I have a little trick I do on my recordings. I find the most comfortable key to sing my song in. Then lower it a half-step or step, depending on where it will end up. Then I get up early in the morning and record the vocal in that lower key. Later in the day I would struggle a little to sing that low.

Why do I do this?

Well, I am writing mostly country-alt stuff, so I like that deeper, weary, burnt out on the road, vocal sound. Also I believe the human ear is a little more forgiving in "pitchyness", in the lower ranges.


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