Fieva said:
Try not to speed up the vocals to fit. If something doesn't fit, it usually means there's a better, more creative way to write it.
Think of it this way...music is like dancing.
*You try to pop lock too fast and you'll land flat on your face and get laughed at.
*You try to do it too slow and you don't seem good at it and you still get laughed at or ignored altogether.
*You vibe with the flow and make a mistake or two, you seem just like everyone else, but you don't get laughed at, you get more support to help you master it.
*You master it and you're expected to do it again next time (and they look forward to seeing you perform). That's where you want to be when it's all said and done.
Trust me, I do that on almost every song I've ever recorded. I'll have something written one way and then go into the studio and it just doesn't sound right. So I get back to the pen and pad and figure that out. Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes, sometimes it can take longer. But it makes the song better usually.
You can switch up your vocals from time to time, but don't have them going all over the place. Like you might slow them down when the beat drops out and then comes back in or speed them up when you've got a part where the hi hats speed up. Vibe with the music man.
Trust me, if something seems rushed, it probably is homie.
Fiev.
That's an interesting way to put it. But, to be honest I don't really notice in that song where I'm speeding up my vocals. I guess I'm just so use to just writing it, and doin' it up because it flows to me. I don't see where ya'll mean I'm speedin' the vocals while the beat stays slower. Could you point it out to me? I'll post the lyrics below.
--Re-Lapse
Back in my home town
nothin' but love to go around
Everyone was happy never saw a single frown
Smiles to the left and baby smiles to the right
Everybody smiled whether it was the day or the night
Happiness, Bliss, Excitement and Truth
Every single person does what they gotta do
Work a 9-5 every single day and night
Just to survive and still have legal rights
Back in my home town everything was all good
We all collabed together like one big hood
Never fought, never squaled, never really argued at all
The only time that we had some sort of disagreement
Was when we picked the person to represent
To me, With that beat, That all flows together, some parts are faster, but in my opinion it fits, I'm in a sense, lost.
Help?!