All right , welcome back everyone to another great episode of Teach One Tuesday Podcast . Before we get into that great subject we're gonna get into today , let's get into that theme music , family Music . All right , all right , let's get into it today .
Let's get into it before I get into my , my subject for today , and I'll just go ahead and tell you what it is . We're still talking about projects , but I'm gonna be talking about , you know , really getting into the recording phase and we're gonna talk about picking sounds . Before I get Into that , let's get into some things first .
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Alright , so let's get into it . Family . We're talking about picking sounds . We're talking about picking sounds and this is crucial . Some of you will relate to this because you are a producer as well . Some of you use this is where you hand your music off to someone who was able to flush out your music .
No problem , you can still learn from this , and so what I want to say first is that know what genre that you're in . Obviously you should know that Before you know what , even before you start writing your songs , start putting your music together , you should know what genre you're in . With this country , gospel , you know , jazz , whatever it is .
Know what genre you're in because there's a certain , there are certain sounds to go along with that . Or you know , there's some people I'm not gonna get at today , but there's some people who who like the fusion sound . They put different things together . But that's not what I'm talking about today .
I'm talking about a specific genre , sounds that go that specific thing . All right . So know what genre you're in . Secondly , you know , pay attention to obviously , what , what sounds go along with that . Are you ? Are you , if you're more of country , you're going with the more acoustic sound . Also , jazz more of an acoustic sound , things of that nature .
Or a singer-songwriter more of an acoustic sound , when you start getting more into R&B , pop , when you start getting to the simps and things of that nature , all right . So , just in general , know what sounds you know go along with that particular Drama . What did they normally use ?
Of course , they're creating things all the time , but at a basic level , know what sounds are being used as very , very important . As far as the kick is concerned , as far as you know a guitar , you know , as far as keys , what was simps are they using what ? What sounds are being used Around that ? This is so , so , so important .
And it even goes further when you start getting into the mix and the mastering or , let's just say , mixing face . When you start getting into that , there's certain things that go along with that , certain things you would use for a pop vocal you would not use . If you're talking about , especially if you're talking about jazz , they may put some .
They may put , you know , a little bit of a verb on there . You're not going to have any . You know a pitch correction on there . You're not going to have anything like that . For the most part , I don't think so . At least I haven't heard any records . Acoustic records , jazz records are doing that .
Certain things is going to be different practices depending on what genre you're in , all right . So think about what it is you want to go along with this , and you can also think about creating your own sounds , all right . Now , obviously , I'm talking about even gospel , gospel , r&b , of course , pop , you know .
Think about go through your sounds , go through what they have . What do you like is usually what you like is going to stick out , and this takes some time as well . Or , if you're not producing it or putting it together , then talk to your producer and sit with them , go over what it is , what sounds you want , you think you want to use .
You know , as they're going through sounds , be there with them or call them on the phone , facetime each other , whatever you need to do so that you can be on one accord as far as what sounds you want to use . Now , what you also could do is use a template , a song that you like . Obviously , and you want to . You want your song to be close to that .
Now , of course , you don't want your song to be exactly that , but you want your song to be close to that particular style . That's another way that you can do it . So , if it's a Justin Timberlake song , if it's a Missy Elliott song , if it's a Rihanna song , a Beyoncé song , what is it , what sounds are they using , and can you duplicate that ?
Or can your producer duplicate that or recreate that or get something close to it , and that's a cool way to do it . That's really how it was done as well .
With the mixing and mastering process , you get what's called references and you look at , you listen for different things how they're using reverb , how they're using compression , how they're panning , how they're using automation . This is what we do . We listen to whatever references a client may give us and we go according to that .
You may not get exactly that , but that's the example and I want you to do the same thing . As far as now , laying down tracks , sounds , laying down things , what is it that you want your music to sound like ? Another way you can look at this is do I want my song to be complex ? This is what I mean by that . Do you want a lot of sounds ?
Do you want a lot of stuff going on or do you just want something simple ? You want something simple going on . You have a pad , you have a simple percussion Sometimes you may have hi-hat , sometimes you may not and just a simple bass line .
You can have a very simple track , but then what I would do as an artist , what I would want to do is , if I have a very simple track , I want to make sure that my vocals , my lead vocals and my backups are popping . I don't think I want a laid-back track and a laid-back vocal .
I don't think I would want that , at least for me , not unless I heard it that way . Then I would do that . But for the most part , if I got a chill track , then I'm going to want to make sure that I am being intentional about my vocal choices as far as my lead vocal is concerned and what atlaves are surrounding that lead vocal .
And then as far as your BGVs , what are you doing ? Two-part harmony , three-part harmony . Do you have two different things going on at one time , meaning you have a unison line and then you have a unison line this is the chorus I'm talking about . You have a unison line that they're singing , but you also have little harmony parts that are happening .
So for me , the contrast is what's going to make ? In my opinion , is going to make it really pop . And of course , it goes to the next level with the mixing process . And I keep mentioning that because you can have a pop and song , you can have a great hook , you can have a great track , great vocals , great BGVs . I mean it's fire .
But if you're a mixing engineer , it doesn't really know how to take that song to the next level . All that stuff you did won't matter . It'll be a nice song that was mixed very poorly and you'll have people and your friends that say , oh , that's nice , but it's not really going to do what you want it to do . So all these things need to be in place .
But today I just want to specifically talk about sounds . Now , they have so many plugins . If you're worried about that , you have so many plugins you can use . I use complete for sounds . But there's so much stuff out here , family , there's so much stuff out here .
Shop around them with you know , for different sounds , where they got kicks , they got guitars , they got packs of stuff . Now , bundles is what I meant to say . You have bundles that you can buy all the sounds that you need . Also , for mixing and mastering . They also have a lot of software . I use isotope .
I actually use quite a few things , but I use isotope and some other things for mixing and mastering process . That makes it a lot easier . Fuse with AI , of course . You know AI is completely taken over . So I wanted to drop this nugget because that's the next part .
So before that , you're writing your lyrics , you're writing your verse , your chorus , you're writing your bridge , you're writing , you're thinking about what you wanna do for the backups and then , next step , you want to start laying this stuff down and I want you to have the sounds that match what's in your head , or match a song that you listen to , or get as
close as you can to that , or you could just completely create your own sound , which is fantastic . Create your own sounds , which is a great thing .
And so I want you thinking about all these things , right , thinking about all these things and I'll do another episode because I'm still in my process , of course and I wanna do some research for you guys and just look up some plugins and things that you can get for sounds .
Obviously , if you , you know , I know , for logic and I'm sure , with other dolls , you have sounds that come with that . You have sounds that come with logic and I'm sure they come with other dolls out there . But if you want some more sounds , you got all kinds of stuff in , and complete is one of them that I use .
I'm trying to think of some more while I'm on this episode , but I'll do some research in the next episode . I'm gonna mention several that you can purchase , but don't think you have to break the bank . You can start very small and you can .
You know , start there and use those sounds and really what's more important is how you use them , how you use EQ and compression and verb and echo and all these different things . Really , how you use them is really more important than sometimes the sounds themselves and also automation in a track .
I know this lesson , this is that lesson , but this episode's a little long , but I wanna get all this stuff out to you because I think all this stuff is very , very , very important . All right , so thank you so much for checking this out , man . But before we go , do me a favor , I'm gonna go to the description In this episode .
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