Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgRNx7D814
Berklee Coursera Songwriting Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/songwriting-lyrics
A handful of tactics that have worked for me in the past for getting vocals on my tracks. Here's a summary of the 6 tips:
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Go to YouTube/Soundcloud music channels, find less well-known artists whose tracks have vocalists, and shoot said vocalists an email. Be prepared to send a lot of emails.
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Craigslist. Sketchiest, but another method I used with some success. Ask for vocal samples BEFORE collaborating.
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Make producer friends, then steal their vocalists.
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Learn lyric writing, write the vocal part to your song, then get a YouTube cover singer to sing it. Great tactic if you made a vocal part, but want someone with a certain timbre to sing it. See the Coursera course listed above for a good introduction into lyric writing.
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Learn how to sing. 100% sure way to get a vocalist everytime. Get a vocal instructor for a few months, have them show you the proper techniques, then eventually you get good enough to start singing (with modest amounts of autotune).
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Vocode yourself. Hands down the surefire way I got vocals before I took singing lessons.
Let me know if I missed any!
Submitted April 05, 2017 at 12:45PM by DJVeaux https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/63mbtk/some_tactics_on_how_ive_found_vocalists_for/?utm_source=ifttt