"A Test (Make Me a Man)" ~ Mauger & Conroy Collaborative

"A Test (Make Me a Man)", the fourth song by the Mauger & Conroy Collaborative, came together relatively quickly. Just like the first song, "Sigh Alone", Mauger came to the table with lyrics and a melody in mind. I carefully listened to what he had in mind, and wrote chords to match the melody and emotion. The entire process of writing, revising, practicing, and recording was completed under an hour. We even managed to record another song sketch that same evening, one I would like to call the "Vishnu Drinking Song".

Learning from our previous trials and errors, we addressed the issue of the guitar and singing parts not meshing when recorded in seperate locations at seperate times. This time my acoustic was directly mic'ed as Mauger stood and sang outside the field of recording. This way we could vibe off each other, and have that sentiment and voicing present in the recording. Mauger went back and recorded a clean copy of his singing over the guitar track. Double props to him for experimenting with layering his vocals to achieve a rich chorusing effect. Listen carefully, everything meshes beautifully. I would say that this song has the best recording of what is now up on SoundClick.

Well, listening and enjoy!