Scott,
A smooth performance in your vocals,though a bit soft & low key,but your falsetto abilities are just what this cover needed.
I particularly like the vocal backing tracks you added-of which I left out,as my falsetto leaves a lot to be desired.
For the most part,the vocals tracks are overpowered by the music,which is one of the aspects of this recording I would like to change.Mixing as you probably know well,is a very tedious process,drawing on so many different factors...quality of studio monitors,room acoustics and of course,an ample amount of practice,trial & error.
In the last few years,I had become more serious about my recording & mixing...upgrading my gear(powered monitors being the most crucial)-along with room treatment...as if you can't hear it correctly,you can't mix correctly,period.
If you really enjoy the mixing process,then I highly recommend you
make it your strong suit(I'd really like to know what equipment your using-as judging by your website,you seem to have sufficient funding for high end gear).
Getting back to the cover at hand,I would like to create a duet,whereby I would combine both of our vocals together,to give this tune a broader,more lush quality to it...sound like a plan?
On a side note...there's one thing I am really curious about,which is,why pitch correction?The reason I ask,is that you have such a skilled voice...so how does this necessitate the use of such a function?
I completely understand your drive for perfection where studio recording is concerned(as I use the quantize function to correct my timing errors on most of my tracks),but this is something I absolutely need to do,because I can't forge myself to be a top flight bassist,pianist,guitarist,drummer,violinist etc.,just to be able to lay down a complete song.
Ironically enough,my music theory teacher back in high school,had taught us that there is no music without rhythm and yet his performances where a train wreck,because he learned to play just about every instrument you can think of,rather than perfecting his playing on one or two instruments.
Incidentally,I never took to learning music in a formal fashion,as I was self taught long before then.Fortunately,I was naturally gifted with a sharp ear for music,which is why I've always noticed errors in sheet music.
That being said,I assumed that you were following sheet music when you laid down the instrument tracks for the Imagine song,hence the notation errors.
The absence of pitch correction is something I feel very passionate about-as if you use it,you might as well be a lip-sync group like Milli Vanilli....but-to each his/her own....although I don't see where you would need it,unless of course,you were just trying to cut down on your work load & finish up in a timely manner.
Thanks again,for you accolades towards my instrumentation & vocals.
-Thom
