Ha ha ha ha, that's a funny reference to those 60's movies, "That is crazy but it just might work." It works for me and I appreciate your comment. Thanks. vigwig
I can't sing at all, but when I'm doing tracks I'm always envisioning vocals. And for some reason I often picture a Lou Reed style deadpan sing/speak. Like the singer is bored. I always think that works with almost any style of 80's music - although I'm still too chicken to try it myself.
Anyway, this track totally rocks an 80's groove. Very catchy and spazzy.
I LOVE Lou Reed! You and I are clearly in the same situation vis a vis vocals. My advice is to just give it a try. My best results (which are still pretty bad) have been when I've taken more of an "acting" approach, putting on a particular character or "sound". Not sure if that makes sense. Like an actor putting on an accent. Nothing like my real speaking voice or even my real singing voice. Takes a bit of practice and experimentation. Also, I do a lot of comping of the vocals. Record multiple takes of short passages in Logic, which is really easy to do. Then comp the takes selecting the best parts (also very easy in logic). Trying to do a complete front to back vocal performance is hopeless for me and even the pros don't attempt that when recording, I think. Comping is very common.
Then processing. Obviously EQ and reverb and compression. I typically use double-tracking as well. Sometimes the Waves ADT plugin. Sometimes just copy parts of the audio track and offset the second track by couple of milliseconds.
My biggest challenge is pitch correction. I really haven't mastered that, although I have the tools to do it.
So, my advice is to give it ago. Your tracks are really good and it would be great to hear some vocals on top of them. Especially if you can do a Lou Reed thing.
Thanks. One of the very few instances where I actually came up with a complete set of lyrics for a song. All my life I've focused only on instrumentals. I never, ever paid attention to the lyrics of a song. Actually preferred instrumentals over vocals. Now that I really want to make songs that require vocals, I'm paying the price for my foolishness. :)
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But yeah, kickin' track. Love the synth parts too. Digging it!
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Anyway, this track totally rocks an 80's groove. Very catchy and spazzy.
Then processing. Obviously EQ and reverb and compression. I typically use double-tracking as well. Sometimes the Waves ADT plugin. Sometimes just copy parts of the audio track and offset the second track by couple of milliseconds.
My biggest challenge is pitch correction. I really haven't mastered that, although I have the tools to do it.
So, my advice is to give it ago. Your tracks are really good and it would be great to hear some vocals on top of them. Especially if you can do a Lou Reed thing.
Eric
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You found the right pockets for the vocals too - nice work!
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