Besides having a day job in which Pooh still having a gala time guessing, I does vocal/song demo recording on once a blue moon basis in my home studio. I got the home studio setup partly while doing some freelance work for a production house two years back.
Today I bumped into a guy and we chatted for a while. Three weeks back this guy came to my studio for a demo recording. Before he started the recording he was telling me his plans to be a single artist instead of being a band, how much he paid a composer to compose a song for him (he paid big bucks for it), the previous studios he went and quoted names as well. He sounded rather rough for the first song recording, and by the fifth song, everything went downhill. He can't hold a tune, and he can't catch the beat. He was singing ahead by a whole measure of the song!
During the recording I hinted lightly of his horrible singing by telling him "Your voice is pitching, let's try to run that once again" and asking him "You are singing ahead of the song, is that intentional?" I did that a few times. I guessed then that it would be my last time seeing him so I didn't hinted harder.
But bumping into him today and hearing him planning of ditching his well paying day job to become a full-time artist send chills to my spine. When he asked how was the previous recording went I hinted harder by telling him that he was singing off tune and went off beat. He replied that it is ok as he trust me to 'fix it' for him in the mix. Well, he didn't get the hint and I didn't have the heart to tell him the plain truth.
How deceived sometimes people can be. No wonder thousands willingly turned up for American Idol auditions each year and get ridiculed by Simon Cowell in front of the public tv.
4 comments:
Sweat, for this case, I think this chap needs the whole truth since he apparently doesn't get the picture. Throwing away his whole job? Wah.
My fren who is a sound editor in Mediacorp told me that a person with the most horrid voice can turn out to be the best singer after editing. Mayb u need to upgrade your home studio? Heeheehee. *runs away*
Btw, remind the guy not to go for live performances then.
Do u watch Britain's Got Talent? The 6 year old ger who sang Over the Rainbow is quite cool.
And what seminar u attending in spore tmr?
Ha. Wat a long comment.
Am attending the PALME audio installation show/exhibition at Singapore EXPO. Will be there from Thursday to Sat.
Your friend is correct, however it would be a pain just to edit it and we can detect the flaw even with the best edit. (Ever wonder why they always say Britney can't sing?) Most singers do sing off tune a little here and there and it can be corrected, but in my case and the amount I'm being paid for the demo, I rather not do anything.
Haha, another long comment.
No I never watch Britian's Got Talent. It is not on broadcast here and I don't have Astro ( paid satelite channels). Even if I do I hardly watch tv anyway.
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