vocal help

[Gritter]

Double tracking by singing the same part twice can do a lot for a lead vocal.

regarding confidence, i'm not so sure that is important, a lack of confidence can bring a bit of fragility and humanity to a song.

Confidence is HUGE! but I understand what ORH is saying. You don't have to "sound" confident in the result of the vocal but I think it's very important to be confident in your delivery and what you are trying to achieve.

The luxury of the Micro BR is that you can take it anywhere. I get way better results when (feeling that) no one is watching or listening...an advantage over singing in the studio in front of engineer(s)...although some may find it an advantage to have a second set of impartial ears...not me.

Also experiment to your taste with effects.

Most important is to have fun. Treat each take as a performance of a version rather than trying to reach a definitive preconceived version.

Cheers,

Sandy.

[Glenn Mitchell]

It is not a simple thing to "Be real" or "be yourself" though we've all heard it since we were kids. It's a magical space where we lose ourselves in the music and the moments and it takes a lot of practice.

[Oldrottenhead]

i think like gritter says the mbr is great that you can take it somewhere you are alone, so there are no distractions, i also have the added advantage of getting great music to sing to so its easy for me to get lost in the music,when i sing i am usually doing it stream of thought and thinking up the lyric as i go as a result  i find if i cant connect with the music in that way (get lost in it)i cant come up with a lyric. and often i find it hard to reproduce  a better version than the first take, each subsequent take loses its vitality or immediacy.