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Project 4, Session Diary 8: My Collaborations

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I previously showed friends my audio submission to get some critical feedback on the instrumental and adjust it where needed. Because I am not very good at writing lyrics or singing so I'm collaborating with Lauren Walton to take on both of those tasks. I wrote up a lyric inspiration sheet and sent it to her and personally had a long talk with Lauren about the concept of the song and what it was about. She will give me the lyrics by next week and I will book a studio to record her.
I recorded and produced a couple of her songs and we tested which mic suits her voice best and I decided that I liked the TLM 103 by Neumann the most. 

I intend to record a guitar part which Jonny Sands will play for the second chorus and possibly the breakdown to make it more powerful. He will teach me the basics of playing guitar so I will be able to better communicate with him what exactly I am looking for and try to jam myself and experiment with melodies/chord progressions that could fit.

After recording, I will mix the track and then seek out feedback from my tutors and close friends to get their opinions and possibly make changes to the song.

I have helped Callum Buckley by giving feedback on his song twice, I mainly focused on the mixing aspect of the track because he had already completed most of the recording work and I felt like the track didn't necessarily need any more elements.

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