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Sing-A-Long helpful notes:
The studio can record sing-a-longs in a
number of different ways to fit almost any price range.
However, here are some tips to help you get the best recording.
1. Schedule a visit the
studio in person prior to the time you want to
record. This will let you get familiar with the studio layout and
discuss your needs with the engineer to determine what will work best for
you. You will be able to preview work the studio has done for
others. We can also offer some mic techniques that will help give you a
better recording in less time.
2. Know your
material. Do not plan to do what
most people do at a karaoke club and come in with 23 songs to sing one after
the other while reading the words. Plan on doing one to three songs at a
time and know them well. You might be surprised to see what bad
habits you have picked up from singing live without hearing yourself on playback.
You should have a copy of the words, if you think you might need them, typed
on one side of a page only, (one or more pages) and double spaced with large
type. This will let you clip the pages to the music stand and see the
words without moving the paper. The sound of turning a page would be
picked up by the studio mic. It also makes it easer to "Q"
yourself if you have a mental block. One more point I would make is that
if you ALL of you wordy and double space and provide a copy for the engineer
and your producer they can follow along while you are singing and make timing
or other notes which will save you time locating problem areas that might need
to be fixed.
If you are not having to look at the words
you can turn down the lights in the vocal booth and visualize your song and
put feeling and expression into your vocal. If you are reading the words
you will never be able to put the feeling into your work and it will sound
that way.
Even though we have a large TV monitor available, DO
NOT read the words off of the TV monitor. Most of the time they will
not be in sync with the music, or depending on how fast you read and
comprehend you may not be able to sing them in time. Knowing your
song is very important.
3. Aside from knowing your song, Pitch
and Timing are the most important aspects of any
vocal or instrumental project. If you have pitch and / or timing issues
we will let you know and offer some simple suggestions to help you improve
them.
It is better to have one song done Wright that you can
be proud of than to have 12 songs that sound bad.
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