Well we are back as promised! After a totally awesome collab on DRIVE, it has been decided that we should take this opportunity to hop on the sea-shanty bandwagon! We shall be doing the classic, "Barrett's Privateers," by Stan Rogers. Got a voice? We need it! Got a fist? We need it to be thumped! Got other skills that you think would make the song better? Skill us!!!
Here be how you join:
- Download the sample vocal and backbeat RIGHT BLOODY HERE!!!
- Place it into your DAW, set to 90BPM.
- Record yourself singing along!
- Because I want an epic sound, all entries must also give me a track of them thumping something (I personally thumped my laundry basket).
- Send it in .wav format (YES....wav is important for sound quality!) to me in a DM using a file sharing service like Dropbox.
- We mix all the entries together...then...we get the booty!
And a few suggestions on how to help us out:
- Please say hi, and keep up with this thread! If we've got questions, or need extra work, or have a rough mix to share, you will find it here!
- Use the highest sample rates you can, and make sure you're getting a good waveform in your recording. If you're topping your mic out, adjust the recording levels appropriately!
- If you can harmonize, DO! This is a vocal heavy performance, and we need those harmonies especially badly!
- It's just fine to submit more than one track, and also just fine to submit instruments. For the very first time, I did not submit a guitar...I will if the mix takes us in that direction!
- All instruments must be live-recorded, REAL instruments! No samples or MIDI.
- Tell everyone you know who can sing!
And...oh bouy...I had to work hard to keep this a secret...but @Step is coming back to mix this one!!!! His work on Africa alone should convince you he can handle the vox!
Jump on in guys! The water is...well...probably full of jellyfish...but it's no fun getting stung alone!!!
-Ceevro
