Creative projects - post yours!

Leyfy · 13 Apr 20, 09:20 PM

One thing this is definitely giving me is the gift of time! Normally I'd be marking GCSE coursework and desperately trying to get year 11 into school for revision sessions. None of that this year, so this bank holiday weekend I used the time to record a cover of 'Valerie' using Logic Pro X (admins - this isn't promotion for my youtube channel or anything. Seriously, no one wants to pay money to listen to this! Purely for fun!

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Apologies for my dodgy singing! I'm a music teacher by background. Husband is a senior nurse in the NHS and music is his relaxation. He plays a variety of brass instruments.

We played all the tracks live except drums (which were programmed in). Me on vocals, piano, guitar, flugelhorn, bass guitar. Husband recorded two trombone parts for me and then I mixed them on Logic Pro X.

In all seriousness though, it's the arts that have kept me going through all this and I've loved seeing people's creative projects. If you've got anything you've done that's creative and want to post, I'd love to see them.

So - here's mine - enjoy!

christybell · 14 Apr 20, 01:18 PM

Kim, that's amazing. What a talented pair you are

jools1302 · 14 Apr 20, 03:29 PM

That was so good a great use of your time! I am not musical at all, but i love interior design and luckily had wallpaper and paint here for a bedroom project its kept me busy.
An extra thank you to Phil who�s job must be extra stressful at this time.

Leyfy · 14 Apr 20, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by christybell

Kim, that's amazing. What a talented pair you are

Ah thank you! I'm just enjoying playing with Logic Pro X, if I'm honest! It's also a good use of my time as I'm teaching A level music tech. I don't do the recording module (that's the other music teacher) as I'm doing the synth design bit, so it's nice to do a bit of recording. Only borrowed one microphone from school though, so I'm a little bit limited!

Originally Posted by jools1302

That was so good a great use of your time! I am not musical at all, but i love interior design and luckily had wallpaper and paint here for a bedroom project its kept me busy.
An extra thank you to Phil who�s job must be extra stressful at this time.

Thanks - anything we can do in terms of projects to keep us going I think is helpful at the moment

Phil is working silly hours (worked friday and monday as well of the BH) and playing is a good stress relief for him. We usually play in a brass band together on a Thursday and Sunday, but unfortunately that's all had to stop (along with everything else) so at least this keeps us playing. He plays euphonium mainly and hadn't touched a trombone in a couple of years before the weekend, so at least that gave him a bit of a challenge

**smithlane** · 17 Apr 20, 08:12 PM

That�s brilliant Kim, you�re both very talented!
I can imagine Phil is exhausted. My SIL is a senior midwife, but is helping out in ICU and my BIL a paramedic working out of a London hospital so are both working all the overtime there is.

As far as creative projects go I�m the same as Jools. I haven�t a musical bone in my body but love decorating and interior projects so that�s kept me going whilst I�m not working.
So far I�ve decorated the downstairs toilet, bannisters, living room and our bedroom.
Next up the kids bedrooms, but I need them to get out of them first 😂

Gunna · 19 Apr 20, 11:23 AM

This is one we�ve got round to now.

We bought the map online and the lockdown has given us chance to pick though lots of our travel photos over the years and make this feature of one of our walls. We�d seen some online and I�ve wanted to do our own for quite a while now.

Really like it and we�ve said we�ll change the photos over time to add on and put other places we�ve been fortunate to visit. Whilst we can�t travel at the minute it�s been good to relive the places and memories from where we�ve been.

tinytots · 19 Apr 20, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by Gunna

This is one we�ve got round to now.

We bought the map online and the lockdown has given us chance to pick though lots of our travel photos over the years and make this feature of one of our walls. We�d seen some online and I�ve wanted to do our own for quite a while now.

Really like it and we�ve said we�ll change the photos over time to add on and put other places we�ve been fortunate to visit. Whilst we can�t travel at the minute it�s been good to relive the places and memories from where we�ve been.

Thats an amazing idea. I can't do that in my current house but definitely something to consider when we move. Love it

ERICSMUM · 19 Apr 20, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by Gunna

This is one we�ve got round to now.

We bought the map online and the lockdown has given us chance to pick though lots of our travel photos over the years and make this feature of one of our walls. We�d seen some online and I�ve wanted to do our own for quite a while now.

Really like it and we�ve said we�ll change the photos over time to add on and put other places we�ve been fortunate to visit. Whilst we can�t travel at the minute it�s been good to relive the places and memories from where we�ve been.

What a fab idea and you�ve put it together so well.

Cocobean121 · 19 Apr 20, 09:39 PM

We have been doing lots of gardening and decorating, until all our supplies ran out, so apart from working from home, we dusted off the 3D printer, which since it was gifted at Christmas from me to my husband has only made a cat Keyring, and a 2� high Baby Yoda

we are printing these off for local care homes, they are mask extenders and help relieve pressure on the ears from face masks.

Leyfy · 19 Apr 20, 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by Cocobean121

We have been doing lots of gardening and decorating, until all our supplies ran out, so apart from working from home, we dusted off the 3D printer, which since it was gifted at Christmas from me to my husband has only made a cat Keyring, and a 2� high Baby Yoda

we are printing these off for local care homes, they are mask extenders and help relieve pressure on the ears from face masks.

Wow, that's fab, well done!

Loving the interior design posts as well. I love music and am creative that way, but when it comes to the house and garden then it's minimal and functional! Always envious of those who have lovely looking homes