The story behind the German version:
I discovered Daphne's song "I love my Mac" on
iCompositions.com, in January of 2005; I was very new to
Garageband then and was surfing the web for inspiration,
just curious about what others were doing with this awesome
new tool. At that time, Daphne's song was on top of the
list of the "most played" songs. Bearing the title "I love
my Mac", it caught my eye and I had to listen to it
immediately because I’m a die hard Mac fan. Well, I
was excited! I just couldn't stop smiling and I had to
listen to it again and again. And of course I had to send
the link to all of my Mac friends.
My first idea was to try to recreate Daphne’s song as
an exercise in learning how to build a whole song with all
its instruments, and I wanted to sing it myself, but in
German. So I set to work and first translated the text. I
tried to rhyme in the same places as Daphne did and to keep
close to the message but without translating literally.
This I achieved (I think). Then I recorded the vocals and
it was so much fun to do! I couldn't believe that I was
doing such a crazy thing. It wasn't easy, though, because
normally I sing at least an octave higher (I'm a high
soprano and have had lessons with a classically trained
singer for over a year). But I felt the result, though far
from being perfect, fit quite well with the style of the
song.
But then I discovered that it was much too difficult for me
to recreate the rest of the song. Firstly, I can't play the
piano... (but Daphne can!), and secondly, I was not able to
hear what notes each instrument was playing, so I soon gave
up and contacted Daphne, asking her whether she was
interested in collaborating on a German version.
Fortunately, she was!! I sent her my voice tracks and she
mixed them in with her instrument tracks.
And that's how the German version of Daphne’s Mac
song was born, and the idea to have it translated into
(hopefully) many more languages. I can't wait to hear them
all!!
Antonia Lutz
http://www.ilovemymac.ch