I saw my friend, Steve, on Monday. He asked me, “So, any new man in your life yet?” Usually, my initial reaction is simply to laugh. This time, I said, “As a matter of fact, yes. His name is Mac.” As in, MACintosh.
My parents just got a new Mac Mini. Apparently, it has an incredible, built-in music software program called “Garageband”. Mac fans will instantly know what this is. Mom was quite excited to show me, as it can do absolutely nothing for her or my dad. This program allows you to develop, record, mix and burn songs directly onto CD. It allows up to 8 tracks that includes vocals with special effects like echo, reverb, and you can even assign a choir as back up!! It is simply amazing, and upon listening to the tutorials, seems to have good sound quality. You can correct wrong notes and tweak any part of the song you like. You can record a “loop” (small portion of the song that be endlessly repeated – usually for percussion etc) up to 3 times and assign “takes”, so you can listen to each one and see which one sounds the best. AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME!!!
Mom got it in her head that I could bring my keyboard over and use it. I’ll probably end up doing that, just because I’m so desperate to get my songs recorded, but will be limited on both time, and distraction. It’s going to be set up in their dining room. I’m like, “Mom, how am I supposed to concentrate with the kids running everywhere, and you listening to every note in the background? Not to mention the background interference that will be picked up!” Ooo, I’m having horrible flashbacks to “recording” Aunt Cele’s song in her living room. Yeah, you all have heard Hannah’s two cents on it! =) She offered to take the kids somewhere occassionally. Mmmhmm, that’s just not going to happen, best intentions aside. The whole thing is just very impractical.
My solution?? GET MY OWN MAC MINI!!!! So much easier, right? Huh? What’s that? OH, yeah, it costs $600. Well, that might be a problem for anyone less passionate than I am about having this dream come to fruition, and for those who DON’T know how to harness the power of intention and law of attraction. YEAH BABY!! I know you all are thinking, why would you get a whole new computer system just for one software program you can buy? Well, first, because as any mac user will tell you, those people are just DAMN proprietary! This program is ONLY compatible with Apple products. And, not only do I get a state of the art program, but a superior computer system as well! The kids would then get mine. Plus, it’s just a fantastic program that has everything I could want and more!
I’ve already downloaded the 100 page Garageband users manual, so I can familiarize myself with it. That way I can just get started right away when I get the mini. WHEN, people, not IF. =)
