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Originally Posted by Ken Lewis  Pushing the hell out of an artist doesnt always mean yelling or screaming, it usually means coaching, teaching, playing psychologist, singing them the lines the way you want to hear them and helping them achieve it. giving them the freedom to experiment, giving them the time to find their comfort zone or let their voice open up right.
ALL OF THESE THINGS TAKE TIME
all of these things can turn what would have been a mediocre or just good vocal performance into what can be a great vocal performance.
you keep every take because you never know what take is going to have a magical moment.
you comp everything together later to find all the best moments of magic that make sense and sound like one great performance. if you can tell it was comp'd, someone dropped the ball somewhere. |
Yes, but if it takes too much time, the artist simply isn't ready to work with me personally. If I need to spend 6 hours on a lead vocal doing the things you said (and believe me I have many times.. but it ain't happening again..), the artist just ain't good enough for me. Then it's: "Back to the rehearsal room. Step your game up, before you step in my studio!"
Even with the most trained vocalists, I've had to coach them. But they normally get it right after the first time I tell them something. If they are slow, not working hard, and simply not talented, they won't be asked to come back to my studio.
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Originally Posted by Franco Don't get upset though man, it's not that serious. If you're doing what you're doing and are getting results and your clients are happy, that's the bottom line. Not everyone has to appreciate or respect what you do. Me personally, if you have to use for example, 10 takes and 2 hours of time to cook up an MC's verse, to me, that ain't no MC! |
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