1) Book your best time: Schedule your recording session at an optimal time for your voice. Pick up the hours
of the day when you naturally sing the most, and try to book your session right
that time frame. If you get to the studio and it’s just bad, set up
another date without hesitation. Nothing is more important than the vocals you
will be singing with and you being pleased to sing. It’s better to risk feeling
guilty, making a re-scheduling request than have to live with vocals recorded
forever and ever.
2) Don’t try to nail all the notes and nuances: If your
goal is to create a natural and real song, you want to get a few good
takes and then have the engineer edit those. It turns out a bit overwhelming
and confusing to look through all those parts later and choose: it is both
time and money consuming, and maybe it will not feel as perfect to you in the
end. They recommended that 3 takes of one song is a good number to stick to,
and if you need one more that’s fine, but if you’re at 5 or 6, then please,
stop!
3) A recording is a moment of your life: “It is a
snapshot of the song and how it is and how you sing it at a certain time.”
Being an artist, more of a singer, your song will “evolve” after you record it
that time and it is always that later in life, you will regret not doing
something that are supposed to be worth trying. Maybe it’s because you don’t
feel good, or simply the cheap studio headphones sound so wrong
to you, …The point is, you have a life to re-record or sing a billion
versions of that song over and over again. Recording is about taking what is
the realest and most outstanding, unique and living for you, then let go
of the other.
4) Be in the rhythm: In the studio, people usually
focus on perfection and the notes. They become overly careful, hesitant and
then lose some “spark”. You, remind yourself not to fall into that trap. Focus
on the sound, be the song itself and feel the emotion, trust that the rest will
just be where they belong.
5) Let go of perfectionism. It is hard to meet the singer
has the perfect, rested, ready vocally, or completely satisfied with the whole
song. Try your best and loosen yourself as much as you can, break out
from unrealistic expectations and pressure.
6) Enjoy yourself! Well, singing has to be fun, don’t
you think so? It’s supposed to feel free. Let yourself be it, in the moment. If
you don’t, your performance is trapped in a box and you won’t be happy with
those. Even if you nail all those hard notes, ultimately you’ll feel that the
energy is running out.
7) Plan a coffee date of whatever you want after the session: Being
in the studio means you have already worked enough. Let yourself relax with a
nice coffee, a dinner or simply a bath or whatever makes you feel great.
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