I took a leap this week and decided to try do a track with vocals. I haven't mananged to do vocals with a synth based track before, so this was a first and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

The song is loosely inspired by the TV show Zone Blanche, and gave me thoughts about falling in love with a creature of the forest that's being hunted, as you sympathise with it's isolation and rejection.

I hadn't intended the track to have vocals, but while I was working on building up parts, I felt like adding instrumental parts had reached a limit, and only vocals would express the themes the way I wanted. So I ad-libbed a few vocal lines over the top and then picked some melodies and phrases that popped out. Then it was an arduous process trying to get the lyrics to fit nicely and convey the meaning I wanted, which ain't easy. But was really fun giving it a go! And hard with such a tight deadline!

Also, I originally intended to have no drums, as I felt my last week's track was a bit too drum heavy and I thought I'd push myself to support the rhythm in other ways. In the end I did add drums, but only as the very last thing after all the other parts and vocal were done. It's ended up inspiring me that working in the opposite direction to my usual inclinations, and letting the track ask for what it wants, can lead to really fruitful outcomes.

Tags: electronica, reason, vocals, week 6 2024, View by:tarsiidea