Studio
I See Fire
During this project i recorded Caroline and will. Will played the guitar he played the song i See fire and caroline sang. I used many reverbs and EQing to perfect the song i also recorded several pieces. I also took many takes to perfect the song. I chose the song that sounded more full and more clear. I believe this project was a great. I chose this song because i though it would sound amazing for the guitar and that the vocals would match well with the artist. Overall this project is great and the recording process was generally easy other then taking several takes.
No One Else
During this piano recording project I learned several new things about the recording process of the piano as well that working with vocalists. I was sick for the beginning part of this project and I had trouble finding an artist with limited time to do so. Time time again I would artist canceling on me due to their busy schedule. Eventually I found an opportunity to work with Yasmeen. Yasmeen Wanted to record vocals for Her college applications while mr. Giddings accompanied her on the piano. Yasmeen was very nervous while recording and it took her several takes to find her confidence and she definitely needed some reassurance from myself Mr Giddings as well as Mr. Donn. Mr Giddings On the other hand being an experienced piano player was a one take wonder. During this project I used my engineering skills to pan the piano as well as to use the auto punching too the fix a certain section of the song the vocalist was not happy with. I also tried to use minimal editing to improve the vocals by adding some small reverb to her voice. My editing process was limited due to the fact she was sending it to colleges. The piano recording process was not at all a challenge as long as you precisely set up the Mike’s and made sure that every track was passed to the correct place which I found myself having to Double check time and time again. Helping the vocalist to try to find her confidence During this project was probably the main challenge for once that was overcome it was smooth sailing. This project offered several more examples of how detailed oriented artist are and as well how the whole recording process is a long process with lots of moving pieces. Overall I believe the song turned out great with strong vocals and piano playing. This process was exciting and hard work and it is great to see the outcome. I am excited for the next project.
ALl We know Remake (Feat. Mallory Gersh and Julia Christie)
This first recording studio project was full of lots of success, challenges, and chances to grow as a music engineer. When trying to decide upon a song to record vocals for I instantly thought of an instrumental cover I had made of the chainsmokers song "All We Know" last year in music tech I also thought of a vocalist Mallory who I had discussed recording with. At first everything was going well but after several takes and trying to record in different spaces such as the stair case it became apparent that Mallorys voice might not be right for the song. Not wanting to get rid of mallory due to my liking for her voice I tried using vocal effects such as reverb and EQ to improve the vocal but this was not a perfect voice. Next I decided to recording Julia and found that her voice could be a nice pair with Mallory's and that they seemed to harmonize well together. I found the takes that were each of there best takes and match the best. I took their voices balanced the levels so they did not over shadow each other, I also put reverbs on their voices to help them match better. Next I used the read future to let one vocalist sing certain parts and the other sing others and them brought them together when it seemed appropriate which was a challenge. Over all there were many challenges but there was always a solution you just had to keep working. Working one on one with artist on my own was an experience that I had not had and it was a great chance to grow. Overall the recoding experience was great both of my artist were very accommodating and even though they seemed tentative at first they broke through and really showed their ability. I had the vocalist due what i thought would be best for the song and they were very understanding they took constructive criticism well and always wanted feedback. Even though their voices may not have been perfect for the song we worked tougher to make it work by using different rooms to recording in and softer singing is some places and more aggressive in other. Overall the experience was pretty smooth sailing. This first recording process was a great one it was full of great learning and I am very happy with the outcome of the project and excited to start the next project. The EDM genre that I pursued was an exciting one and I never became tired of hearing the song. I was always looking forward to class and to see how i could make the piece better. I am happy with my first project and excited to see what is to come.