Cellos, Loop Recording, and Cowboy Hats

I’ve been taking a stab at recording a 4-cello part over the last few weeks for "Take a Stand"’s outro, and proved without a doubt that I am not a cello player.  Some recent learnings to share since then:

• Loop recording is SUCH a necessary tool for DIY recording artists (as is a metronome when actually recording). Sonar does a great job of allowing you to record multiple back-to-back "takes" in a single track, that you can later review, slice, ‘n’ dice.
• The said slicing and dicing process is pretty cool.  It’s proved to me that 100 monkeys banging away on a piano (or cello) really could recreate Beethoven’s 9th if you let them bang around long enough.
• Many more musicians on TV wear cowboy hats when you’re watching TV in North Carolina.

It’s true.  I’m on vacation (excuse me, I meant "VayCay") in NC, and they’re all over the place.  Beware y’all…if I record vocals too soon after returning to NY, there may be a slight twang in my voice.  (No offence to Office Overlord, of course.)