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Project 2 Task 2 - Meeting: Live Lounge Recording (Group 24)

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"The Vamps - All Night (Group 24 Cover)"

On the day of the assessment Jake will handle the live tracking of the performance, the gain staging and the channel effects and I will be taking care of the mic placement, the communication with the band and the video recording of the band.
Jake and I went to meet the Zoe and George in Spoons get to know them and discuss their song choice, how they wanted to rewrite it and the execution of the live performance.

I went to one of their rehearsals on Monday 27th of September and recorded a short snippet of they had so far. The rehearsal went well and I really enjoyed listening to them playing. I scheduled a final rehearsal in Room 1 using PRSF Studio for live tracking to practise in the same scenario and environment as we will be assessed in.
Zoe, George and Jake have been very reliable, communicative and quick to respond to important questions. Natasha on the other hand unfortunately didn’t show up to the rehearsal nor did she write anything in the facebook group chat which we created for scheduling rehearsal times and discussing things about the song and the performance.

Original by The Vamps & Matoma
Cover by Zoe, Natasha & George
Key Signature
C minor
G major
Genre/Style
Future Bass
Acoustic Pop
Tempo (BPM)
145
Around 140
Recording Date
2016
2017
Release Date
14 October 2016
N/A
Producer
DJ Frank E, Daniel Majic, Matoma
Gregory Lester, Jake Lapworth
Arrangement/Structure
Pre-chorus: 8
Chorus: 8
Verse 1: 16
Pre-chorus: 16
Chorus: 8
Verse 2: 16
Alternate pre-chorus: 8
Extended Chorus: 32
Verse 1: 16
Pre-chorus: 16
Chorus: 8
Verse 2: 16
Alternate pre-chorus: 8
Extended Chorus: 32
Instrumentation
  • Lead vocal
  • Chorus vocal (multitracked)
  • Piano
  • Supersaw synth with volume modulation
  • Tamburin
  • Sampled electronic drums
  • Risers and Downfalls (Fx)
  • Synth lead
  • Steel drum/synthesized steel drum
  • Vocal chops
  • Background vocal chop effects
  • Acoustic Guitar
  • Lead Vocal
  • Background Vocal
Time Signature
4/4
4/4
Run Length
3:16
About 4-5 minutes
Production
  • Reverb on the vocals
  • The hihats are panned to duplicated, panned to each side and are being triggered alternately which makes the mix sound a lot wider
  • There are some vocal chop effects in the background which add depth to the song
  • The vocal chorus was multi tracked and thus sounds very big and intense
  • The synth which is one of the main elements of the chorus was made out of a simple saw wave set to multiple voices with unison or a similar function then they detuned the saw waves slightly to create an even bigger sound and added some compression, eq and reverb and automated the volume with lfo’s
  • Subtle Compression, EQ and Reverb will be utilized on both the vocal and on the guitar
  • The Guitar will be recorded straight from the DI Box
  • For the vocal we are using an SM58 since there will be less bleed from the noises of the crowd

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