Session times: 7:30pm-10:30pm
This was the final session for recording Billy's Christmas song "Love Was Born On Christmas Day" and we had lots to do.
Part of the song includes a children's choir, so I had recruited some children my wife knows, taught them the song and recorded them the day before. After 12 takes, we had enough to make a good sounding choir.
Tonight, we were going to add Billy's 12 year old niece on top of the choir, his daughter and nephew and brother on some other parts he had worked out. I set up the se2200a with the vocal booth and we started with a vocal harmony from Billy. Every session we'd done on this song, Billy had tweaked the lyrics, and this was no exception, he finally went for a mention of John Lennon.
Then Billy's niece did her vocal over the choir parts and added a few atmospheric whispers to the beginning and the end. She really got the hang of it and I think was a bit disappointed she wasn't going to sing more than she did.
Next we sang an ensemble part on one of the choruses with everyone on one mic, and then an applause section with everyone clapping and cheering as if they were parents applauding their children's singing. After that, we had recorded everything we needed, so after they had all left, Billy and I got down to editing and mixing the song properly.
How did we get on? Well you can find out yourself. The single is out now on iTunes (click here to listen).
This was the final session for recording Billy's Christmas song "Love Was Born On Christmas Day" and we had lots to do.
Part of the song includes a children's choir, so I had recruited some children my wife knows, taught them the song and recorded them the day before. After 12 takes, we had enough to make a good sounding choir.
Tonight, we were going to add Billy's 12 year old niece on top of the choir, his daughter and nephew and brother on some other parts he had worked out. I set up the se2200a with the vocal booth and we started with a vocal harmony from Billy. Every session we'd done on this song, Billy had tweaked the lyrics, and this was no exception, he finally went for a mention of John Lennon.
Then Billy's niece did her vocal over the choir parts and added a few atmospheric whispers to the beginning and the end. She really got the hang of it and I think was a bit disappointed she wasn't going to sing more than she did.
How did we get on? Well you can find out yourself. The single is out now on iTunes (click here to listen).
Nice Job Neil, it's a nice production of a well written song. Kudos to my mate Billy for the vocal.
ReplyDeleteI hope to work with you again soon Neil.
Cheers
Paul H