#VOCAL LAB PRODUCTIONS DR WHO HOW TO#
#VOCAL LAB PRODUCTIONS DR WHO SERIES#

Vocal Production is approaching the recording, arranging and processing of recorded vocals in a way that is unique for a particular artist and/or a particular song.įirst of all, there are some basic “processing” words we’ll be throwing around that you’ll need to understand. I’m making up my own definition that I think non-techy, artistic people will really understand. I’m not going to give you some engineering textbook definition. SECTION 1: DEFINING VOCAL PRODUCTION AND THE RELATED TERMS Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Prep, Pre Production and Recording)

#VOCAL LAB PRODUCTIONS DR WHO SERIES#

There’s actually so much to cover that we are going to break this Vocal Production Series into 3 parts.ĭefining Vocal Production and the Related Terms We're going to go on a VOCAL PRODUCTION SCAVENGER HUNT! Then I will challenge you to find another song with this particular feature. We’re going to do some listening to songs by other artists who, with their production team, have made choices about the presentation of their vocals and discuss it in a non-technical way. This is not at all going to be a super techy mixing discussion. And don’t worry if any mixing talk like “EQ and compression” makes your eyes roll back into your head.

#VOCAL LAB PRODUCTIONS DR WHO HOW TO#

Considering this is one of the most important parts of your music production, do you know how to communicate what you want your “signature sound” to be to your producer and engineers? Have you given any thought to what you would want your signature sound to be?ĭon’t worry if the answer is “no”. From what little I've seen in half of a short marathon, Doctor Who deserves a ten out of ten.The presentation of your vocals in your songs becomes part of “your sound”. As evidence, I present 'Monty Python's Flying Circus', 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', 'The Singing Detective', 'Brideshead Revisited'. What wildly imaginative premises, what a high-quality level of writing, what a gem this is! There is serious brain-power at work here, courtesy of the BBC yet again, on a continuing heroic mission to sacrifice short-term profit for long-term legacy. I resisted going to sleep until the damn thing ended five or six episodes later, at ten in the morning.

As it turned out, I had stumbled into the middle of a Sy-Fy Channel short marathon of Doctor Who. Then this absolute beauty comes up, I paraphrase - 'You've been living in a computer simulation, your physical body is elsewhere' - 'But I've been dieting' Bleak, subtle and sophisticated humor? Check, and count me in. Before the commercial break, I was treated to electronic ghosts and invisible floating piranhas. On one of those sleepless nights, flipping channels, I saw astronauts in a Victorian library, and was immediately intrigued by the weird homage to Kubrick. The very simple yet belated answer was, of course, by accident. The quandary was this: Where do I begin, with thousands of episodes aired? I was afraid of getting myself into something deep, dense, voluminous and possibly repetitive, impossible to get back out of. Such as 'Real Daleks don't climb stairs, they flatten the building'. For as long as I can remember, I've heard about the good Doctor, references, inside jokes and the like.

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