Back when Omar and I were but a wee couple, we stayed up one entire night to record a cover of A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera's Say Something.
We had just started dating and only just discovered each other's voices, minds, and bodies.
We absolutely refused to settle for anything less than perfect, until we saw the sun coming up and finally decided to go with what we had. We spent another few hours putting the track together and fixing the levels, but I am proud to say that there was no use of autotune in the making of this cover. I can't have that- it would be an insult to mine and Omar's hard won talents.
Thinking back, I can see that may have pushed him quite hard. Haha...
"No, you held that note out too long," or
"Stop, stop, stop. You keep straining to hit that when you don't need to. I know you can hit that easily. Stop straining, it's causing too much tightness in your throat and face and you're getting a forced sound. Do it again.
Do it again.
Stop, do it again.
Again.
Maybe just one more time..."
And like most artists, I still look back and pick it apart and furiously judge every moment of it... but we deemed it passable and we are very proud of our work. So without further a do, I present to you...
Please feel free to leave your comments below and resteem the video if you enjoyed it. We hope to record some more covers very soon, and your feedback will help us improve our future recordings. Thank you!