International artist Valentine Green releases a new recording "Green Country". Here's how he produced this world class recording on a shoestring.
Valentine Green went into a recording studio with just his voice and an idea for producing a nostalgic tribute to singing cowboys like the famous "Sons of the Pioneers". A few days later legendary music producers Harry King and Ed Boucher combined vocals, instruments, back ups, sound effects for a virtual virtuoso production called "Green Country" at an average cost of $ 500 per song. Cdbaby.com is providing worldwide sales and distribution of "Green Country for $ 55.
Augusta, Maine (PRWEB) March 31, 2009 International recording artist Valentine Green went into a recording studio with just a voice and some ideas for a new country album dedicated to the memory of Cowboy Singers like "The Sons of The Pioneers". After working a few days with legendary music producers Harry King and Ed Boucher, Valentine left with a new world class recording... Valentine Green's newest release entitled "Green Country".
Valentine is evangelical in his enthusiasm about the professional use of the newest technology to dramatically ease both the cost and effort of recording and distributing music. Here is exactly how it's done:
1. Find a studio that uses the latest recording software and hardware. Find talented, experienced producers. Talk to people that have recently recorded and released music locally to get references. In some cases studios advertise on the internet. The studios will be happy to supply some references.
2. Do not hesitate to bring an original song, not previously recorded, into a studio. The producers quickly get words into song. High quality instrumentation is built into studio software. The producer records instrumentation one track at a time. It is not rare for Valentine Green recordings to have ten to twenty tracks or more. Valentine Green utilized studio contacts to find a backup vocalist for "Green Country". Deb Caron of Paris, Maine demonstrates her outstanding vocal abilities on tracks entitled "Happy Trails" and on a new original song "Absence Without Love".
3. The new "Green Country" release appeals to nostalgia with enhanced renditions of Cowboy Classics like "Pistol Packin' Mama" and "Kaw-Liga". A visit to harryfox.com allowed easy and inexpensive licensing to sell the old copyrighted tunes. Most recorded songs can be found at the Harry Fox Agency. To copyright his new original songs, "Prairie Nights" and "Absence Without Love" Valentine visited the Library of Congress web site and followed the instructions.
4. "Green Country" cover songs were selected with research on Apple iTunes. Valentine sings with a ghost vocal track that is only in the background on studio headphones. Singing along with the ghost track voice gives Valentine perfect timing. Valentine recorded the songs three or four times each and the producer digitally selected all of the best lines or phrases and pieced together a perfect song.
5. Valentine is digitally brought into perfect pitch.
6. The process for Valentine's newest release was completed by digitally adding full instrumentation and any sound effects needed. Digital instrumentation keeps the cost of recording a song down to an average of about $ 500 to $ 600. The producer goes over the recording in minute detail to remove any unwanted noises.
7. There are many ways Valentine's voice gets digitally enhanced. Examples of voice treatments that can be experienced in listening to "Green Country" are: echoes, doubling up of voice, and degrees of reverb. State of the art studios have access to software that has memorized the interior of concert halls, music clubs and cathedrals and can digitally place the artist on stage in a night club as in Valentine's "Pistol Packin' Mama". Exciting.
8. The secret to $55 worldwide distribution is cdbaby.com…The friendly people at cdbaby.com have tons of free expert advice to go along with their distribution package. Cdbaby.com stocks, sells and ships new releases. Cdbaby.com also gets Valentine Green tunes on Apple iTunes and dozens of other sites that can market music as an MP3. Most music sales are purchased as individual songs and downloaded for a fee.
9. To see Valentine's newest musical release and hear free samples of the songs go to cdbaby.com and type in "Valentine Green" on search.
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