mmm i assume you've got the melody sorted? this is a must! also it is worth at least shoving a basic beat and some chords together, as this will help the singer get a feel for the rhythm and give a melodic reference (i.e. help to keep her in tune!).
the rest you can do afterwards. if you can, it's worth sending her a backing track, maybe with the vocal melody played on the keyboard or something (if you CAN sing, do...). the performance is likely to be a lot better if she has practised before. nice one, mutiny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Lankester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] Studio sessions: Recording Vocals > Hey all... > > The past couple of weeks have been completely mental for me and apart from > 100 random things completely changing my life I've been lucky enough to be > offered some free studio time in a Soho studio... Coincidentially, I met a > chick on Saturday night who's apparently a really good singer, so.... I'm > gonna try and hook up a session in the near future and record some vocals... > > > The thing is that I probably won't have the music for the tracks done in > time! We'll have lyrics and a rough BPM but that's about it... As I've never > done anything like this before I'm just wondering how this is normally > done.. Is it usual for session singers to just sing to a metronome or basic > beat? Obviously it's not a problem for me to take the vocals and fit them > into a track afterwards but if it's gonna be a major pain in the arse for > her or the studio bods then I'll have to rethink... > > (I appreciate that this is probably down to her abilities as much as > anything else, but I just wondered if anyone had any comments..) > > cheers, > > > Nick > > > This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed > and is not intended to be relied upon by any person without subsequent > written confirmation of its contents. Demica plc accepts no liability for > the consequences for any person acting, or refraining from acting, on such > information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written > confirmation (by letter or fax). If you have received this email message in > error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone. Please also > delete the message from your computer. Any form of reproduction, > dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or > publication of this email message is prohibited. The contents of this email > message do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Demica plc. Citadel is > the registered trademark of Demica plc. Copyright Demica plc. All rights > reserved. > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
