Audio Seminar, Project 2: Recording Megan Kelley
Yesterday Came and Went: Written and Performed by Megan Kelley
lyrics
Yesterday came and went
It could’ve been an all day event
Just thinking about the time we spent
I want to…
Listening to a lovely song and talking with the radio on
Stopping to get some dinner going
Why can’t this be
So beautiful?
Yesterday came and went and
Somehow today things look different
Can’t escape a new presence
Somebody
Smiling with your arms around me
Hoping that you’re understanding
You say you’re “just getting to know me”
But timing is
So critical
So I want to ignore all those warning signs and
Fall in love almost all the time
When you say you can’t deny…
But stop right there
Yesterday came and went
Woke up today, feeling absent
Little voice inside my head said
This isn’t
I know this thing called you and me was
Nothing but boyish fantasy
You should ask if she agrees
She’s standing there
So pitiful
So I wanna ignore all those warning signs and
Follow my heart all the time
When you say you can’t deny
I should’ve known, I
Wanna ignore all those warning signs and keep too much of an open mind
When you say you can’t deny that
You’re still in love
And you don’t know
Where you should go
Yesterday came and went
It could’ve been an all day event
Just thinking about the time we spent
I want to know
Copyright Megan Kelley 2004/2008
Musicians and Engineers
Megan Kelley
34
Producer/Engineer/Musician
University of Colorado at Denver - Music Industry Studies: Music Technology Major
Singer/songwriter Megan Kelley writes and plays pop music with torch song sensibility. Merging all her training in classical, jazz, pop and rock, the result is sensitive, personal, powerful and passionate music with strong hooks, deliberate melodies and a wide vocal range. Showcasing her piano skills and strong musicianship, she writes and performs songs with various time signature changes, key signature changes, and different styles.
Ms. Kelley is a versatile musician who plays three instruments, has a three octave vocal range, and writes/produces her own music. She brings warmth and feeling to her pieces, and makes every cover special.
She has many years experience as a pianist/singer and is trained in several different genres of music. She has participated in many different projects over the years in her native state of New York ranging from contemporary classical and experimental indie rock to being a guest vocalist with the Long Island Philharmonic chorus. Megan really enjoys performing in Denver, CO, her new home. She also has a large roster of piano students and manages her own studio.
She has performed in numerous cafes and bars from Manhattan to the east end of Long Island and in Denver at the Hi-Dive, Mercury Cafe, Crossroads Theater, Walnut Room, Cleo Parker Robinson Theater, Tavern 13, Tennyson Art Gallery, and was a local participant in the Ladyfest Out West Tour of 2005.
Megan is an audio engineering student at the University of Colorado Denver and enjoys playing the producer role. "Getting the best performance out of a musician and making the recording experience as positive as possible is my primary goal," she says.
Russ Hersee
24
Engineer
University of Colorado at Denver - Music Industry Studies: Music Technology Major
Russ is a senior, graduating in 2010. He got into music in 1998 when he began playing the viola and violin in middle school orchestra. He progressed into his high school orchestra, where his arrangement of Iron Maiden’s “Blood Brothers” was premiered. He also performed with the Longmont Youth Symphony, Longmont Symphony, and Timberline Symphony. His musical tastes shifted when he started learning the guitar. In 2007, after deciding to change college emphasis from classical music to sound engineering, he enrolled into the recording arts program at UCD. Since joining the program he has engineered dozens of projects, professional and otherwise, ranging from songwriting demos to full group productions.
Adam Cosgrove
20
Engineer/Musician
University of Colorado at Denver - Music Industry Studies: Music Technology Major
During the spring of 2007 after graduating high school, Adam set up his own Presonus rig with Cubase LE simply to record his own music. After researching techniques and equipment, he quickly fell in love with the art of engineering and started re-recording and experimenting to try new things. He quickly started recording his friends’ music, building a studio and finding new techniques through trial and error. He slowly built up his arsenal of microphones and gear creating a MOTU HD system run through Sonar Producers Edition 8. During spring 2008, he found CU Denver's MEIS program and got accepted into the recording arts program in the fall of 2009 after 2 years of general education.
Adam is also a self-taught guitarist playing for the past 13 years, more steadily in the past 6. He composes trance and a variety of metal music for his band Black Venom and self 'untitled' project. As of lately, he has been trying to train his ears and enter an audio mastering practice. During his down time or while traveling, he enjoys a variety of music ranging from Aivaldi to Arcade Fire to Imogen heap, and even further to Nile, Behemoth, Immortal and Hate Eternal.