Pro Tools - When I

To fit our brief of creating a comedic Musical Theatre number based on a couple coming to win their fortune and the girl winning the jackpot and dumping him, we decided it would be best to put the track into Protools so we could add other instruments so that it wouldn't sound as empty and would be more showy. First I just recorded in block chords to a clicker so that I would have a bass to work around with and add other parts too. Once this was done I recorded in the left hand walking bass part, reflecting the comping style of Jazz during this era. I then added the right hand, playing a Charleston rhythm to contrast with the bass part at to make it sound as part of the 1920's and 1930's rather then the 50's doo-wop  feel it had previously reflected. I then recorded the piano roll before the tap break and this is where I hit an issue. In response to the dancers requests, I'd made the metronome quicker meaning it was hard to play in the dance break. I then struggled as because a common feature of jazz songs in this style were stops and breaks of the music, and when trying to put these in it was hard to time. Therefore because I was hitting so many obstacles and wouldn't have time to finish the track I just decided that I would play the piano live and just try to fill it out with melodic patterns in the right and left hand, that changed throughout just to keep the texture interesting and engaging to reflect the scenario. The major chords also worked well in doing this, reflecting a happy and comedic atmosphere. Despite not being able to finish a track for us to use  I have benefited from learning how to work things on Protools ready for next time I need to us it to create a track or record something in.