Today in the studio I tried to finish off Chilled times, the first thing I done was took what Billy said into consideration. By that I mean I tried to work on changing the flow of my last verse as it wasn't really tight and it was kind of all over the place.
I didn't bother writing new lyrics for it but while recording, I included extra words that made the flow a lot more tight. This is becuase if I kept in the gaps, it would have sounded loose and lazy. I wanted to change it because I wouldn't want people listening to the song and then thinking I'm a lazy writer.
I done a few recordings of the whole song becuase there was a few errors with me rather: taking a breath, messing up the flow or getting caught off guard and going off time.
The reason I didn't want to just record in the last verse is becuase I got some feedback from Connor which is the beat producer I am collaborating with and he said "it's best to do the full song in one go becuase if you record one verse and another at a different time; anyone could come in and change the audio levels". I also found out over the internet that your voice can be affected through the day by what foods you eat and what drinks you drink.Ramsey, M. (2015). Stop Eating These Foods Before You Sing - 10 Foods to Avoid. [online] Ramsey Voice Studio. Available at: https://ramseyvoice.com/how-does-food-affect-the-voice/#:~:text=But%20did%20you%20know%20the [Accessed 26 May 2021]. https://ramseyvoice.com/how-does-food-affect-the-voice/#:~:text=But%20did%20you%20know%20the,vocal%20problems%20than%20non%2Dsingers. This website states that allergic reactions caused by food can be one of the biggest issues for a vocalist becuase you can get an allergic reaction from food without knowing it.
It also mentions about how what you eat and drink can cause acid reflux which can affect your vocal recordings becuase it can cause additional mucus production and swelling in the vocal folds.
I utilized this research and watched what I was eating and drinking before I done my recordings. It says on the website what to try and avoid:
Allergic reactions
Gluten
Eggs
Dairy
Nuts
Selfish
Acid reflux
Spicy foods
Fried foods
Chocolate
Tomatoes
Caffeine/fizzy pop/Alcohol
This research has helped me with my vocal recordings because before this research, I used to drink energy drinks and/or eat food like chocolate which made my mouth more dry and my saliva more thick which was not good for the quality at all as I kept having to stop due to a saliva build up. Instead of doing that, I now only drink water before recording and mainly drink water in general.
After I done a fair few recordings, I finally got a take that I could actually work with. I showed Andrew what I had done in the session but... Protools crashed... before I could save it. Andrew helped me fix the vocals and showed me basic mixing such as utilizing the: EQ, Lowpass filters and high pass filters. We sat and messed around with the different effects to bring life to the track.
Andrew mentioned that something needed to be done about when the hook ends because I start to repeat lyrics over the top of the repeated "Chilled times" because it wasn't easy to tell who's voice was supposed to be the dominant voice in that section. How we went about that was by including the lowpass frequency effect over the repeated "chilled times" so it now sounds like it's fading in as I'm doing my little repeated bridge.
I think it works really well because the beat also has a small build up which complements this section. By that, I mean it creates extra structure to the track so it is easier to tell where sections such as: verses and choruses are. Another way Andrew helped me out was by noticing that the beat had too much bass, meaning it was overpowering the bass in my voice so it sounded as if my voice was cutting out each time the 808 hit. He helped me sort that out by editing the track and turning down the bass. This made the vocals stand out much more than they did.
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