Ha! I just clicked on this one! Memories! First ever upload 6 years ago.
Recorded 20 years ago in some wannabe producer dudes basement with a 16track digital machine for free.
And yeah, he added that whatever drum track. I didn't have much of an opinion on it.
I just let it ride because I was like "oh cool! I'm recording my own song for free! "
He didn't even bother to turn the stupid thing off at the end....lol
Now its kind of etched permanently in time.
Oh look, it has 24 plays! Woo hoo! I should be star on Instagram so my ego can get stroked....
https://soundcloud.com/sirazimuth/sirazimuth16trNice track.
Bongos too much upfront and become boring soon, could have been compressed a little more "backgroundish" (shorter attack, longer release, to make them "move" a little more around, dynamically spoken). The syllables come out a little sharp, i suggest using a good de-esser (gently) and a valve-microphone (is that even the correct word?). Good enough for a basement production, though.
A (pro-) tip for future voice recordings:
When doubling voices, just leave out the sizzling (s,z,sh,x) and explosive sounds (t,p,k,b,qu), so concentrate on singing only soft sounds and vowels on the backing vocals/doublings/choruses, because you will never get all the "xplosives" synchronously. (EDIT: Unless you are Annie Lennox)
Nowadays this is done prost-recording via lots of processing and even manual shifting, but i think the "old way" also takes care of too much s-sounds adding up and getting much too harsh, so that the de-essing makes the lead singer(s) sound like they got their front teeth knocked out
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I keep hearing this on many modern pop productions, when the S's found more like F's - "like thif, for ekfample", like singing after a dental surgery.
+1WOsMerit
EDIT: Thanks to the dude i could actually merit the post(s)
Can't give a Like on soundcloud, though (opsec'n shit)