Arranging And Recording Tricks!, Or how to build a song!
Alex Feather
Jan 10 2012, 06:52 PM
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Hi guys! When it comes to arranging and recording there are no rules at all! You just have to make it feel good however there are tricks that you can use and make it sound good!
I will go deeper in to this topic later but right now I wanted to share a basic stuff
So let's pretend we have drums, bass and vocal recorded, and nothing else style of the song is modern rock! I am at the studio and I need to record guitar and make it sound good!
Simple way to understand a song is to look at it if it was a house
Drums is a basement
Bass is a first floor
Guitar goes in the middle
Vocal is a top floor

1) Main chords I always like to play a main chords first just to guide me through most of the time this track is not making it to the final mix but it helps to understand a structure and chord changes
2) Recording rhythm parts! When I am recording rhythm I always like to do at least four tracks main chords low, double, octave higher, double. This trick will open up your song more and will make it sound bigger!
3) Depends on the range that vocals in I am choosing my octave and trying to fill the gaps that are in between so I am not clashing with a singer
4) Layers! A few years ago when I was recording on AIR studio in London I got a chance to hear Coldplay tracks separately and there was so many layers of guitars! and some of them you could barely hear! The trick is that our ear does not recognize every sound in the song but if you have a lot of different layers that are hidden in the mix it feels fuller!!! So you play different octaves and melodies and use some as main parts and some hidden
5) More choices is always better! When you are working at the studio or making your own record it's always better to have more parts recorded and have different options so you can experiment and find the one that fits right! if you don't need a part you can always press delete!

So this is only the basics of a studio recording process! I will try to get deeper in to this subject so you can get a better idea!
If you have any questions feel free to ask!!!

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Ivan Milenkovic
Jan 10 2012, 10:35 PM
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Very good advices, professional indeed. There are some more songwriting/arranging tips here, on my songwriting chat sessions I did some time ago:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=40900

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Alex Feather
Jan 11 2012, 04:19 AM
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QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Jan 10 2012, 09:35 PM) *
Very good advices, professional indeed. There are some more songwriting/arranging tips here, on my songwriting chat sessions I did some time ago:
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=40900

Cool! I like it a lot!!!!

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- Alex Feather   Arranging And Recording Tricks!   Jan 10 2012, 06:52 PM
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- - Cosmin Lupu   This process is a very important one and I think y...   Jan 11 2012, 11:28 AM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Jan 11 2012, 10:28 A...   Jan 11 2012, 06:31 PM
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- - PosterBoy   The multiple guitar layers seems to be really impo...   Jan 11 2012, 06:36 PM
- - mavel   Amazing post Alex (and Ivan, I'll definitely t...   Jan 11 2012, 06:50 PM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (mavel @ Jan 11 2012, 05:50 PM) Ama...   Jan 11 2012, 10:04 PM
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- - Ivan Milenkovic   Well, it's beneficial for studio recording to ...   Jan 11 2012, 08:04 PM
- - SirJamsalot   QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jan 10 2012, 09:52 ...   Jan 11 2012, 08:16 PM
- - Gabriel Leopardi   Those are really great tips. I recorded many albu...   Jan 12 2012, 04:27 PM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jan 12 2012, 03...   Jan 12 2012, 09:18 PM
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- - Sinisa Cekic   Great topic Alex, here we can really learn a lot, ...   Jan 12 2012, 09:31 PM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (Sinisa Cekic @ Jan 12 2012, 08:31 ...   Jan 12 2012, 09:35 PM
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- - JPBluestring   Hey this is really a cool topic Alex! I think ...   Jan 20 2012, 02:22 AM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (JPBluestring @ Jan 20 2012, 01:22 ...   Jan 20 2012, 04:44 AM
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- - thefireball   I'm going to try to make it to your chat. I...   Jan 20 2012, 05:39 AM
|- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (thefireball @ Jan 20 2012, 04:39 A...   Jan 22 2012, 02:30 AM
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- - Dinaga   It's amazing how much one can learn from you ...   Jan 24 2012, 12:20 PM
- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (Dinaga @ Jan 24 2012, 11:20 AM) It...   Jan 24 2012, 08:05 PM
- - Dinaga   QUOTE (Alex Feather @ Jan 24 2012, 08:05 ...   Jan 24 2012, 11:41 PM
- - Alex Feather   QUOTE (Dinaga @ Jan 24 2012, 10:41 PM) Th...   Jan 25 2012, 02:42 AM
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