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Father Time
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12/4/2019 3:11:37 AM
How do you work on songs?
one in a time or bunches at a time?
write then record, or something different?
What do you record first, what do you record last?
Lyrics first or music first, or both first?
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Richard Scotti
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12/4/2019 9:22:58 AM
I usually have two or three songs on the assembly line at one time.
The foundation of each song consists of drums,
bass, and one instrument.
Then I start writing lyrics and adding other instruments.
Mixing is the last and hardest part.
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Larree
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12/4/2019 12:37:49 PM
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Every piece is different. Some songs take me years to write; I pen others in less than ten minutes. So I always have multiple writing projects going - especially now that I am moving into the literary world, too, and working with another lyricist on other songs. But I'm not a big "production" guy. I mean, it's fun sometimes - but it takes too much of my heart and soul - and especially time. And since I don't have any real studio gear at all, I need to use other facilities. So I just record simple live guitar and voice demos on one of those digital pocket voice recorders. At the end of the day, that is all you really need to know if a song is good or not. Piano and voice works, too.
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The Rhythm Kings
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12/5/2019 1:26:45 PM
FT,
I record a Rhythm track first after I have the song structure and Lyrics done. Click track is used. Get a rough vocal. Then I am freed up to engineer and add the other players.
Bruce
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12/6/2019 11:23:56 PM
They usually hit me out of the blue, put it on a voice recorder and try to figure them out later. That or torturing the guitar long enough usually gets it to cough up something useful.
Now I'd like to write an opera but have neither the training and talent to pull something like that off. But if I could it would be the sad tale of trying to get into Edna's fake bank account, I can easily envision 3-4 talented male opera singers wooing and pleading with Edna throughout this epic tragedy but who plays the part of the senile 87 year old grandmother sitting on top of the 3 million dollars???
And ideas on that?
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Stoneman
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12/7/2019 12:31:20 AM
I tend to work on several projects at a time. That helps to keep me inspired as each project seems fresh when I approach it. I sometimes will step away from a project for a few days in order to see if I am inspired to go a new direction on it. I usually record bass and drums first. Then I build the rhythm parts to match. The last thing I record on the instrumentation is the instrumental solos. The final parts are the background vocals and leads. Depending on the genre, I may also add sound effects at the end. From there I move to the mixing process which is usually done at least 24hours after I record (gotta give the ears time to recover). During the mixing process I manipulate the signals with plug ins and effects. Dump it all down to a stereo mix and I am done.
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Bob Elliott
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12/7/2019 7:13:03 PM
The songs work on me.
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