This week I wanted to do something a little closer to what I'm known for doing. I used a staple of my live sets - the TC Helicon VoiceLiveTouch 2 - to do an acapella loop performance. It's got cool harmonies, effects and of course looping, and I often use this over top of my beats in shows. This is one of my favorite adaptable EDM songs (ie, has verses and a full chorus) and I can never get it out of my head.
A question maybe some of you are asking - Why, as a songwriter/composer, is she doing so many covers?
Two reasons -
1) I don't have a lot of opportunity to perform songs I like IRL; my shows are all original and partially improv.
2) My original songs are often mostly instrumental electronic, with a verse or hook thrown in - very hard to adapt to a cover. An acoustic cover would be like 20 seconds long, lol.
But I promise I will do a few here and there!
So, we (and by we I mean me) have now figured out that there is literally no angle in my studio that works to get everything. It has to do with the placement of my desk, speakers and computers (which are optimized for sound treatment and I can't move) - but basically - unless I get a drone or an 8 foot tripod/camera suspension, there is no way for me to get my full face from the front, PLUS my hands and/or toys. Apologies for the mostly sideways view on this - I tried to keep looking at the camera, but it's pretty uncomfortable/unnatural to turn your head 45 degrees while also "playing an instrument". If anyone has a spare ceiling mount tripod or drone kicking around, feel free to send it! :P
Thank you amazing Open Mic team for the opportunity to participate in Steemit Open Mic Week 97.