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Matt was very patient with Afton’s occasional mistakes and slightly less than metronome-perfect timing. After a little post-processing, he sent us the following tracks, which we now share for your enjoyment.<\/p>\n
Let’s Go on Vacation
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When Gerrit and I ran into a roadblock on our current project (more on that another time), we visited a ward member, Matt, in hopes of some guidance. We got a little advice, then Matt talked to us about his own projects as an amateur composer and recording engineer, which recently led to a fun experience for Afton.<\/p>\n
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Matt spent several months converting one of his basement bedrooms into a recording studio. He describes it as a room within a room. There is an extra layer of sheet rock, then layers of acoustic foam. There is extra glass over the window and thick curtains. There are even two doors — one opens out and the other in. Matt says someone could be mowing his lawn and you wouldn’t know it in that room.<\/p>\n
We chatted about some of his composition projects, and my brief time as a music major, sound recording emphasis, at BYU. I mentioned that I hoped Afton would keep up with her piano playing so we could have a musician in the family, and Matt volunteered to record her playing if she had some songs she was working on.<\/p>\n
I wasn’t sure if he was just being nice, or if he really wanted to do that, but he got in touch a few weeks later and asked when we’d be ready. Afton had been practicing a couple of songs for Festival (wherein a pianist performs for some judges to get feedback and a skill rating), so we took those into the studio.<\/p>\n Matt was very patient with Afton’s occasional mistakes and slightly less than metronome-perfect timing. After a little post-processing, he sent us the following tracks, which we now share for your enjoyment.<\/p>\n Let’s Go on Vacation
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