Recording the song

In our music production, we planned that we would use Jazz to record her own acoustic version of 'Use Somebody'. We felt that using Jazz's version and recording it would develop our technical skills and overall improve our music production. In order to record the song, we set up a keyboard, microphone and a mixing/recording desk. Below is a picture of the set up. 

The overall process took around 3 hours. This is because it took around half an hour to set up the equipment, an hour to rehearse the song, and the remaining time to record different versions she made for the track 'Use Somebody'. 

Below is a picture showing two different CD's which contained many of the songs we recorded. We recorded many versions so that we could pick from the best and see which version we preferred. 

Firstly, we recorded the piano backing track of the song which Jazz played. This is so that Jazz was able to sing along with the music. We then recorded different versions of the piano, different tempos and timings until we decided on one which would fit best in our music video and with Jazz's singing. 

We felt that it was very important to find the best tempo of the music. This is because we wanted a very slow tempo to set the scene of sadness and isolation. This would help us find the right rhythm to create the feeling we wanted for the pace of the video.

Below is a shot showing Jazz recording the piano sound track.