>As another idea, why not get her to sing along to a few >12inches you like, then, if you know the tempo, you could >take the vocals away and write another track around these.
Yeah, That's a good idea... Apparently she sounds like that Sophie Ellis Bextor chick!! Not really my cup of tea but maybe I could work something along those lines... Hmmmm.. DnB groovejet ? Not too sure about that!! To be honest though, she's been writing lyrics for a while, so if they're good, I suppose I should go the full mile and start completely from scratch.. Just means it'll take a bit more time to get done.. It's gotta be worth it I suppose! cheers, Nick -----Original Message----- From: carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 January 2002 12:01 To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: Studio sessions: Recording Vocals 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. 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