Under Moonlight

So.
I have mentioned AegisSan as one of the Vocaloid Producers I like.
Well.
This is a comment thread from about 6 months ago on their song Without You:
Click on image for large size- Sorry :(
Fast forward to six months later, to yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2izfT3axnI
That collab happened and released!
It was definitely a learning experience- I had to find:
-A microphone (My dad had one he had bought to record audiobooks with and never used)
-Recording software (I eventually decided on Voice Recorder Pro, by Splend Apps)
-A metronome system to keep me on the beat (Headphones that are 'broken' in exactly the right way)
-A good space for recording (Basement)
-A way to convert the files AegisSan sent me into sheet music (Midis and MuseScore)
Then I got my two best friends into the project (one of them plays/played viola, the other plays cello) and had them record parts too, so scheduling was also a problem since at the time of writing they are unbelievably busy, like, I have no idea how they manage to function busy.
One interesting thing was that, throughout working on the project, I couldn't really exactly believe that this was actually happening, and I was afraid of it not happening after all. "You still haven't gotten a good enough recording yet? Ugh!" "You still haven't scheduled a time for your friends to record! When are you going to do that??" "Eh, I don't like this project very much, let's just scratch it, bye" - those were the kinds of messages I feared. Even though it would have been totally out of character for Aegis to do that, I still thought about that every once in a while.
Then it actually happened. It's a video on YouTube. People have listened to it, listened to me, and they like it. I like it.
I want to do this more.

Ah, good then.
*Internal excited screaming*

 (Oh, yeah, and this is kinda a "bonus" post because I missed last Saturday and I didn't want to wait till next Saturday to talk about this. So I think it worked out? Also, you may have noticed I didn't use any indents in this post. I've been thinking about removing them for a while, so we'll see how this works.)

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