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Old 06-18-2010, 02:46 PM
jeremyroberts jeremyroberts is offline
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Default Re: Workflow!

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Originally Posted by kje View Post
Do you use playlist view and record verse1 three times, chorus1 three times, verse2 three times etc? (It`s a lot of playlists this way?) Do you use the same take in chorus2 as chorus1? And do you record single word(s) for perfection?
Every song and every singer should be approached in their own way.
Some songs, some singers, will want to focus on the out choruses first -- then come back to the verses. Some will want to treat the song as a linear thing... can't do the last chorus before the first. Some singers will blow their voices out if they have a screaming part later in the tune, so they want to accomplish the top first. Some can only sing the low notes at the beginning when they are cold. Some can only sing the low notes when they are warm. Some can sing the same part 5 times, 5 different ways. Some will give you 5 crappy performances, all the same. Some will learn from playback, some will quit.

Sometimes, it's best to use playlists, but usually, simply using tracks is a better way to accumulate information. Unless it's better to use playlists.

THE BEST WAY TO LEARN THIS: intern with a top vocal producer. Learning this from a book or an online forum is not really going to work. There are few things more important (if any) than vocal production and session flow. The only way to truly master this is to sit in on a few thousand hours of high-level vocal tracking, and then maybe after a few thousand hours, they'll let you touch the machine. Then after a few thousand more hours, they'll let you talk. Then maybe after a few thousand more hours, you'll know enough to try this on your own... maybe.

Or try to figure it out for yourself.

But you are better off watching the big boys work.

Every singer and every session has its own unique dynamic. There is no one "right way" to do it. If you can learn how to adapt to any situation, you'll have the tools to try this for real.

But there are no rules, so toss anything I say here. I don't know much of anything.
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