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Recording

So something happened last Friday night also that I've been thinking about blogging as it is a first-time experience for me and Melanch. And luckily we had Kaiyo and Mumai there with us to coach us and get us through. So this is what we did. It's quite hilarious. We made a record. Yes, we made a record. We actually recorded a song. It was a Palauan song, I'll try my best to write a translation for it below.

I.  A deliongel er kid el di ua berrous, ng berrusek ng berrusek, bertelem kau me ngak
    Diak a chad el medengelii, Dimlak kulchesuar el kmo deleuill a mo uai tiang e ochedengei, kulemdasu el
    kmo ng kodall, a keleng mo ulebengelel
    Our relationship that was just like a dream, my dream, our special secret that no one else 
     understands, I didn't realize that it could end this way, I thought it was til death do we part
Chorus:  Meng ngera di mo cheldechulel re ngak, deleuill el uoi dimlak a telmellel, ng berrusek el mo re
              medak,  berrusek el mo re medak
              So what am I supposed to do now, our relationship that did not have any problems, it'll be   
              my dream leading into the future
II.  A rechad oureng mesaod a klungiolel, ulekum te kid me te mo medengelii, tial deleuill e ochedengei el
      kmo ng uangerang
      Others look at our relationship and envy it, if only they were us so they could know 
      how it really is

I must say, I have a new-found understanding and appreciation for all music talents after that one night of recording. I did not know how tedious and tiring it could be. For 20 seconds of the song, it takes forever just to get it right. We stayed up all night until 8:30am and still did not finish the whole song. Last I checked we still had some harmonizing to do on a couple more choruses and also another verse.  It was so much fun and I wouldn't mind doing it again as long as it's with Mumai and Kaiyo.  I think they're the only ones that have the patience to teach us how to do it correctly and count us in when we need to start singing. A lot of funny things happened including making our own lyrics in the process. We get so caught up in trying to time ourselves and when to begin and when to stop that we forget the lyrics to the song. Haha. It was a great night. Oh, and it was really cool too that we only used Kaiyo's laptop. The beat was made using some software and we recorded also just using a software with a mic plugged into the laptop. Technology is awesome. There's a clip but I cannot seem to upload it now, but I'll be sure to upload the finished product.



Melanch practicing and Mumai and Kaiyo coaching while I'm taking the picture
Here's our producer in our studio a.k.a. Kaiyo's room
Toodles everyone!!!


 

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