Filming Evaluation - Day Three - The Song

On Tuesday 29th December, Amy, Tia and David came to my house to record the song. They arrived at around 10:30 and we began straight away. Before this day, we prepared the lyrics of the song (written by Amy) and I worked out the chord progressions of the song with the help of my dad.
The song is as follows: 

Living A Lie

I used to stay awake with you

Talking till two

I was in love with you

But you were blocking my view

And every single time you spoke

I couldn't cope

Never wanted to let go

But now I struggle with hello

Just open your eyes 

And you will see

Now I'm flying

And I'm not crying

I'm living my life

Day to day

I want to find you now

Some place, some where, some how

I need to say goodbye 

Cos we were living a lie

Do you remember the time

You lay by my side

I couldn't call it then

Never thought that it would end

And every time you smiled at me

I could never believe

This was never meant to be

The end of you and me

Please just open up your eyes

And look at me 

Because I'm flying

And I'm not crying

I'm living my life

Day by day 

I want to find you now 

Some place, some where, some how

I need to say goodbye

Cos we were living a lie

I wish that I had known

How much we had to grow

But it's okay

I was better alone anyway

Now I'm flying 

And I'm not crying

I'm living my life

Day by day

I am flying

And I'm not crying

I'm living my life

Day by day

I want to find you now

Some place, some where, some how

I need to say goodbye

Cos we were living a lie

We decided David could play the guitar on the track as well as singing, so he was given the task to practise and perfect playing the song on the guitar, as well as learning what to sing with it. 
However, when it came to the day, David had not properly learnt the song and we had been unable to practise and perform it together due to time constraints and so we spent longer than we should have done on simply recording a reference track on which to base the rest of the composition of the song. This left us with quite a large problem, as we did not use our time efficiently and as a result we did not record enough audio to be able to create the song. 
All four of us underestimated just how long it would take to record and mix the song, and so we spent quite some time dawdling and not making efficient use of our time. 
In the day, we were able to record my vocals, the guitar and David's vocals as well as creating a drum track to go alongside it. However, David's vocals are unusable as we have decided to instead use harmonies in the duet parts of the song. This means that we will need to schedule another date to record the extra parts of the song, and this will give us time to properly rehearse the song before we record the final audio. 
Tia did most of the mixing of the song on the day and my dad instructed her on how to use the software (Sonar X3).