Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
First of all, we thoroughly enjoy your backstories. smile
It is very interesting to see how others develop a lyric and melody.

Hi, Janice and Bud.

The same here!

Every song has its own process, and its good to get new ideas of how to solve problems.

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It’s a lovely song and the harmonies between Natalie and Jun are delightful.
Natalie, especially, could fool us.

Thanks!

As you know, vocal harmonies are often the most fun part for me to write.

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The melody, as others have noted, is extra nice as is the open airy mix.
Great soundstage.

Glad to hear it, especially from you!

It's starting to get through my thick skull that one of the key secrets to a good mix is to have less going on. laugh


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The amount of thought and work that you put into this is hard to imagine.

Fortunately for me, it's a pretty linear process.

And the SynthesizerV software is getting better and better. There's a real advantage of having the singer there (so to speak) to immediately try out the vocals or a melodic line.

Some bits - like getting phrasing right - can be tedious, but it's not unlike how you'd sing a phrase over and over again, trying out different options. You keep going when it sounds right.

And that usually doesn't take as long as you might suspect... Although it's certainly longer than if I actually sang it myself.

But if I sang it, I'd probably be fiddling with the pitch, or making slight adjustments to the timing after the fact anyway. wink

Thanks for listening and commenting!

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PS You said, “Bud knows what a baby I am about that” Bud says you can blame Janice for that Eb chord smile


Hehehe. smirk

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?