Jiggy
By gunnbr on January 3, 2026 11:39 pm
For some reason, I had a lilty little Irish jig or Riverdance tune in my head, so I decided to use that for my first week of WB 2026. I actually made a few voice recordings of me "singing" different parts and I was able to get those in the M8, but nothing actually sounded as good as what was in my head. I started out with a call/response using 2 different instruments, but that just didn't come out well, so I switched and decided to do a verse/chorus structure instead. That came together much easier and I ended up with something that I think sounds "okay". I really only used 2 channels, though I threw in a bit of percussion at the end just for some variety and put my "response" instrument in as an outro.
I still really struggle with making songs that are long enough. I feel like I'm still not okay repeating parts of a song a bunch, even though when I learn to play songs on the guitar, many of the songs I love are extremely repetitive.
While playing around on this track, I also ended up with 2 fragments that I can use future tracks. I just hope I remember to come back to this when I need inspiration in upcoming weeks.
Late note: When using Audacity to convert to mp3, I noticed my song looked quiet, so I normalized to -12 LUFS. I hope that didn't make it sound worse.
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