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I'm not a performer, and I don't write any music for commercial purposes, but I would like to enhance my BIAB/Realband work with (for example) an occaisonal female vocal, or perhaps a more accomplished male vocalist, or maybe a singer with a particular type of style.
How practical is it to connect with collaborators like this over the net? Is there a place to get introduced to folks like this? Any general advice?

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this is a great place to start. most here would love to collaborate with you. state your specific needs and see what happens.

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I have worked on over 50 tunes on the Musicians Collaboration Studio site, and for the most part it was an enjoyable experience.

On this tune, Square Stone, I ran with a piano-vocal demo. I played Drums, Bass, & Rhythm Guitar, another guitarist & keyboard player joined in, the singer liked it, and in 2 weeks we had a finished tune.

The only downfall is sometimes it can take weeks for someone to get a track to ya.....but overall it's a fun place to check out.


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Where do you live? IF you are in a fairly major city, head out to open mic nights and meet people. Network. Use Facebook type social networking sites and see who is playing where. For example, here where I live there are 7 open mic opportunities that I knew nothing about until I met a few people who normally attend either to watch or perform. I have been a spectator, but will be signing up to play a 3 song slot maybe next week. One of them is so popular there is a waiting list to get a 15 minute slot.

Of course if you live in a city of 500 people with no live music scene it will be different, but there are not many cities that have NO music scene at all, and at worst case you may be an hour from an active music community.

The only thing about online collaboration is just what JCS said. It may be weeks before they get around to your stuff. In a home studio, it's NOW.


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There are so many I have used 2 indaba and splice ,but I received too many weirdo's with little talent wanting me to do a whole song and mix down too, or kids with rude comments. Just set your email to not receive and pick the good one's from profile tunes they make .

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Trying to find splice lead me to this list...

http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music..._Collaboration/

How good they are I don't have a clue, but I thought that I would post the link for all you brave folks....


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An actual collaboration, where musicians build a song on the web, requires skills that are already finely developed at - http://www.kara-moon.com/forum/ . The forum members are courteous and capable. There is even a PG Music section. Vocalists, however, are in short supply...

You can find vocal performances in various audio formats at http://www.looperman.com/


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a top-flight female vocalist is our own beloved josie beck. if she's not busy she's always willing to help out. she's aka "sundance" on these forums. contact her.

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The only thing that would deter me is that sadly in this world trust is such a huge issue. It would be my luck that I collaborate with someone and next year I find out that some singer from Montana released a song I wrote and had a hit with it. Then I have to start EXPENSIVE legal action, etc.... Plus, I need the human interaction and eye contact as my song comes to life. I am fortunate to be in a city with a very large and active music community and within my circle of friends I have top level singers, drummers, etc....


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I say go to http://www.kara-moon.com and search Oren Thomas Fisher and check-out the song Thunder Lizard ,got some great mixification happening . I'm Tommy Cole and I approve this message !

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Thanks, Pilgrim!

The gentleman - Kevin Parks - who programmed the synthetic sounds and mixed the tune was dying at the time, and has since left us. I had the privilege of laying down the guitar tracks and mastering the production.
It's at times like these (working with an inspired musician who was making his last few artist statements) that the collaborative experience really shines.


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a top-flight female vocalist is our own beloved josie beck. if she's not busy she's always willing to help out. she's aka "sundance" on these forums. contact her.






Don you are a sweetie. Busy is the key word and these days that I am.

Best bet to find singers for free is probably whatever are the hot karaoke sites.

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I had noticed on soundclick Kevin Parks listed Oren Fisher as one of his influences for guitar players ! I see why ! Too bad I missed out on knowing him ,yall made a great team on Thunder Lizard !

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I had noticed on soundclick Kevin Parks listed Oren Fisher as one of his influences for guitar players...




The poor fellow must have been desperate for inspiration...

I'm currently including a certain Tommy C. on my list - the newest addition. Your chops got me all hot and bothered, and I'm afraid I've given my guitar a horrendous workout over the last few days. Feels good...


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TY ,I am honored !

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