How I turned a Garageband demo into a finished song ③: Background singers & creating vocal hooks

Описание: This video is the third part of a “crafting a song” MOAB series about turning a rough Garageband demo into a finished song!

This second "crafting a song" series is called “Using all parts of the buffalo”.
In this installment we are going to work on main vocals and background vocals that are being sung by gig musicians I book via the internet!
If you have no time to lose watch it all in 90 seconds:    • How to create a complete song on IPAD (in ...  

Here is the final song:    • One step at a time (global collab video; M...  
MOAB (Music on a Budget) is recorded with an IPAD on instruments in a rehearsal room I rent on an hourly basis (for the price of a cappuccino) and in collaboration with gig musicians from the internet.
00:00 Intro
00:56 Short recap of part ② and what we will create this time
01:16 The old original main vocals
01:35 Everything can be a hook!
02:24 Laying out original background vocals and booking gig musicians online
04:32 Using stem splitter to fix vocal audio tracks
05:22 Creating complex vocal arrangements
06:34 Let us go on a tangent: "Art as a battery!"
07:43 Closing remarks and see you in part 4!

Equipment
Drums: Stereo mic Shure MV88
Pearl 13" "Omar Hakim" signature snare
Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 4. Gen
Vocals: Rode NT1
Recording on Ipad pro with Logic Pro + external mixing with professional sound engineer/mixer

"Steal don't copy" notes:
Example of a guitar “hook” in another song:    • Crafting a song on IPAD #3: Learn how to r...  
Bach “Jesu meine Freude”:    • Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude from Can...  

Featured music:
"One step at a time"
   • One step at a time (global collab video; M...  
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