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Our parody is about how hot it is in California during the fall. We chose the song “Long Sleeves,” by Gracie Abrams because it had a relatively easy to follow melody and a good syllable structure for us to rewrite our lyrics.
Once we drafted our lyrics, which we did by counting the number of syllables in each line and then rewriting the line accordingly, we went into one of the isolation booths and recorded our audio. After picking our favorite takes for the verse, chorus, and outro, we oriented them with the backing track and began to edit. In terms of editing, we mostly used the DeEsser and Reverb to emulate Gracie’s original song. The most interesting thing to us in the process of making this parody was learning all about how to use volume control and other effects to make two voices sound like they belong on the same song. Our lyrics took a lot of inspiration from the fact that it was 93 degrees and October the day we wrote the first draft of the lyrics. We wanted to play off of our frustration about not being able to wear scarves and Uggs during the fall like most people can. Our proudest moment during the Parody Production was when we listened to it after completing all of our desired edits. This was the first time it really sounded like a song (rather than a string of disjointed audio clips), and both of us were really happy with the final product. It was really cool to see how all of the skills we learned culminated into our parody song.