Letโs pretend youโve already done the easy part of tracking final versions of two guitars, bass, and drums. Easy, easy stuff, right? Lol, ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅธ
Now pretend youโre putting vocals on all of those songs. Youโre stuck in a rut. โWriterโs block,โ they call it. Thatโs cool. Donโt stress. I have a tactic for you.
Presumably, your song is broken up into predictable sections.
You know, the Intro, part A, part B, part A, part B, part C, part A, part B, and Outro/Ending, right?
Right?
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Pretend youโre stumped at the B- sections. What melody? In a hurry? That sucks. Shit happens. What to do? Copy something? Maybe consider copying whatever youโve already got tracked. ๐
Take a critical listening momey to evaluate the various instruments within the section you are struggling to find vocal parts for.
Listen to the B section.
What do you hear?
Yes, a secret melody hit for your own?
No, nothing yet?
What about the later/other B- sections?
Do you hear Melody?
Do you hear the instrumentalists hinting at what a melody could be like?
Oh the bass player and the kick drum of the drum set !!! Itโs their job to define the song in the most subtle ways. Are they giving you a melody?
Yes, they are hinting at the melodic answers you seek. The instruments and the instrumentalists are trying to do their job properly by thinking of what a vocal melody Might sound like within their part. A good bass player is keeping it real simple during the verses and saving the good stuff for the end. This gives vocalists lots of hints and support.
Tactic: formulate a vocal melody from the hints given to you by the Instruments. Utilize the kick drum, bass, and attractive, busy parts of guitars, and any other. Most of them are going to get busier towards the end of the song youโve created, right? You will find lots of hints in those later sections.
Whatever tactic you choose or approach you take, you canโt beat repetition. No matter what, youโre gonna need to listen to the song a lot. Time and leisure can be your friend and theyโre also conveniences.
Are you paying for studio time and walking in without lyrics and rhythms and practice? You are about to blow your money. Get ready to walk out with something you donโt like, call it a draft, listen to it a lot, and then pay more money to return to the studio. Try again. It will be better.
Alternatively, settle and you wonโt be satisfied with the project. Be prepared, think ahead or do it at home like I do ๐
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Me blah blah: I havenโt been posting a lot because Iโve been writing music. Iโve been creating music for a side project. Not a #Tetrahedroseph project.
Iโve been busy creating the musicโฆ busy and happily committed to the creation of music for this side project. I havenโt been promoting the creation process.
Unfortunately, I like making music. Unfortunately, I like making music more than promoting, boasting, creating some kind of ego driven, potentially idolized imagery.
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