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Mixing Vocals: quick tips
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When I started mixing some times ago, I tried to learn everything I could from the instrumental side of a mix, I always underrated vocals somehow, I was sure that vocals are just good as they are, that they don’t need anything in particular or any “fix” to sit right in the mix. Of…
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Pre-production: the extra oomph of every music project
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Usually, when you’re happy with your songwriting, you can’t wait to press REC and start recording everything you wrote. There’s nothing better than listening to your work after all those efforts. However, it’s important to bear in mind that from songwriting to mastering there is a lot of actions and activities that must be…
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Ride your tracks
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While I’m mixing you can’t even imagine how many times my focus is broken by something to fix in the tracks: that kick drum hit that’s not so in time, an incertain bass note, a little vocal part slightly out of tune or other little issues that I can’t stand. Maybe it’s because of…
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Why the singer should be comfortable
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A lot of people involved in audio recording tend to underrate an aspect during vocals recording sessions: the singer “play” a slightly different instrument than others. He definitely plays his body. Sometimes ago I read some lines of this excellent Mark Baxter‘s book: “The Rock-N-Roll Singer’s Survival Manual“. A real “must” for all singer,…