I’ve got a buddy who has about an album’s worth of pretty killer songs dangling. He’s got instrumental demos done. His collaborators are mostly not doing anything. He’s a little discouraged so he’s not really doing anything now.
I mention it because I’m one of his collaborators, but my stuff was done early. I can’t do anything else until he’s ready for the final shape of things. I hate to see him all sad over it because I think he’s great. I think he should ditch his collaborators and just make the music.
Two are vocalists, one dark trap producer making a beat for a genre crossover, a rapper that works with that producer, a drummer (neither of us are very good drummers) which he may just get a hired gun to replace because that guy is flaky, and a mandolin player who is collaborating on a different genre crossover. My dude has range and is just out here doing whatever ridiculous thing he wants and I support that shit.
If he needed guitar, bass, upright bass, a bunch of brass, or a couple of woodwinds I could have helped. In fact, I played one of the guitar parts on most of them (he played bass and the other guitar on all). Bass and guitar are done. A lot of vocals are done. Drums are currently scratch made with ezdrummer.
When he’s tracked fully I’ll be helping him mix. He’ll give me a rough pass so I can see what he’s envisioning and I’ll rerecord ant guitar parts that need it or double track anything needing thickening, then give it a final pass before it goes off for mastering.
I’ve got a buddy who has about an album’s worth of pretty killer songs dangling. He’s got instrumental demos done. His collaborators are mostly not doing anything. He’s a little discouraged so he’s not really doing anything now.
I mention it because I’m one of his collaborators, but my stuff was done early. I can’t do anything else until he’s ready for the final shape of things. I hate to see him all sad over it because I think he’s great. I think he should ditch his collaborators and just make the music.
Are the collaborators all vocalists? Why not suggest for you to finish off the tracks with him?
Two are vocalists, one dark trap producer making a beat for a genre crossover, a rapper that works with that producer, a drummer (neither of us are very good drummers) which he may just get a hired gun to replace because that guy is flaky, and a mandolin player who is collaborating on a different genre crossover. My dude has range and is just out here doing whatever ridiculous thing he wants and I support that shit.
If he needed guitar, bass, upright bass, a bunch of brass, or a couple of woodwinds I could have helped. In fact, I played one of the guitar parts on most of them (he played bass and the other guitar on all). Bass and guitar are done. A lot of vocals are done. Drums are currently scratch made with ezdrummer.
When he’s tracked fully I’ll be helping him mix. He’ll give me a rough pass so I can see what he’s envisioning and I’ll rerecord ant guitar parts that need it or double track anything needing thickening, then give it a final pass before it goes off for mastering.
Working with others can be so rewarding but damn it can be frustrating as hell too.