(Pop music plays)
Hey everyone.
It's me, Hallease.
Endeavoring to persevere, as always.
If you're new here, I make videos about my chaotic good life.
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Yeah.
In today's video, I am going to attempt to make a demo.
I guess it'd be called a demo.
In the comments below, is this what a demo is?
That's a Google search.
I can answer that myself.
What is a demo track in music?
That's right guys.
It's another mandolin video.
Sorry.
I watched a 10 minute, speed round teaching (laughs) of GarageBand on YouTube and shout-out
to YouTube for enabling creativity in all its forms.
Anyway, I'll link to that 10 minute demo video, which links you to a longer hour long video.
But I was like, we gon' just pick this up real quick.
If you follow me on Instagram, then you know I've been coming up with these little melodies
on my mandolin.
Every time I kinda learn a couple new chords, I'm like "Oh!"
Today I'm gonna try to demo this "Where's Mr. Hallease" song, and see if I can turn
it into something that's ... something.
I need to set up my laptop.
I need to go get my mandolin.
I need to do all that stuff and ... yeah.
While I do that, a word from our sponsor for this video which is me!
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Why?
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Without further ado, here's the intro to the class.
It's not very long.
It's like a minute.
Hi, I'm Hallease, a digital storyteller and YouTuber.
Ever since I bought my first camcorder at 12, I've been making videos.
Whether you want to say a lot or a little, filmmaking is a really strong form of communication.
Whether you want to create at tutorial or how-to video for social media, or you want
to convey an emotion and express yourself, the better you become at telling a story,
I believe, the better you'll become at understanding the humanity in all of us.
In this class, I'm going to go over some of my favorite techniques to tell an engaging
story on social media in a minute or less.
We'll cover concepts around mood and theme, incorporating music and text.
I'll also go over some basics around cinematography, framing, and editing.
Don't let any of that scare you, though.
You can do amazing things with a smart phone, an internet connection, and your own imagination.
You can do a lot with very, very little.
I think anyone can pull something from this class.
Whether you're just starting to experiment in video as a means of self expression, or
to create more content online.
Or maybe you're a seasoned content creator, or YouTuber, who's trying to diversify, level
up across platforms.
My goal as your teacher for this class is to hopefully give you tools that spark some
creativity in you and allow for experimentation.
I'm so grateful that you've decided to spend your time with me.
Let's get started.
Let me have one off so I'm not just yelling at y'all.
"Hah?!"
You know.
The first thing, I think, I need to figure out the tempo.
(Hallease sings) ♪ Kitty cat, kitty cat, kitty kitty cat.
Look at my, it's fitty fitty fat.
♪
A hundred's a little fast.
I don't like that.
I don't wanna feel like rushed.
That's a little too slow.
Yeah, let's try 90 on this y'all.
(Hallease sings) ♪ I wanna go where my love is.
I wanna be by his side.
♪ That'll work.
Okay, so we figured it out, 90 is where we need to be.
Am I yelling at y'all?
I feel like I'm yelling.
Sorry.
Shout-out to metronomes for keeping a beat.
Alright.
I think the first thing I'm gonna do with this is record just the mando part and don't
sing.
Then I guess create a loop from that.
This is too high now.
Right?
We'll figure it out.
Here we go.
Okay.
That was the base.
That's the song right there.
Apparently you press the "l" key and that loops it indefinitely which is what you would
want for this.
I got my mandolin melody mandolin part.
Put that.
That's probably what I should call this.
Melody Mandolin Part (laughs).
(Hallease sings) ♪ I wanna go where my love is.
I wanna be by his side.
♪ Let's try that again 'cause I was really nervous.
I can hear it in my voice.
Hallease, sing with confidence.
Okay.
I-- woah.
Nope.
Missed it.
Now ... the AC's on first of all.
That's not gonna work out.
Need to turn that off.
Anyway.
Now, the next thing is to add the harmony people on a separate thing.
I'ma do that.
I'm struggling on the last harmony person.
The third harmony person.
I keep going super flat.
I need to figure it out.
I might need to move to the piano and actually hit the things.
You know, hit the thingies.
Hit the keys.
(Hallease sings) ♪ my love is ... love is, love is ♪ That's my other problem.
I be likin' to think I'm low-key a soprano.
I'm not.
I am an alto tenor.
I keep making songs (laughs) that are outside of my vocal range.
I should really stop doing that.
(Hallease sings) ♪ ... know where my love is ♪ I just need to stay up there.
That's the thing.
Just stay up there, Hallease.
(Hallease sings) ♪ Go where my love is ... ♪ Nope.
Girl, whatchu doing?
(Hallease sings) ♪ Go where my love is.
♪ Is that right?
(Hallease sings) ♪ Be by his side.
Know where my love is.
♪ (laughing) I can hear my, "Is that right?"
Oh, that is right.
Okay.
This is fun.
Alright.
Let me do it for real this time and not say something out loud.
That's about as close as it's gonna get.
I need to do some vocal exercises.
(Hallease sings) Me, may, ma, mo, moo.
Mama made me match my mem-a-nems ♪ (laughs).
Need to get back into doing that, 'cause I can't sing.
Now I really wanna.
I wanna add more strums to the second half of the thing.
I'm gonna do that now.
Just to fill it out a little bit.
I feel like it needs to get filled out.
Where'd my pick go?
My strumming is not good, though.
That's something I'm still tryna figure out and learn how to do better.
What'll be interesting about this is, as I get better, I'll go back and play this better
and maybe in a couple months I'll actually have something that I would be semi-proud
to show someone I guess.
I missed my frickin' cue.
Oh my god.
Alright.
I feel as good as I think someone who picked up a mandolin in a month can feel good about
recording themselves (laughs).
Now, I need to add some, like little, chuck-a chuck-a chuck-a chuck-a.
You know?
Something like that.
I learned this from Dodie.
I was like, wow it is that simple, huh?
This is salt.
You know, salt of the earth.
It may be too big.
Let's just try it.
Let's just roll with it and see what happens.
It sounds so good!
(Laughs) This is so much fun.
I need to redo it to find the beat in the beginning.
I was a little off in the beginning.
I'ma re-record it, but that's totally the vibe I was going for and it worked (laughs).
This is so much fun.
I'm having so much fun, y'all.
Oh my gosh.
That's fun.
That's a fun little thing right there.
Alright, I'ma do some reverb-y stuff on it maybe, and mess with the effects I guess with
it.
Then I'll cut to a little music video thing (laughs) of me playing this little number.
Big shout-out to my Patreon production team, patreon.com/hallase.
There you get early access to videos as well as private weekly vlogs from me.
It's a good time.
Also, Patreon producers, I'll turn this into an mp3 and let y'all have it, I guess, on
Patreon if y'all are so inclined.
(Hallease sings, then harmonizes) ♪ I wanna go, go, go where my love is.
I wanna be, be, be by his side, but I don't know, know, know where my love is.
So, I guess I'll play this mandolin by and by.
I wanna go, go, go where my love is.
I wanna be, be, be by his side.
But I don't know, know, know where my love is.
So, I guess I'll play this mandolin by and by.
♪ (no sound)