I hope you don't cause any shipwrecks with your "siren" sound. On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 5:31 AM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]> wrote: > Got a call from the TBone camp a couple days ago regarding doing a > vocal on the current EC project. I didn't know which song(nor did the > caller at that point), just that I was elected to go do the vocal. > Once I found out the title, I copied down the lyrics and began > highlighting the vocals on the page and took into learning the parts. > By now it was the night before the deed. I ran through the vocals some > more the next morning in between webcam lessons, including suggestions > from EC via email and from TBone's primary engineer Mike Piersante. > When I got to the studio, they had the mic set up with wind screen, > stool, headphones and baffles. I met the engineer, Joey Turner, who > turned out to be a jolly and competent fellow. So, I sat down to > listen to the tracks and find that EC had sung harmony to himself all > the way through song pretty much. Red flags...what was it I was > supposed to do? Time to make the Blackberry earn its keep. So I got on > the phone and called Ivy (TBone's girl Friday) and she gave me > Piersante's number. I think I woke him up, poor man. More info. I sent > off an email to EC(who was on a plane to Vancouver) for more input. In > the end, I decided to lay down tracks of what I had on the page. So, > Joey muted the other EC track and I sang the lines over and over > trying to match phrasing and tones, sing harder here, softer there, > drag out the vowel here, make a three-syllable short 'a' sound there, > sang that one sharp, that one flat, do it again, etc. This went on for > 2 hours nearly. The parts I thought I needed to do went pretty fast, > so I did a couple extra verses for good measure. Finally, I was > satisfied, thanked Joey, got in the car and left. About 2 miles down > the road I got an email from Piersante and noticed that they wanted 3- > part harmony on one line and a "siren" sound on three words at the end > of a line, so I turned around and raced back to the studio. Joey was > gone, but fortunately not far away. He came back and we did the rest. > So, over the course of 2 1/2 hours, I got it done. Now, here's hoping > I did what they wanted me to. We'll see... > > TBug > > On May 23, 6:23 pm, "bo'weavil" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think Im living in the wrong country. Everyone here just wants to >> over produce everything. I think it more about the engineer and what >> turns them on and not about the artist. >> >> I think you realy have to search for an engineer/producer that hears >> you and what you're trying to communicate. TBone sounds like a gem >> maybe I can find a sir-loin over here :) >> >> Bo'weavil >> >> On May 24, 8:16 am, Holstein <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > "The TBone way, perfection is sacrificed for energy and impact." >> >> > This is a powerful message and can apply to so many things...I really >> > like it. >> > Thanks for the real life insight into a place some of us can only >> > imagine TBug. >> >> > ...Tstein >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Taterbugmando" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Taterbugmando" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > >
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