This spring I had the privilege of recording music at the University of Maine at Augusta. My friend, Lucy Perkins, and I are in the gifted and talented program at my school for music and art. We went to the recording studio with our instruments, expecting a tiny room with a few mics. In was astounded by the size and quality of the recording system. There separate rooms for each artist, high-tech speakers that directed music to one spot in the room, and every instrument imaginable. Lucy and I decided to play “Hello” by Adele, even though we had never played the song together before. I learned the music as we recorded, and with a few takes, we had a nearly flawless demo.

For the second song, I recorded an original song, “The Virtue” I had written a few weeks before. I did not plan on recording this song, but I figured I might as well give it a shot since I wouldn’t get this opportunity again. I wrote this song with the intention of it being a love song. However, the lyrics show that the person it’s about is conflicted and must wait for things to play out. I did not make a video or show this song to many people because it’s very personal and I’m not ready to share it with the public yet. I would eventually like to re-record this song with a a guitar and piano piece I wrote. Overall I had a blast recording at UMA and hope to have the same musical opportunities in the future.