MPA 408 Lecture 05/5/10 In Class Mixing

Today I learned a valuable lesson...while in class our group was instructed to bring up one of the songs that weve been working on for our compilation album. As a group we decided to choose a song that we felt could benefit the most from an outside perspective, so we chose "Fuck you Later". Unfortunately we didnt make our intentions for the song clear before playing the rough version, so when the instructor heard the song he was clearly perplexed by our choice of vocals. After somewhat explaining our vision he then gave us a to do list to help improve the tune. Some of the key points he illuminated upon was to use elastic audio in attempt to make the vocals flagrantly out of tune, rather than approach it in the manner in which we did. He also touched on the need to fix certain points within the song, musically to help it sit better within the pocket. After reviewing the professors notes the group came to a consensus on how to approach the song. We decided to autotune as much as possible and elastic audio other aspects of the composition. Hopefully we can achieve a Biz Markie feel (Just a Friend) once its all done.