Freestyle Academy proudly presents
This is a parody of the Pokemon Theme song inspired by Kirby! Cade and I used Adobe Audition to add our recorded lyrics on top of the instrumental version of the Pokemon theme song, and to edit all the different takes. We decided to make the parody something fun and silly, and thought that since a lot of people mistake Kirby for a Pokemon, doing a mashup of the two would be fun, especially because Kirby and Pokemon are something we both like. At the beginning, we had a hard time recording the lyrics. It was important to get some of the timing right, even if we could edit it. We overcame this by practicing multiple times, and listening to the music with the original lyrics through headphones so we could time most of it right without hearing the background music in the recording. This way, we only made minor mistakes that were easier to edit out. However, looking back, something I would’ve changed was having us record the chorus separately, and overlay our voices, so we could pan the different tracks to the left or right. Instead, we only recorded certain verses by ourselves so we were only able to pan those parts and not the main focus of the song, the chorus. During this project, I learned a lot more than I was initially expecting. More advanced applications like Adobe ones used to confuse me a lot, however, I was able to push through the confusion and create this project that I wouldn’t have been able to create just a few weeks prior to its finish. In a way, I got over my fear of using more complicated ways of creating art through technology, especially to make better pieces. Not only did I learn the technicalities of using Adobe Audition, but I also learned what makes a song and recording good or not. Upon reflection, I’m very proud of how this project went, especially the way I was able to add effects like reverb to make the voices themselves sound better than just the raw recording. Until this experience, I listened to a lot of music, however, never truly considered the work that’s gone into making all of the different elements sound good together. Now, I’ve come to appreciate music a lot more thanks to my new knowledge on the process of creating it, and what makes a good piece, a good piece.