I work with audio every day. Why? Because I was a teenager gifted with one thing I thought it was good ... Music! I was primarily a singer, I finally landed the girl ... but geeky high school boys who sing? Well, not so sexy. Anyway .....
I sang all the time, much to the chagrin of ... well ... around me who really was. Not because I (at least I do not think I did)) sucked, but because for some reason, someone can apparently sing in public placesany kind of social no-no. Whatever. And it stopped me. In fact, when I was in eighth class singing alone was not enough for me no more! "Without Love" by the Doobie Brothers, just sounded so naked without the other voices. And none of my friends ... I mean ... No one even knew what I'm talking about when I talked about harmony. The best to manage them was to the tune (read: sing lead vocals), could so that those of us who could, at least as could sing a harmony which he did. But this wastotally unsatisfactory. When creating authentic life harmony vocals and meant renouncing the end with only two parties (almost all the wicked cool harmony has at least three parts), I had to find a better way.
I began to fantasize about ways to sing harmony with myself! Perhaps there was an operation ... or a kind of mystical trick ventriloquist learn in harmony with me could also sing lines. The alien could do on Battlestar Galactica! Ehhh, but had three mouths. No fair! Sigh. Then one day Igrub (very innocent, of course) looking through my parents 'garage' for nothing in particular. What I found was something very interesting ... a tape recorder. I played with him and I immediately realized that, at least solve one of my current suffering harmony ... I managed to bring the voice and singing harmony! Still only two parties, and would be something "less-than-live, only 50% less I think;). But who cares, I could sing with my voice and thought it was cool. But it wasnot impressive. I wanted awesome.
Seals & Crofts was cool. Simon and Garfunkel were fresh. But "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas was great. "Dance With Me" in New Orleans was great. How different these songs? 3 pieces (at least) Harmony! I needed ... I was struck by her. I started listening to three and four-part harmony throughout the world ... The Eagles, yes, The Beatles, The Mamas and the Papas, Asia, Van Halen, CSN, The Who. The strange thing was ... I seemed to be the only personWho could hear! I want to learn all three parts and try to teach my friends who can actually sing. I failed. It is not easy to obtain. AAARRRGGGHHH!
Then one day I noticed that my brother is a small radio that also had a recorder in it. It was a little flat, round thing, said: "MIC" below. Huh? Does not look like a microphone. But when I use the "press record" and "play button" buttons at the same time, it recorded what I said. Cool! Oops. I seem to have got a bit 'more myELO brother tape! Maybe he has not noticed. Maybe not like "to decide not to Evil Woman." Maybe you will not notice that my voice was inserted in the center of the choir. Or maybe I could just get rid of the tape. After all, it was his fault. Who buys a cassette album and do not extend from the tabs at the top to avoid recording over it? However, I had the latest discovery ... how to sing four part harmony, and three facts about myself. Muhuhwhahahaha!
Imy tape recorder and recorded myself playing acoustic guitar and singing "This Boy" by the Beatles. Then insert a blank tape in my boom box brother, put next to my old recorder stolen, buttons down the "record /" reproduction so I just played the tape (me playing and singing "This Boy"). When the chorus came, I sang a harmony with the boom box, then heard the result. A little 'noise, but otherwise I was playing, guitar andSinging harmony with myself! Then I played, the band and sang a second harmony with it, as I recorded with my recorder. The result was MAGIC! In fact, I had to stop several times and start over, because I laughed so hard I was like third sang harmony with myself. I was hooked.
Of course, I took the tape with me everywhere I went, and forced to listen to all my friends. Most of them actually. The "hissing noise was terrible. You used to get a lot of hiss onlyAdmission to this tape. Imagine, for 3 times! But I do not care. I made my first "multi-track recordings, plus some kind of psychological damage caused, I think. Hearing three come to me at the same time a car was easy .... different. Actually, that explains a lot now I think of it. Oh well. Water under the bridge now. What is done is done;).
So, you want to sing harmony with yourself? Without the whistle? Thanks to the computer age and freevoice recording software, you can! And probably no need to buy all the equipment. I wish computers were around when I was a boy genius.
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