House Band/AllStars audition times

Encinitas: Saturday, February 6th at 11am

San Diego: Saturday, February 6th at 1pm

Reach out to us with ANY questions, but here are the basics.

-Auditioning for House Band? It’s the same audition requirements as AllStars.
-Auditioning for AllStars? Read the guidelines very carefully. If you are concerned about participating in-person, you can audition for the remote team. If you’d like to audition as a AllStar Songwriter, read those guidelines very carefully.

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Tyler Ward.

ALLSTARS and HOUSE BAND auditions are coming!!

YES REALLY

There will an AllStars program this Summer and, although it’ll be a little different than past years, it’s going to be awesome!! We’re also going to start up our House Band again and we’ll hold auditions for both programs in a few weeks. You can audition as a band member of an in-person band or a remote team. The songwriting option is back too! Check back here early next week for the date and time of the audition, but here are all the details you need to get started on your audition pieces. Get started and reach out to us with any questions!

*Again, the date/time of the actual audition will be posted here early next week.

Click here for AllStars guidelines and audition info

Click here for AllStars songwriting info

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Tyler Ward.

A note about recording for the 90s crew

Just to clarify, you should record your parts while listening to the original song on headphones. This is the only way it’ll be the same tempo so we can match them up later. If you’re having any trouble, just email us! Good luck!

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Upload info for 90s crew

When you’re done recording, “Share” your song to iTunes and then upload that file here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pgXamJtWDLYbzi40mIe2Ty6j3yNAOvHV?usp=sharing

If you can’t figure it out, I’ll walk you through it tonight. Hopefully we can start putting some tracks together!

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Summer San Diego Beatles crew

To the San Diego Beatles crew from last season: In case you missed it, your mixes are posted in the shared folder (that you submitted your tracks into).

You guys did a great job playing, recording, and mixing your songs! I hope you learned a ton and keep trying to record at your house! Wooooo!

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Link for The Beatles

Hey Beatles crew!

Here’s the link for you to upload your tracks:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YigHPLwYDn5zIG-xBBBv1ytEaFrQbCSJ?usp=sharing

Your new song is “Drive My Car”. Good luck! We’re going to go over all your recordings from Hey Bulldog next week, so try to get those uploaded before Wednesday! Good luck!

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

70s Rock duties for the week

Hey 70s Rock crew! Here’s what you should do before we meet again next week:

-If you aren’t quite finished learning your song from last week, keep working on it! Don’t forget to use the SoR App to help figure out those final details!

-If you are feeling pretty good about your first song, review the recording info for your specific Recording Software here. Then read up on these Mic Placement and Instrument Treatment ideas here. Then, try to record your part! This is just to help you learn about some recording basics, so don’t stress about it at all…just give it a few good tries and we’ll talk about your experience at the next rehearsal. If you end up wanting to rerecord it later, you absolutely can, so just have fun with it and experiment with different mic placement!

-If you’re ready, we’ll start some new tunes next week. Have a great holiday and stay safe!

Posted on July 2, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Note for all shows!!

To our wonderful and inspiring students of our shows...

We are proud of you! This season presented a challenge we have never experienced before. Not only did all of our regular lives turn upside down, but joys that were previously a part of our routine were prohibited. It broke our hearts to think about just cancelling the season entirely, so we turned to the only safe option of recording your work. This was a massive project and came with a number of new challenges for both students and teachers, but we are so impressed with what you achieved. We know you all learned some valuable lessons and we've been really happy to hear about the skills and ideas that you developed throughout this process. Recording can be challenging for everyone and these new skills can be taken into the next season and beyond. I know that I come out of every recording session with a list of skills that I would like to develop for the next time and I'm sure you did too. 

As we finish up our season this week, we'd like to remind you to think of all the things you accomplished this season. Think about the new skills you attempted and developed. Think about what skills you'd like to spend more time on next season. Remember that this has never happened before in SoR history and be proud that you rose to the challenge.

We know that not everyone was able to finish all of their recordings and that some songs just weren't able to be finished and that is ok! At this point, if you have anything you'd like to get submitted, just turn it in by Sunday at 11:59pm and let's call it a day! If you have to record your part while listening to the original song, that's ok. If you can't quite get all the way through, that's ok. If you just can't turn in a recording right now, that's ok! Just have fun and turn in what you'd like to turn in.

So, to recap, here are the bullet points:

-Submit whatever you'd like to submit sometime before Sunday at 11:59pm
-Don't stress about anything! Just do your best and have fun. If you can't finish, no worries!
-We'll all meet up next week at our regular rehearsal times to recap, listen to some songs, and talk about all we've learned. 
-We are proud of you!
-You should be proud of yourself!

Thanks for everything, 
SoR Encinitas and San Diego

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Cake update

Hey Cake crew! You guys submitted a TON of parts today, so we’re still listening, approving, and editing. We’ll get them all updated asap and there should be a lot of stuff for you to do on Monday!

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

NEW SEASON INFO!!

In case you didn’t notice it, the new season info and signups are in their own tab! Look up at the top of this page and you’ll see it!

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

BOWIE DRUMMERS UNITE!!

Guys!! I know there’s been a big shift on the cast list as to when your parts are due. What does this mean?! It means get your parts recorded and submitted as soon as humanly possible! I know you guys can it. Think one song a day until it’s done. We got this!

-Jenny

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Cake updated again

And it’s going to be updated again later today! We have LOTS to talk about this week, so keep plugging away for now and check back here soon.

Edit: Updated! We have lots to figure out on Wednesday (final parts, percussion, shouts, etc) so show up ready to help solve the final challenges!!

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Tyler Ward.

Cake updated

Yes, there are some non-Cake songs in there…I’ll explain everything tonight at our Check-In! Be there!!

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Tyler Ward.