{"id":975,"date":"2015-02-25T19:36:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2016-06-02T04:28:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T04:28:06","slug":"every-love-song-part-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/every-love-song-part-vi\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Love Song Is About You \u2014 Part VI"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is part of a series about my songwriting process in writing a song called \u201cEvery Love Song.\u201d<\/em>
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It generally takes me about 4 hours to do a lead vocal. That gives me time to work my way through every line and get it stylistically the way I want it. Then I go through and get the singing performance as good\u00a0as I can. I usually go through one big section at a time (a verse, for instance) until I get it close and then zero in on each individual line (sometimes even focusing on just part of a line).<\/p>\n

Often, the next day I come back and find additional things I can improve.<\/p>\n

In this case, I was re-working the lyrics too as well as figuring out background vocals. I’ve been thinking the harmonies in the pre-chorus\u00a0(the part that goes, “Can’t you see… Every line of poetry…”) should be lower than the lead vocal. Then when I hit the chorus, the harmony (or harmonies) could go up above the lead vocal. That would give the chorus some additional oomph. We’ll see how that works out next time.<\/p>\n

I’ll listen over the next couple of days and see what I think about what I’ve done with the vocals. Here’s the current version.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/keithlivingston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Every-Love-Song-Elad-Vocal.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Every Love Song Lead Vocal<\/a><\/p>\n

Enjoy,
\nKeith<\/p>\n

PS: Pretty rad space mural, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

PPS: I’m 18 hours into the song now.<\/p>\n

This article is part of a series about my songwriting process in writing a song called \u201cEvery Love Song.\u201d Read the whole series here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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