How to create an MP3

• If your song is on CD, you just need a CD Ripper (Here is a FREE one)http://nch.com.au/rip/index.html

• If your song is on cassette, simply plug your cassette player into the computer and follow the same step as below

• If you have never recorded but are just about to do it: (Now we're talking)

What you need:

• A song: (That's really helpful)

• A computer (If you are reading this, odds are in your favor)

• A microphone (If you intend to sing or record an acoustic instrument)

• A recording program (Audacity is really cool. Basic and FREE. You can download it at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)

• A credit card (Give it to your family to go shopping and leave you alone while you are making noise at home)

In this example all I did was:

Open Audacity

Click Project

Add New Stereo Track (I chose stereo because I plugged my guitar into a stereo chorus pedal and my computer has a stereo IN)

After I played the 3 chords I know, it looked like this

Next I added a New Audio Track (This time I plugged my MONO microphone into the puter)

I sang my little heart out lalalallalala

After I got bit by the dog, it looked like this

I played a little with the effects in this program and it sounds like this

From this point, you can just export the song as an MP3(There is a little plug-in to download but it also is FREE)

If you don't have it in your computer, Audacity will tell you how to get it and how to use it

There you go, this is NOT pro recording but at least, you know that I can play 3 chords, write lyrics and you have a pretty good idea how I sound

This is what I think MonsterGiG is all about, having the opportunity to be heard.