Here is my American Dream speech. The recording alone was difficult for me. I would mess up on one word or sentence and have to rerecord the whole thing from the beginning. I ended up losing count on now many times I had to rerecord my speech. Selecting the "right" song wasn't easy either. I had to make sure the song matched the tone of my speech. So, that took me about an hour. The most difficult thing was making sure that the song did not overpower my voice and that I was speaking at a normal pace.