00:00:23 Alright. So, I have enough elements
for us to actually start tracking vocals.
00:00:27 And I wanted to check in with you Jared
and see where we're at with
some of the vocals.
00:00:32 You told me you've got
it all pretty much written down.
00:00:37 So what do you wanna start with first?
I'm ready to track really.
00:00:40 You wanna just jump in?
But before we do let me just hear...
00:00:44 What you have with the references?
-Yeah.
-Alright.
00:00:52 And you can just mute the reference.
I'll just gonna go through it in here.
00:00:55 Got you. Alright, ready?
Make it louder.
00:01:09 Right?
I might change it there.
00:01:19 I have to be reminded of what that is.
00:01:23 There.
00:01:24 That and the 'Pre', you know what I mean?
So, the last part there?
Yeah,
I think we can cut it piece by piece,
let me cut the verse before the...
00:01:33 The first four bars of the verse
and then once we have that we will...
00:01:36 Because that I have down,
that I know like the back of my head.
00:01:39 Perfect, let's get you set up here.
00:01:42 So while he's getting ready
let me just walk you through
how I'm gonna do this.
00:01:46 Yeah, I'm about to track my vocals
right at Ableton Live.
00:01:49 Why not? Right.
00:01:50 So, used to bounce a whole two track,
this used to be my old way of working,
I would bounce a whole instrumental
2-track, load it into Pro Tools
and then use,
you know,
and just record vocals on Pro Tools
and then bounce all my
stems of the instruments
into Pro Tools and
continue working there.
00:02:06 But I forced myself to do it all
in the box here with Ableton Live
just because I started getting really quick
with the workflow, automating things
and doing all these really cool
tweaks with stuff so
I decided to stay here.
00:02:18 Here is the group with all
the rough ideas that we have,
I'm gonna keep that as a reference
for Jared to go by.
00:02:24 And now, I'm gonna head over
here to my go to presets collection,
because I've got a template that
I created
for lead vocals, background vocals
and stuff like that.
00:02:33 Just click and drag that in there.
00:02:35 So, I have my 'Lead vocals',
'Verse Pre', 'Chorus lead'
and 'Bridge Lead' there.
00:02:40 And there's a gate
plug-in already on there,
I'm just going to turn that off
for right now.
00:02:45 So, this is a group track
with all these vocals in it.
I'll just arm this.
00:02:49 Alright, we're ready to do this.
00:02:51 Now that Ableton Live 11 has
implemented play-listing
it's gonna be a breeze,
I'm gonna be able to just track
and focus on getting the right take.
00:02:59 You wanna do the
first half of the verse?
Yeah, for sure.
00:03:01 Alright, brother. Ready when you are.
00:03:03 -You got me?
-Yeah.
00:03:04 Let's do a quick 'a Capella'.
00:03:06 I'll play you the rough.
00:03:07 Exactly.
00:03:08 What I'm gonna do here is,
I'm gonna click my rough vocal
reference track group,
my group track,
and it illuminates this little number 3
here on my controller.
00:03:18 This is why I like using
this controller here.
00:03:20 Cause than I can just
mute that on and off.
00:03:22 I know that's gonna be my reference
and then, if he wants to hear it again
I can just go simply:
'Yeah, there you go, check it out.'
So, I have it here, I can dial it in,
it just makes it easier
for me to interact with the artist.
00:03:34 Here we go.
00:03:36 Am I just hearing this
in my headphones?
We're gonna actually track it now.
00:03:39 So you should be hearing it
just in your headphones.
00:03:42 Let me know if you want more.
00:03:48 Cool. Let me just hear
a quick ref...
00:03:50 Yeah, yeah.
00:04:00 I'm gonna turn off the AC.
00:04:01 We're gonna track the vocals.
00:04:03 Actually, I don't even wanna hear it,
I'm ready to do it.
00:04:05 -You're ready?
-Yeah.
00:04:06 Alright.
00:04:09 Can you do that verse real quick,
'a Capella'?
Alright, cool.
00:04:24 Alright.
00:04:24 -Bob Dylan dog.
-Let's roll.
00:04:28 Yeah.
00:04:32 Do it again.
00:04:34 That was it. I have only memory
to record that little part.
00:04:37 Can you actually...
00:04:38 What you need?
I usually have a monitor
where I control the volume.
00:04:41 Could you just make my vocal lower?
Super low,
like so in my headphones I don't hear it.
00:04:46 Got you, got you.
00:04:47 So, what I'm gonna do now is
he's asking me to lower,
you want your vocals lower?
Right, keep music beat the same
but blend my vocal...
00:04:55 So, because he's getting a
direct signal from my interface
I'm gonna go to my Focusrite
control panel
and lower the actual output that
he's hearing here.
00:05:05 So, go ahead.
00:05:17 -Is that better?
-Yeah
Alright brother, let's roll.
00:05:34 Let me punch that line,
from 'these walls'.
00:05:36 OK.
00:06:05 Let me hear...
00:06:06 We'll take it from the second half,
ready?
Let me hear the first line of the verse.
Because it's the same thing.
00:06:29 Do you like a change there?
Let me do it straight.
00:06:33 Yeah, just do a regular.
00:06:35 Yeah, I just naturally did that.
00:06:44 Do it again.
00:07:00 Alright, let me just listen to this.
00:07:02 I'm gonna refine that but just...
00:07:27 Yeah, let's do another round of this.
00:07:29 Yeah, let's just do another one of those.
00:07:31 -So I can get it even better.
-The whole verse?
You wanna duplicate that?
No, just another round...
00:07:36 Just to get comps and stuff.
00:07:38 Yeah, just give me a little bit more
confidence with that first delivery.
00:07:41 Yeah, I just...
00:07:44 I'm still reading and learning.
00:07:46 You could use that holder.
00:07:49 It's fine, I got it.
00:07:52 You better get it right Jared
because this is gonna
blow up the computer.
00:07:57 But I wanted to be kind of...
00:07:59 tired.
00:08:01 Because I'm gonna do an octave above it,
but do it again.
00:08:03 Got it, here we go.
00:08:07 Alright,
let's keep that one for right now.
00:08:10 Alright, here we go.
00:08:41 That's better.
Let me just listen to it...
00:08:42 Keep in mind, there's gonna
be highs and stuff on top.
00:08:45 No, never.
00:08:46 Come on!
Could you just quickly tune it?
Some tuning love.
00:08:59 Just a rough little... guy.
00:09:01 Just for time being.
00:09:07 So I'm gonna use Tune,
I'll put that on the group there.
00:09:11 And we'll set it to C major.
00:09:23 And you know the old too, ill?
Like a screw...
00:09:30 But not low in...
Low in formant.
00:09:33 Low in formant, not in...
00:09:34 I got you.
00:09:36 I got you.
00:09:49 So, give me this part here.
00:09:54 That should be straight.
00:09:57 Instead of...
00:09:59 Yeah, let's try.
Let me check.
00:10:01 Because I like both,
you know what I mean?
No, I don't, that's why I'm recording it.
00:10:05 Do you wanna do the
straight one?
Yeah, let's do the straight.
00:10:08 The whole thing again or just?
I'm gonna punch in for that line.
00:10:20 Do it again.
00:10:30 Just get "mine",
everything else was good before that.
00:10:33 Cool.
00:10:34 Alright...
00:10:36 Then that tail end thing.
00:10:37 Alright.
00:10:50 -That's the original, right?
-Yes.
00:11:10 Just get 'mi'...
00:11:12 Just get 'mi'.
00:11:13 I'm just gonna leave that in
there and that's it.
00:11:16 Alright, cool.
00:11:31 Yeah, so do that low again right there.
00:11:33 This one here?
Really just when the 'streets on fire'.
00:11:41 Right, go for it.
00:11:52 OK, cool.
00:11:53 Yeah, that's gonna be masked
by a higher octave.
00:12:04 Alright, cool.
Do you wanna do these octaves now?
-Yeah.
-Alright.
00:12:08 It should be more
falsettos as opposed to like...
00:12:11 Like, you know what I mean?
It could be a little lighter too.
00:12:18 -Are you ready?
-Yeah.
00:12:19 I'm gonna give you one bar.
00:12:28 Do it again, do it again.
00:12:30 Make my high vocal a little lower,
the one I'm doing right now.
00:12:34 OK.
00:12:35 Just make it a little lower.
00:12:37 Like, what you're hearing right now.
00:12:39 Yeah, I wanna hear less of it.
00:12:42 OK, dope.
00:13:09 You got rid of that thing?
Let's do that second...
00:13:12 Let's do this part here.
00:13:14 -Alright?
-Yeah.
00:13:24 Alright, that's cool.
00:13:25 Let's check this out real quick.
00:13:40 I'll give it some 'love' here.
00:14:02 Did we double the falsetto?
Or are you just
putting it together first?
Yeah.
00:14:08 You mean double the falsetto,
the high part?
Yeah, did we? I don't remember.
00:14:22 So I can...
00:14:24 Where do I have this here?
OK, I see.
00:14:27 This is 'False Vox' 1.
00:14:47 I'm gonna Vocal Align them so that
they're all lined up.
00:14:50 Let's move on to the 'Pre',
I wanna kind of just go through...
00:14:53 Like, everything, vibe with it,
and then we can come back and...
00:14:56 And kind of start picking
what needs to be done.
00:14:59 -Alright?
-Right, dope.
00:15:00 Let's go...
00:15:02 -Do you remember the 'Pre' part?
-No, I've gotta hear it.
00:15:11 In those holes you should do...
00:15:14 Something like that,
you know what I mean?
Yeah, like...
00:15:17 We'll make a sample...
00:15:20 Premier type of vibe?
Yes, but we can make it.
00:15:38 Is that what you have or is it different?
No, you have it on your voice memo.
00:15:43 Got it.
00:15:55 -I see.
-It goes down.
00:15:57 You wanna change the
last line of the pre-chorus?
Just the melody, it could be the lyric.
00:16:01 Alright.
00:16:03 Play the 'Pre'.
00:16:29 Just a different melody.
00:16:30 Why don't we try cutting it
and then we can walk through the...
00:16:34 When we get there?
OK. So, get the 'Pre'?
Yes.
00:16:40 I'm gonna give you like a Josh Homme
Tom York thing going there.
00:16:45 Some British dude shit.
00:16:47 You wanna give this
some British dude stuff, I guess.
00:16:50 Whatever is gonna help you nail it.
00:16:54 -No, don't do that.
-OK, I'm not.
00:16:56 I'm just gonna channel that
vibe but it's not gonna be that.
00:16:59 I got you.
00:17:00 -Alright, are you ready?
-Yeah.
00:17:06 That's gonna be fire.
00:17:07 This is gonna be dope.
00:17:09 And when we stack it
and do some cool stuff...
00:17:11 Alright, here we go.
00:17:30 Let me do that last.
00:17:32 'We're waiting for...'
I know I did your
line slightly different...
00:17:36 That's cool.
00:17:39 Let me do that one too.
00:17:40 -Let's just do the whole thing.
-OK.
00:18:03 -Yeah...
-OK, so then we walk you through.
00:18:06 Let me just hear something,
I wanna kind of vibe with...
00:18:09 Yeah.
00:18:31 Could we do like...
00:18:35 As one fluid thing?
Can I just add it?
Because I like how I did that.
00:18:43 Yeah, just jump in like...
00:18:50 Then just punch you there.
00:18:54 That can't be corny
we gotta be cheese free on that line.
00:18:59 Melodically.
00:19:07 That's the 'Third Eye Blind' right there.
00:19:09 -Is it?
-No.
00:19:16 It should be full voice
or falsetto?
-It should be a lot lighter.
-OK, do it again.
00:19:22 -So, falsetto?
-Yeah.
00:19:32 Shorter.
00:19:34 Off on that.
00:19:43 So, just the...
00:19:44 -OK, so drag the 'now'?
-Yeah, kind of connected.
00:19:54 Alright.
00:19:55 I think that was it.
00:19:56 Yeah, that's good and then we can go...
00:19:58 We gotta figure that last line.
00:20:22 I think we can squeeze
in some of that vibe.
00:20:25 Let me hear all the way through.
00:20:27 -Yeah, this guy.
-Around there.
00:20:34 Yeah, with the harmonies,
that's gonna be crazy.
00:20:51 What you have...
00:20:52 I don't know about the...
Honestly.
00:20:54 I don't know if that should be there.
00:20:56 Why do you hate my life Jared?
Right?
Yeah.
00:21:21 It could be something like this.
00:21:26 Yeah.
00:21:30 Do that again.
00:21:44 What do we have lyrically?
You have something...
00:21:46 Yeah, but I don't like it.
00:21:48 OK.
00:21:49 Now that I'm hearing
it be put together...
00:21:58 Check out the whole flow
from Verse to Pre.
00:22:46 Just do the 'Hook'.
00:22:48 You wanna just do the 'Hook' and then...
00:22:50 That's what I'm saying,
I think I might step away
and then do the Hook.
00:22:54 We get the 'Hook' down.
00:22:57 Let's roll.
00:23:00 I'll start with the falsetto.
00:23:02 I'll give you...
00:23:04 One bar.
00:23:05 -Perfect.
-Here we go.
00:23:08 Can you take that...
00:23:10 Take that guitar out.
00:23:12 The guitar, the 'Coldplay'.
00:23:13 The new one?
Yeah.
00:23:19 And the string too,
just take it for now.
00:23:22 The strings that come in?
Yeah, just mute that.
00:23:31 Right, do it again.
00:23:48 Let me do that third line.
00:24:06 Alright.
00:24:07 Let me check it out,
I think we've gotta get another...
00:24:10 Yeah, we've got a couple more.
00:24:16 And can we put the big guy in there.
00:24:34 So let me get the big guy.
00:24:36 Cool.
00:24:36 I still think we should
double the 'falses'.
00:24:38 We'll do all that stuff Jared.
00:24:40 We'll throw a party,
it's gonna be a 'fiesta'.
00:24:44 So, we'll do the big guy now.
00:24:53 I'll do that.
00:24:55 I gotta, like, go into that false...
00:24:57 Yeah do the 'false' on that.
00:24:58 I can tiny it up.
00:25:18 -You made it.
-Come on dog.
00:25:20 You made it.
00:25:50 So let me go into...
00:25:53 Background vocals.
00:25:55 Let's do some doubles on...
00:25:58 Which ones? 'False' or...
00:25:59 -No, just the main lead.
-OK.
00:26:02 The...
00:26:05 Yeah, give me some doubles on that.
We'll do two of those.
00:26:07 -You good?
-Yeah.
00:26:08 Alright.
00:26:37 Alright, cool. Double?
Alright, and then give me...
00:27:08 We didn't do lows yet.
00:27:11 Let's do some lows.
00:27:14 -Ready?
-Alright.
00:27:41 Alright, give me a double of that one.
00:28:09 Alright.
00:28:10 The stuff you put on
the background of that,
I can't wait for you to freak that.
00:28:14 Let me link these tracks. OK, good.
00:28:18 Let me just check this out real quick.
00:29:06 One of the tracks ill, sounds like
I'm saying 'we'
and some of them sound like 'will'.
00:29:11 And I can't think it should be...
00:29:13 On the background?
One of them sounds...
00:29:20 At the end.
00:29:26 Are all of them saying 'will'
or is one of them saying 'we'?
Let's see.
00:29:36 "You know we'll make..."
So, they're all matching,
I just thought I heard
something but I guess not.
00:29:40 Maybe your lead.
00:29:50 Yeah, it's fine.
00:29:51 It could be the lead
that you do on the...
00:29:54 No, I think...
On the big guy?
No, the main...
00:30:01 That's it.
00:30:02 That's not right.
That sounds like 'we'.
00:30:07 That should be more like 'will'.
00:30:08 Alright, just give me that one.
00:30:10 Some dog years brother.
00:30:12 -It's not as pronounced.
-That's the lead, right?
OK, I was calling that the falsetto but,
yeah.
00:30:23 Do it again.
00:30:33 Alright, cool.
00:30:34 We just need the 'will' from that.
00:30:53 Cool.
00:30:54 Dope.
00:30:55 We got the big guy,
we got these doubles here.
00:31:00 What's happening here?
So we can bring this down now.
00:31:07 I can get the lead...
00:31:12 Copy the lead over to this.
00:31:14 This is gonna be that Vocoder track.
00:31:16 I'll bring this here
and see what we've got.
00:31:58 It could be like...
00:32:02 I think you should do it.
00:32:03 You have good vocals for that.
00:32:08 Get 'Beatles' with it,
do you know what I mean?
Did you just do that here, in person?
Do that.
00:32:24 Crazy.
00:32:26 That's the record.
00:32:27 Let's jump into the rap.
00:32:29 Let's go.
00:32:30 Alright,
let me create another audio track here.
00:32:33 This will be our rap.
00:32:36 Hey yo!
One more time.
00:33:06 That was kind of swag though.
But do it again.
00:33:09 Just for safekeeping.
00:33:11 I think that,
into the 'Pre', will be fire.
00:33:40 Alright, dope, let me check it out.
00:33:59 Do it again.
00:34:01 Yeah.
00:34:01 You got a little greedy.
00:34:02 I also need some water.
00:34:04 You need some water?
I'm gonna hose you down outside.
00:34:08 No, I'm good.
00:34:09 Alright, because this is
not that kind of rodeo.
00:34:12 I know, I know. She's not.
00:34:14 Alright.
00:34:15 Yeah man, just a little more angst.
00:34:18 Yeah, it's been so long
since I've heard it, so...
00:34:22 -Alright, ready?
-Yeah.
00:35:10 Let me just tweak this.
00:35:27 I think you can rock the
anchor into that downbeat.
00:35:32 Like, as the beat starts to filter up,
like, accent that downbeat.
00:35:40 So, 'got no peace of mind,
my soul is not satisfied'.
00:35:45 'Got no peace of mind,
my soul is not satisfied'. Right?
If you can get a small little
breath of air before coming to that.
00:35:59 I think that
that's 'such a dark'...
00:36:01 You're just saying,
in between
'I'd' and 'it's'?
Yeah.
00:36:11 Yeah, 'such a dark'.
00:36:13 So I won't say 'it's'.
That's what you're saying.
00:36:15 -Just straight on?
-Yeah, I think so.
00:36:18 I think that will help accent that.
00:36:24 I still gotta...
00:36:25 'Satisfied', 'such a dark place'.
00:36:27 -Ready?
-Yeah.
00:36:35 Not the 'such a dark'
'such a dark place'.
00:36:40 Instead of 'is',
just 'such a dark place'.
00:36:46 You can't,
you have to do the cadence like that.
00:36:48 Unless you do it on the...
00:36:55 OK, do it again.
00:36:56 'Such a dark place' instead of
'it's such a...'
I like the stutter version but
I'll do it how you're saying.
00:37:03 Just to hear and A/B.
00:37:06 Alright.
00:37:12 Let me hear it,
I just want A/B it.
00:37:14 It's not that I don't like it,
I'm used to the other one,
that's all.
00:37:17 This will probably end up being better.
00:37:23 It's cleaner.
00:37:24 Yeah.
00:37:34 I like that, to me it's like,
it gives it...
But I like both.
00:37:40 -Yeah.
-Let me see it.
00:37:44 And then...
00:37:51 I like that.
00:37:53 Alright, we'll keep it.
00:37:55 Alright, dope.
00:37:55 Cool. And then we have
the 'Pre' after that.
00:38:05 Do you wanna do the
'false' guys on top?
Just backgrounds, yeah.
00:38:08 Alright, go for it.
00:38:35 And you should do singing
'ad libs' too throughout that verse.
00:38:51 Yes.
00:39:04 That almost feels dope
going into the hook, that verse.
00:39:08 Bringing in that?
No, no. Fly the 'Pre',
we'll see what it's like.
00:39:12 Where is my 'Pre'?
Alright, here we go.
00:39:17 So, let's see what we've got here.
00:39:59 Is it...
00:40:01 Yeah, that's like Paula Cole.
00:40:04 That's Paula Cole?
Yeah, it's...
00:40:14 When we throw like that,
that other cadence we
had on there was like...
00:40:20 The...
00:40:26 So you just...
00:42:19 You could treat my
voice like a sample there.
00:42:24 Yeah.
00:42:32 That could be a cool little
instrumental breakdown.
00:42:34 I'll make it nice and epic.
00:42:35 Vocal chopping...
00:42:36 Put some...
00:42:38 Epcot Center on that.
00:42:41 Oh man, Smuggler's Notch.
00:42:43 All the stuff.
00:42:44 -Smuggle what?
-Nothing.
00:42:46 Alright.
00:42:47 So we gotta link the
end of that 'Pre' man.
00:42:50 That's just the last line.
00:42:51 Run something that,
yeah.
00:42:53 You know what,
let me refuel and when I come back
the lightning is gonna strike me.
00:42:57 OK.
00:42:58 And I think you know what
refuel means when I say refuel.
00:43:01 Yeah, you're gonna got take a whiz,
congratulations.
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Ivan Corraliza, professionally known as ill Factor, began creating music where most everyone begins, in the bedroom fueled by ambition and a dream to turn his hobby into a full-time job. Countless hours of music-making and tweaking led to some moments of frustration while trying to get his music noticed. However, everything changed when Ivan sought out a mentor and was blessed to be taken under the wing of Jimmy Douglass. Jimmy is a veteran in the music industry with more than forty-plus years of experience working with artists from Aretha Franklin to Justin Timberlake. He began sharing his network and insights into the Industry with Ivan, which helped Ivan create relationships with artists and industry professionals, turning his hobby of making music into a career.
