mbuster
New member
What would be the single most generalized, generic, standardized bit of advice you'd give to someone about to record his own voice for the first time?
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Vurt
New member
what you put it is what comes out
I get sick of people who can't sing looking at me when they don't like how vocal takes turn out.
I get sick of people who can't sing looking at me when they don't like how vocal takes turn out.
moskus
The Creator of Æ, Ø and Å
Agreed!
mbuster
New member
The only person I'll have to look at is myself! I guess coming up with excuses for the bad vocals will be hard to come up with!
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Vurt
New member
you might be surprised... you'll find yourself scowling at your equipment!
Jagular
Active member
I have some advice. The first time I ever sang in a studio, I had a very hard time getting motivated. I was used to singing in front of a crowd and feeding off them for energy. There is no one to feed off of in the studio. Especially if you are recording yourself. It’s just you and the mic. I found the first few times I was recorded, my voice came out rather lifeless and lacking some energy. I needed to find a way to internally get myself up for the studio performance. That came by a more carefully studying the lyrics and trying to internalize them so I could “feel” them better. After I had been practicing this for awhile, I got an opportunity to record in a “real” studio (Chicago Trax) because a friend worked there. We tried to put together a couple of my songs real quick (which didn’t turn out all that well, mostly because of the instruments being used (trying to dump the midi sounds on to tape especially) and that my friend was not a real engineer. The real jewels came out after we stopped doing that stuff and my friend and an engineer who decided to join us asked me to just sit with my acoustic gtr and play some stuff I liked. They slapped 2 mics on the guitar and one for the vox, and away we went. At this point I was relaxed and played 3 or 4 (I can’t remember now) covers that I really liked at the time. I went back and listened in the control room and about shit my pants and said “so that’s what I sound like”? That was the first time I had proof to my ears that I really could sing pretty well (I always thought I could, but recordings never proved it until then). Now I can get a reasonably good sound at home (and yes it is limited by my equipment which I am going to start improving here soon).
Hope that long winded ramble helps. I think there was a point in there somewhere
Hope that long winded ramble helps. I think there was a point in there somewhere