recording instructions

WHAT TO RECORD

Please record yourself singing the track below all the way through, using the version in your Dropbox:

Louder Together by Some Voices - outro
Deadline Sunday 19th July 10am

We can no longer accept videos for any other tracks.

We cannot guarantee to use all recordings but we will try to include everyone in the video.
All audio will be used on the Spotify album.

HOW TO RECORD

Please record audio and video together using the following instructions.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIDEO

Our editor Adam has put together a tutorial to help you:

Summary of Adam’s top video tips:

  1. Film yourself in landscape on your phone

  2. Wear plain black clothing (no logos or patterns please)

  3. Film yourself against a plain white background

  4. Use front lighting to avoid shadows

  5.  Be in the middle of the frame with your head to your hip visible

  6. Wear headphones so you can hear the track but the camera doesn’t pick it up

  7. You can move your body and express yourself as you sing, staying within the frame

Pro tip from Christina, one of our leaders:
”If you have a car satnav/phone holder, stick it to a window – easy to get the right height and light on your face!”

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIO

  1. Wear Headphones - preferably in-ear rather than over-ear ones if possible and tuck them out of sight if you can

  2. Make sure your phone is still and not moving around

  3. Make sure nothing is covering the mic

  4. Experiment to see if taking one headphone out (so you can hear the track in one ear and your voice ‘live’ in the other) helps.

  5. Do a short take of a verse or chorus to check the sound before doing the entire song - Is there a hum? Can you hear a crackle? Is it super clear and sounding wonderful? (you're aiming for the last one!)

  6. Don’t belt it out.  Microphones on phones are great these days. Let them do the work for you.

  7. Don’t worry about doing lots of takes to make it perfect. The occasional slip up is very fixable our end.

HOW TO SUBMIT

  1. Please label your video files as follows:

    YOUR NAME – VOICE PART – TRACK NAME

  2. Use this form to give us permission to use your recording:

    If you have completed the form for previous recordings this term you don’t need to do it again.

    https://forms.gle/ya41PxRzPuzwnFUV9

  3. Submit your video(s) here: https://hellopicklemedia.wetransfer.com/

Please note if you don’t give us permission via the form we won’t be able to use your video.

Got any questions? Please just email sing@somevoices.co.uk and we will do our best to help.