Put on your arranger's cap ...

[K-dub]

Background vocals? Or leave it clean, as is. Tracked by me and my band a couple nights ago.

 

[K-dub]

This was tracked live --we're a four piece. I play the keys ...

 

[secretsound5]

Yes!!!

 

[Bruthish]

This is really cool. So different. I love the tempo change or is it half-time? I like it the way it is but I do think adding some backing vocals(female maybe?) it would set it off even more.

 

[K-dub]

Yes!!!

The other 3 sing ... and I'm leaning your way also.

 

[K-dub]

This is really cool. So different. I love the tempo change or is it half-time? I like it the way it is but I do think adding some backing vocals(female maybe?) it would set it off even more.

I think so too ... particularly the change at the end. 3 part background oooh la la las or something similar.

 

[K-dub]

Oh -- it's a half time change (forgot to answer).

 

[K-dub]

The lyrics ... btw ... are all pick up lines.

 

[VomitHatSteve]

I'm always in favor of some BGvox

 

[K-dub]

I'm always in favor of some BGvox

I feel that the energy needs to kick up at the end when the chord changes occur. Three party harmonies would work nice there, I think.

 

[K-dub]

We DID go back to retrack this. We pushed the rhythm in the transitions, and ... eventually laid down triad vocals at the vamp out. It's the same song ... just played differently. Thoughts?

 

[Coquet-Shack]

It needs some backing vox as fills. Shoop shoops or the like, syncopated on some lines, almost in time with the lead fill electric guitar. IMHO

 

[K-dub]

It needs some backing vox as fills. Shoop shoops or the like, syncopated on some lines, almost in time with the lead fill electric guitar. IMHO

Are you sensing areas of "dropped energy"?

 

[Coquet-Shack]

Are you sensing areas of "dropped energy"?

Nope, I'm suggesting areas where "nonsense" backing vox in harmony would add drive and energy.

 

[sloop]

Hey Kev.. yep, drop in the background vocals.

 

[CoolCat]

i agree with shack, add the extra side melody in the bridge piece could work.
the horns can fill in the backing on the verses but its there on the end, so it would be worth a try to add a few where the horns hit.
easier said than done no doubt.

putting on the arrangers hat was an interesting thread title.

 

[K-dub]

Hey Kev.. yep, drop in the background vocals.

Thanks Jeff! Funny -- I didn't get notice of your comment, but I did get an email for Cool Cat's that followed.

 

[K-dub]

i agree with shack, add the extra side melody in the bridge piece could work.
the horns can fill in the backing on the verses but its there on the end, so it would be worth a try to add a few where the horns hit.
easier said than done no doubt.

putting on the arrangers hat was an interesting thread title.

I did already add the aforementioned three part harmony at the end. I'm trying to "hear in my mind's ear" what the other harmonies might sound like. I'm intrigued by the idea, but to my mind, they should create a "push groove" and not just, "Hmmm why did that get stuck there?" in the verse (where the horns hit). (Perhaps "Ahs" on top of the horns and "Shoops" to end the phrase?)

In the middle bridge, I DO hear a Beatlesque harmony (Ah -- la la las), and will try to put some phrasing together the others can sing. We've two that can sing in upper registers and one that can reach it via falsetto.

Thanks for the thoughts!