Lyrics and Beat

[Akon]

Okay, so I wrote my lyrics and I have a beat that would go with the lyrics... I have a good microphone, I have auto-tune to make a sound a little more catchy... so now, what's my next move? Do I record JUST myself and then mix it with the beat or I just sing along the beat? And how do I record a song where I wouldn't ran out of breath, you know just like in professional songs, where singers don't never run out of breath...

I am a newbie, but not a newbie to singing and writing songs... I just need to make it happen! And I can't make with a little of your help, guys.

 

[Chili]

Please post only once. Don't post the same message across different forums. I deleted your other one and kept this one.

Thanks,

 

[Akon]

OK, sorry.

 

[Akon]

Doesn't anyone want to help me?

 

[kcearl]

well for starters its much easier to sing to a beat than to put a beat to singing...breathings all about technique and practise...

"Singing songs requires getting a full breath quickly — a quick inhalation — because the orchestra can't wait five minutes for you to find the air. So knowing how your body feels when you inhale helps you to get air in your body quickly to sing the next phrase. Use the following exercise to explore your own inhalation. Get a feel for how your body should move when you inhale and exhale.

1. Pretend that air is really heavy as you inhale. Visualize it weighing 50 pounds and let it fall low into your body.

2. Let it fall lower than your belly button. Explore this sensation.

3. Then let the breath fall in faster. Still visualize it being heavy but let it fall quickly into your body.

4. You can also fill your lungs as if you were going to blow up a balloon. You will feel your abdomen and lower back expand.

This sensation of quickly filling your lungs with air is how you properly inhale for singing."

read more

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/breathing-basics-for-singing.html

maybe get some loops to add to some drumbeats to give yourself more of an idea how you sound next to music...there are plenty free with music mags like future music, computer music, or music tech...in fact they sometimes contain full construction kits..beats, bass, synths etc

but you need to read, and you need to practise dude...no one else can do it for you..

some great information here

http://kimlajoie.wordpress.com/tag/vocals/


and here

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm