By the way - here's the finished Disco Mix...
By the way - here's the finished Disco Mix...
But I digress...
I thought it would be fairly easy, since I've done a dancehall reggae mix for a previous class. Welp, not so much. It's a very complicated thing. And I'm not sure that I have enough time to pull it off to my satisfaction.
With reggae, the beats are similar, if not exactly the same. With disco, they all have different BPMs (Beats Per Minute) and some start slow and then speed up ("Last Dance" by Donna Summer). So, I'm gonna give it a try. I'll let you know how it turns out.
In the meantime, here's a lesson on Tempo Matching in Pro Tools.
I'm mixing a song called "Holding Nothing Back" by a Christian Rock group by the name of Damascus Road. They're a pretty talented bunch. I enjoy time in the studio with them.
Anyways, the first thing I had to do was EQ the tracks. There were over 16 of them. Then we get into actually mixing the tracks together to make them sound cohesive.
One thing I know for sure: You can mix a song until forever. I don't feel like I'm done, but I could tweak this song forever. LOL
Here's a photo of my mixing screen:
The thing I hate to do the most is shoot video. If I never have to touch a video camera again in life I will be OK. Yet, when I learned how chroma keying is done, I wasn't deterred.
A classmate took some time to out to show me how to use the green screen and how to accomplish chroma keying in post-production. Shout out to Jonathan for being so patient.
Now that I know how to chroma key, I don't think I will have a reason to use it. LOL
Here's the project...
And with no further ado....
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
I am sooooooo not the demographic for this video. It's cute though...LOL. Teen girls must be the key demographic on Vevo if this is today's top video.