Recording Process!!

Recording!
       
           This can be a very easy process, or a very long and disturbing one, all depending on how you go about it. Some people will read their lyrics off of a phone or a notebook, but i've heard and come to believe it makes the process much more manageable and effortless if you memorize your material before stepping into the booth. With the memorization of the material, techniques such as your breathing, flow, delivery etc. will all be a lot better because you already know how you want to lay it down. This is coming from a person who has sat/stood there and done 50+ takes, it's a very stressful and annoying situation. In those instances i've found that its best to step away, do something else for about 2-5 mins, get a drink, if there are multiple people on the record let someone else record before you, even go to the bathroom and when you come back and put those headphones on and your refreshed!

Main Vocals!

           This is your verse, some people refer to it as a "16," meaning 16 bars, even though a verse may vary anywhere from 4-infinit bars, though not usually infiniti! Like I said prior, this process can be very easy, or very difficult depending upon how prepared you are to record, amongst experience. Don't expect to be the best at this the first time, even the second third or fourth time you step in the booth. Its a "Process." Overtime you'll even start to hear your voice change on future songs/tracks, I like to call this becoming comfortable on the mic.

Highlights!
           
           After the main vocals, I usually like to lay my highlights right after. This is just you repeating any parts of your verse you wanna add some "oomph" to. Usually being the 2nd half of each sentence/bar. i.e. if the bar was "..They require my presence in my city, all my bitches riding for me, all my niggas riding with me." Your highlights would include "........Presence in my city........bitches riding for me......niggas riding with me." Pretty simple process, one of the easiest parts of recording in my opinion. This is not required, just something you can do with your track.

Ad-Libs!

           Another easy process is the insertion of ad-libs. Now the definition is to "utter out spontaneously," which is what I usually do, just off the top, but you may, and some people do, formulate your ad-libs before you lay them down. These are personal endings to each or some bars to describe individual moments. Most artists have signature ad-libs they use in each of there tracks or verses on features that people know them by. Just like highlights, this process is not required, just something to spice up your track!

           This is pretty much my process for recording. If theres a chorus/hook in the song all the parts above you would repeat, that would be the same if you had other verses to lay on the track. This doesn't mean this is the end of you track, Once you pass the recording process, you have to move onto the mixing and mastering processes, which is a whole other topic!