So here's the thing: a friend of mine wrote a book and he's publishing it on Facebook serially (two chapters/week). I promised him that I'd write a track for the book "soundtrack" each week and that it'd be done by Thursday morning. I had been doing just fine until this week - I wrote a bossa nova-esque track for tomorrow but I got some (ahem) SUPER-honest feedback about my vocals a couple of hours ago and it shook me to the core to be honest. I know they suck but I didn't know how much they really sucked. So I decided I'm not going with them. On the other hand I don't think that the track can really stand alone without some kind of vocals.

Here is the track with the vocals:

http://soundcloud.com/electric-sound-continuum/rethymno-via- rio-full

And this is the instrumental:

http://soundcloud.com/electric-sound-continuum/rethymno-via- rio-instrumental

So the help I need is this: can anyone help me by recording something vocal-ish over the track with the same melody as my lead vocals? I don't care about lyrics (though they are welcome if you can think of anything)- whistling, ad-libbing, aaaah-ing and oooh-ing- anything will do. Or maybe you can even play the melody on a nylon string guitar or something - so not even vocalish, improvise. Here's the hard part: it has to be done in the next 12 hours !!! Full credit will be given, of course.

If anyone can help me I'd be really really extra super eternally grateful. Let me know!

Hey , the vocal doesn't suck .The opening phrase or two though are weak and first impressions count and all that.
As the tune progresses the singing is more than passable and even pleasant.Could be better sung by someone else but if you can't find someone to help u I would sing the opening two lines again if I were you.Mix the vocals a higher too?

I just read in the Music Cafe forum that Dimitar is offering to play guitar solos.Could be a very good alternative for you.
All the best.
Last edited by popmoney on Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:48 am; edited 1 time in total

Hey, thanks! Yeah, those two opening lines are the ones that have me really cringing. Unfortunately my confidence level really sunk after the comment I had so maybe I'll put a link to this post in dimitar's thread! Again, thanks for the comment and the suggestions!

It's not always in tune, but it has it's charm, it's definitely not super sucking vocal, it actually fits the lo-fi feeling of the track imho. I can listen to it as it is so to speak I guess your friend was expecting a more polished performance ... Anyway, just wanted to say that the vox kind of works, it doesn't really suck in a bad way

If you're still not happy with your vocal chops, try using an instrument in place of your voice for the melody.
With the bossa nova groove, the flute you use later or nylon string guitar would fit great! Marimba too...
I'm assuming the female vocal is a sample, but if you have more, they could fill out the track too!
Deadlines, the mother of creativity!

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Well, you know, the actual quote was "I couldn't make it to the end of the track because of the awfulness of your vocals" So it took its toll on me! Thanks for the kind comments though - but after that I really don't plan on releasing it like that.

Hehe, I don't want to fill it out with samples TBH. I try to use them sparingly. The female vocal is indeed a sample from Vocal Forge. I wish I could have that singer try out the song. Yeah, an instrument is a cool idea, I thought about it. But you know, I'd like to have something vocal-esque in there. Anyway, we'll see how it turns out I guess! Thanks!

REMINDER: if anyone wants to do something there are still ten hours left! Come on, that's all the time in the world!

oh, everybody's using autotune these days! it'll be fun!

If I were you, I would look for a good female singer. I think there are surely some good singers in Greece...especially in these difficult economic times...

For example, you could make a project at digitalmusician.net and find some singer...online, from the whole world, maybe even from Brasilia...

How about deploying a vocoder? I think it'd sound cool with the material. Get some nice robo-elevator-music vibes going on.

Hey guys, I got a friend that can sing and we did this: (still a WIP)

http://soundcloud.com/electric-sound-continuum/bossa-for-the -duplicate-moon

Still unpolished but certainly much better than mine.

Now THAT are good vocals. I do not understand them, but it sounds quite nice...

It gives me new hope for Greece...

New vox sounding good. The breathy quality suits the material very well.

Thanks!

i didn't make the deadline so I posted an instrumental but this is getting posted on a later date so all is fine!

Thanks man! Yeah, my friend has that Prefab Sprout thing going on!