Work and fun start in your watchlist

At Wikiloops, we have that concept of a \’watchlist\’, and mine got filled quite a lot recently. Each time I sit at work and listen to something where I think I could add something, I add it to this watchlist – so mine currently has over 100 gems inside:

At home, I\’ll download all of these when I have the time, and start \’working\’ on them in my DAW (=\’Digital Audio Workstation\’). Convert MP3s to WAVs with Audacity first, then load them into Ardour. Set the tempo, check with a metronome, eventually make a clicktrack and/or a count-in. See if I can enhance the given audio, and it helps if you have single HD tracks because a drum kit or a guitar might need other treatments than a voice.

Often I also add markers where the chords change or to separate parts of the song so during recording I can see the structure.

And finally I\’ll grab my bass and play.

And all of this is great fun. I\’m learning so many different things. And I\’m so glad that I found Wikiloops…