Collaboration Best Practices

Started by FuzzFace, December 07, 2010, 04:31:17 PM

FuzzFace

What are some collaboration Best Practices from your experience?


Things like leaving a blank space at the beginning of the tracks, for example?  Do you ever include an actual count-in?  Or provide, I don't know, info like the rhythm speed?


Basically, what do you wish the other participants would?

Thank-you!


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I would say play to a click track or drum track (right Jim ;)), let the other guy know what BPM.  For me personally, if I am putting the vocals over some music that is already done, I prefer to play the bass myself, I have a hard time singing with an already established bass line.  I prefer to fit a bass line to the vocals, that is my peculiarity.  Bag of cyber weed, yeah that may be good too.

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Tony W

My collab experiences have been developed by Launched, Geir, and Tharek.

The more you collab with the same people, the easier the process becomes.

1.  The collab originator does all the mixing, unless otherwise specified
2.  Sending .wav files are preferable to mp3's due to the rare sync issue
3.  It's always nice to pass on your drum track, for Micro BR, you can drill down to the ARRANGE3.BR1 and send it along with the music. **Leave the first 2 bars open or click. Nobody can hit buttons and start playing at the same time**
4.  Install a program which allows large file transfers, I prefer skype
5.  The collab originator really should have creative control. That's the person who envisioned the song.
6.  Notes about the song really help. THIS THREAD has some nice worksheets in it. Don't forget to pass on the lyrics too
7.  Share your thoughts without dictating them, after all it is a collab.
8.  Make sure all parties agree on the final product before posting.

I could write a full manual, but I'm way too lazy, and I want to get back to my guitar.


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FuzzFace

Quote from: Tony W on December 07, 2010, 08:04:06 PMMy collab experiences have been developed by Launched, Geir, and Tharek.

The more you collab with the same people, the easier the process becomes.

1.  The collab originator does all the mixing, unless otherwise specified
2.  Sending .wav files are preferable to mp3's due to the rare sync issue
3.  It's always nice to pass on your drum track, for Micro BR, you can drill down to the ARRANGE3.BR1 and send it along with the music.
4.  Install a program which allows large file transfers, I prefer skype
5.  The collab originator really should have creative control. That's the person who envisioned the song.
6.  Notes about the song really help. THIS THREAD has some nice worksheets in it. Don't forget to pass on the lyrics too
7.  Share your thoughts without dictating them, after all it is a collab.
8.  Make sure all parties agree on the final product before posting.

I could write a full manual, but I'm way too lazy, and I want to get back to my guitar.



Hey, thanks very much... this is good stuff!

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Tony W

#9
I made a few modifications after you quoted it!

I should note, that 3 or 4 tracks songs.... the above method is overkill.

This one was over 60 tracks combined.

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=7638.0

With exported .wav files, played on top of the base layers of the song, all the sync issues are null. The "mixing guru" simply has to import the .wav's to open tracks, and continue bouncing.


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