Saturday, January 21, 2012

[COVER] MBLAQ - 전쟁이야


Artist: MBLAQ
Title:전쟁이야 (This is War)

Hello everyone! This is my first time uploading a cover with me singing in Korean! Because I'm learning to speak Korean, it makes sense to practice getting the pronunciation. I know that there are many mistakes, but I hope to improve. ALSO. I'm completely obsessed with MBLAQ right now. With the comeback promotions, the CD, and Hello Baby, MBLAQ has reeled me in again.

Quite like my U-Kiss "Neverland" and Infinite "Be Mine" covers, I completely changed the style of the song. I decided to keep the original 101 bpm because that's my kind of tempo! :D

PLEASE, tell me what you think - good or bad. I'd like to hear your opinions! My sister described it as cute. A cute war. Thanks.

Notes:

1) Unfortunately, the piano track is NOT me playing (boo hoo~). I usually play the piano for my recordings, but for this cover I thought I'd save some time by editing jmb829's piano midi. I wanted to focus on singing, and playing my dusty, dusty bass. That, and I'm also cleaning my room so all my garbage is surrounding/on top of my piano.

2) I'll probably get an English version of this song up soon as well. I mean, like, I have this video and the instrumental all made and everything, so... I might as well, right? (Obsessed.)

3) Thank you to arooonie@youtube.com for being my 500th subscriber!

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Visit jm829's website for the piano notes:
http://www.jgmb829.com

MP3 link for my version of the song:
http://www.mediafire.com/?9fjif6g7ab738xd

Reblog on Tumblr:
http://yeobo-say-yo.tumblr.com/post/16220458577/mblaq-its-war-by-girltarist

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

My Gear

Hmm, I thought I would make a post about the equipment I use to make my most recent audio recordings. I'll add more gear as I go along, but this is what I've been using! 

Computer: Mac Book Pro 
Mac OS X 10.7.2
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 

Recording Software: GarageBand '11
Version 6.0.4
Mac OS x software only! 

Microphone: Blue Snowball
Brushed Aluminum Finish 
Simple, USB microphone. It's nice, but awkward to use sometimes. 

Headphones: Sony Dynamic Stereo Headphones
Model: MDR-V150

Guitar: Tanglewood Evolution TSF CE
I use my microphone to pick up the sound through USB, rather than plugging it in. (My Mac book doesn't have a separate input/output.)

Bass: Yamaha BB615

Piano: Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-630
Used as a piano/synthesizer/bass via USB

NEW ADDITIONS (January 16, 2012):

Mixer: Behringer Xenyx 802
It was like $50.00! 

USB Interface: Behringer U-Control
Model: UCA222

[SONG ON REPEAT] MBLAQ - It's War


Title: 전쟁이야 (It's War)
Artist: MBLAQ
Released: January 9, 2012

MBLAQ's 4th mini-album is pretty darn awesome. "전쟁이야" and "Hello My Ex" are my favourite tracks!