[ddots-l] Re: Nervous vocalist
- From: "Steve Wicketts" <steve.wicketts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:47:57 -0000
Ahh, the dreaded Red Light Syndrome.
This affects musicians and vocal performers as soon as the recording light
comes on.
I used to have this problem too. I could perform live in front of a thousand
people without a worry yet couldn't relax in a recording environment.
I can only speak for myself on this one.
1: Let the artist go through the song from start to finish a few times
before recording to allow them to relax and warm up.
2: I felt better when I heard that Elvis once did over 64 takes of one song
and they never released it. Just knowing that the biggest star in the World
sometimes struggled made me not feel so bad.
3: Reassure the artist that the only take that matters is the one that
sounds great , the rest are just binned and never heard again.
4: if it's a pitching issue, just remind the Artist that they perform well
live so they need to concentrate on the words and allow natural instinct to
guide the pitch.
5: You just need to keep recording several takes before listening back and
maybe try have an ok take as a quiet guide track as there's nothing like
competing against yourself.
6: Finally, just keep recording, recording and recording or else the red
syndrome will never go away.
Guess what I was doing Friday and will be doing again on Monday? The
recordings will be ready once they are right! It's as simple as that!
Steve W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nickus de Vos" <bigboy529@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dancing dots" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 12:06 PM
Subject: [ddots-l] Nervous vocalist
Hi all, i must record a vocalist who is awesome in live performinces but he
can't crack it in studio he just cracks up and i can't get anything good out
of him. Any advice anything i can do to make the studio environment more
comfortible for him or any other tips or tricks?
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