Many of my songs are first or second vocal take. Because recently, I haven't even been doing layering. I've gotten really lazy on a few songs.

One take.... punch in on a few mistakes or glitches.... fix the rest with Melodyne...and I'm done.

I didn't mean to insinuate that everyone comping more than 2 dozen tracks was lying about it.... I know they do that, and I know they know what they're doing. It was more like an exaggeration on my part to illustrate how absurd that sounds.... 100 tracks and fixing syllables.

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www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.