8th-Grade Band Recording Project

On June 3 the 8th-grade band recorded their CD at the high school auditorium.

Jazz Band members met at 7:00 a.m. at the high school for some treats from Mr. K. After sound checks, the band recorded their tunes.

The rest of the 8th-grade band arrived at the high school around 8:45 to begin recording. The band voted on which songs they wanted to record from their 7th- and 8th-grade concerts. Once we got underway, the band quickly realized that making a recording demands concentration from everyone. While we recorded many songs in one take, there were several that we tried multiple times before getting a "final" version for the CD.

Mr. K manned the booth for us; he started and stopped the recording as well as adjusted sound levels. (He also played trombone on a couple of songs.) Mr. Dorn helped us get our initial sound levels set, manned the booth while Mr. K was playing trombone, and played clarinet with us on a few tunes.

After we were done, we went to the East Towne Food Court for lunch. Since this was an early dismissal day, we bused students to Taylor Prairie School, Cottage Grove School, and Winnequah Middle School to drop them off so that they could return home for the rest of the afternoon. Mr. Dorn, Mr. Kasparek and I got to go back to school and pack up the band room for our impending move.