Introduction
In this blog post I will describe the creative processes when me and my recording artist went through in order to create his version of "Wedding Bells".
Artist
My musician was Vincent Dellow, who is also my actor for my video. I wanted him to record this song for me as I needed a male voice which would sound good with a guitar. Vincent plays all so the instruments in the song is self. The two females vocals are done by two of his friends.
Recording
To record wedding bells we had a range of microphones available to us through school and Vincents own collection. We decided upon a Zoom H2n Microphone. This was a is of a professional standard and Vincent and I both have experience working with it before.
Editing
To editing the song Vincent and I decided that I was best that He edited and I worked with him like a client would. This was as he knew how to use the complicated software, but would still allow me creative input into the song. The editing was done using FL Studio 10.
I told Vincent that I wanted the song to remain the same slow pace as Lissie original, however I wanted it to have more of a ghostly sad feel to it. To did this Vincent told me that he added large amounts of reverb onto the male voice, guitar and bass guitar. The long notes also needed bass enhancing effects to be added to them, so that they carried a good sustain. The female voices were added in quietly on the choruses only. This quietness add another ghostly feel to the song. Another guitar track with capo on 12th fret was added, which harmonized the guitar and made the chorus seem a lot more fuller. The drums were created digitally, although Vincent has access to a drum stick and a small amount of experience playing them. We felt that doing it digitally would make for a clearer sound which we could adapt more easily. Finally, we felt that the track need a little more fullness to it, so a choir synth was added to play throughout the entire track.
Finished Track
To present the finished track I uploaded it to Audiour (www.audiour.com). Audiour is a website where you can upload sound shares, and it creates a unique link for you to share with people. This link can be used via social networking sites, email or any much more.
Here is the online link to the finished song!
http://audiour.com/playlist/j1twvlam
In this blog post I will describe the creative processes when me and my recording artist went through in order to create his version of "Wedding Bells".
Artist
My musician was Vincent Dellow, who is also my actor for my video. I wanted him to record this song for me as I needed a male voice which would sound good with a guitar. Vincent plays all so the instruments in the song is self. The two females vocals are done by two of his friends.
Recording
To record wedding bells we had a range of microphones available to us through school and Vincents own collection. We decided upon a Zoom H2n Microphone. This was a is of a professional standard and Vincent and I both have experience working with it before.
Editing
To editing the song Vincent and I decided that I was best that He edited and I worked with him like a client would. This was as he knew how to use the complicated software, but would still allow me creative input into the song. The editing was done using FL Studio 10.
I told Vincent that I wanted the song to remain the same slow pace as Lissie original, however I wanted it to have more of a ghostly sad feel to it. To did this Vincent told me that he added large amounts of reverb onto the male voice, guitar and bass guitar. The long notes also needed bass enhancing effects to be added to them, so that they carried a good sustain. The female voices were added in quietly on the choruses only. This quietness add another ghostly feel to the song. Another guitar track with capo on 12th fret was added, which harmonized the guitar and made the chorus seem a lot more fuller. The drums were created digitally, although Vincent has access to a drum stick and a small amount of experience playing them. We felt that doing it digitally would make for a clearer sound which we could adapt more easily. Finally, we felt that the track need a little more fullness to it, so a choir synth was added to play throughout the entire track.
Finished Track
To present the finished track I uploaded it to Audiour (www.audiour.com). Audiour is a website where you can upload sound shares, and it creates a unique link for you to share with people. This link can be used via social networking sites, email or any much more.
Here is the online link to the finished song!
http://audiour.com/playlist/j1twvlam
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