped my mind! On the workday on Tuesday, I spent more time in the library transcribing "When You Go". I did not make as much progress as I hoped, because I kept getting hung up on this one note that I could not for the life of me figure out. The more that I listen to it, the more confused, and annoyed, I get. This is particularly because it sounds very different on a computer piano than on a cappella voice. The only way to remedy this is by working on a real piano. I do not have much time left to finish this project, so I will have to get some solid work in these next few weeks. This will include finishing transcribing, practicing singing, and recording it all together.

Google Day 2 Oct. 5

A bit late, but on the work day on Friday, I went to work transcribing "When You Go" on a program called Noteflight. I only wrote out about the first twenty seconds of the song, but it is going swimmingly. I think that I will have trouble singing some parts of it because my voice does not go so high or so low, and so I might have to change the key, but I am very excited to begin recording it.

http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/f1507a6337f865b37a9f8c9f8bdfdc364d1ea93a

Google Day 1 Sept. 19

For my Google Project this year, I have decided to do a multi-track recording of the a capella song "When You Go" by Jonathan Coulton. My friend Brennan has a lot of experience mixing beats and recording music and dubstep and other things, and he has agreed to help me record it.
I do not have any experience in singing and so this will be a challenge for me, especially because I have no knowledge of singing mechanics or theory. I will probably start by writing all the parts out, because there are four basic parts in the song, not counting harmonies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA8M4qfBfBU