Creating the mood

Having now recorded a subtley written version of the Galileo song, in a mannered and well engineered fashion, I've now recorded a counter version, lying on my front to make it harder to sing, and by pitching to a melody that is beyond my range. This version of the song was recorded with sillier lyrics and has led to a quite frankly insane rendition, which, although perhaps amusing, destroys the beauty of the original song. I think Rob's approach to actually doing some research before leaping in may pay off.

I've now written a third version which amalgamates the two approaches I've taken so far. I've just got to decide whether to record it whilst lying on my front, or by the regular method of standing up. Decisions decisions. Oh yes, the lying on the front thing (plus turning the lights out before I recorded) were all attempts to create a different mood in the room before recording. Given that I was recording in our utility room, it wasn't a very inspiring view with the lights on.

The project so far

The idea of Superheroes of Science is to record an album with like minded friends from around the world with a lot of love, and very fast. Well, quite fast. So far we have all picked some scientists and recorded instrumental songs based around them. Now we're swapping them round, and are going to write and record vocal tracks over each others tracks. So far there have been all sorts of things to consider, which songs would suit which vocal styles, which scientists would fit different lyricists life experiences (I'm joking alright, we're not taking it that seriously).

Anyway, on to stage 2. There are a couple more tracks to come in for distribution and then we've got until the end of this month to write and record the vocals. We'll have the album finished within the next couple of months and will distribute it for free here.