I am very excited about the whole thing so therefore probably most everybody are informed already as I simply can't seem to shut up about the whole thing, and thus I am bringing it on to my blog about voice. And there are some great discoveries to be had about the voice in a recording studio.
At this stage of album making it's all about patience as far as I can tell. I have the songs, I know how I want it to sound, and then you have to somehow get it down on some tracks in the studio which is highly time consuming and rather mind-bogging as you can do some really surreal things to your "sound" in the studio.
One thing you discover about your voice - usually very quickly - is that it isn't doing what you want it to do. Not unlike a performance situation, being in the studio can be nerve racking and everything you thought you knew how to do in your sleep, is now the hardest thing in the world. It doesn't help to tell yourself that you can just do it again - somehow that actually makes it worse - I am no expert on the psycology behind this phenomena, but I like to say to my students that it's about being scared of your own excitement and potential (now I try to tell myself the same thing:-). Too many options and too much joy (yes, I know it sounds crazy) it's sort of like tears of joy, a really, really, weird, good feeling of overwhelm, can mess you up as well as anything.
Song is to a large degree about controlling or managing your breath flow. When we are excited or scared or in otherways emotionally on a high note, that becomes a really hard thing to do, also in a recording studio even if you can "always just do it again".
Going to the studio certainly makes you aware of your shortcomings and your greatness too, and can be a great learning experience even if you are not going to release an album and just want to challenge yourself.
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