My video evolved as a hybrid of "Raking Leaves Ain't Hard to Do (with scrolling lyrics)" and "DIY Plywood Presser Pusher For Leaves" video and article. (I finished the plywood presser pusher topic last month, having deep-dived into images and clips from 2019.)
I poked around old notes, remembering I had scribbled a followup verse. I found it, long after I crafted a newer set of lyrics to go with Neil Sedaka's monster hit. My lyrics came pretty fast. However, the later fine-tuning of fitting words to meter was slower. The longest process was actually singing the parts.
My methodology involved using Audacity to make multiple strung-together pieces of the karaoke music, then singing into several tracks. I made each snippet a series of 12 pieces, then separated them, playing them to decide the best six to have as my "chorus".
I noticed in recording that I was often late starting to sing. The first line (a few bars) would be ghastly. The latter lines were much better. BTW, because I don't sing, professionally or otherwise, I had multiple sessions of recording each snippet to arrive at my 12 pieces per snippet.
I hope my music parody video entertains you. It took a lot of effort, but it was fun and educational for me.
Music refs:
"Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka"
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka | Karaoke Version | KaraFun"
Related: Raking leaves themes
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