If you’ve ever recorded a song in a studio, you know that it can be a looong process to get it exactly right, which can be expensive because most studios charge by the hour!
There are things you can do to minimize that however, with a little effort, pre-studio time.
First of all in my opinion, vocals should always be done LAST. I like all other instruments have to be in the song already to complete the feel of it, so then I can listen to it and practice with it beforehand so I know how it will sound best.
It helps to use a free music recording program on your computer to practice with. (I use my webcam recording function) All you do is get your engineer to send you the song file, play it on your computer and sing along with it at the same time, while recording yourself with your software. Then you can listen to what you’ve done and correct anything you don’t like, so you know GOING IN to the studio what you want to do.
And that will help keep the bill low, because you won’t need as many takes! And, it’ll make your engineer happy because you won’t be going over the same piece a hundred times.
Elisha Rae
www.sing-like-a-pro.com