Re: Recording notes

Excerpts from Keith's notes from the first recording session:

• A porsche is a sporting car and has a tendency to slip while performing a high speed turn in a residential neighborhoods. That was totally fun, he doesn't understand that's what traffic circles are for!
• Be prepared to get out and push. If we're positioned facing down a hill, the car will start itself. If we're positioned facing up a hill, the car behind us better get out and push.

(Speaking of which, I really need to fix the parking brake.)

Step 1: Electric Lawnmower Project

I always liked this car, waiting at bus stops or wherever in Irvine CA I'd see these Porsche 914s, shiny, driving fast, noisy. Produced 1970-76. I liked the variety: each car has its own color and trim. You'd usually see the driver, because the top comes down and they're practically sitting on the road.

This car is a lot of fun to drive, but its days burning gasoline are limited. The air-cooled 85 horsepower engine and 16 gallon fuel tank are coming out, an electric motor and battery system are going in.

can I drive 35-40 miles to work?
is it still AWESOME to drive?
does it still sound like a LAWNMOWER?

The electric/battery system have more weight and more power. Will it be enough power to be AWESOME, still take corners, and get to work? Those are challenges. The key success metric is actually just this: does it sound good?

Step 1. Record soundtrack. (2 points)