Reflective Journal 19

Half of the morning session was focused on the giving of feedback because it was a continuation of last week's one but the other half was when our mission was given. This time it was a full demo where marks will be awarded. Best part was that we were given 2 weeks so there was no more excuse that there was no time to record a recording with quality. What I took back from this session was mostly when we had a chat with Tom because he introduced us to singers with exceptional talent at singing in both live performances and recordings. He compared the singers to our recordings and made us realise the gap between them and us. Advise was to control the dynamics of the singer so as to add more emotional connection and also make the piece more interesting and not stale. Also because he made us realise that some of the singers in the recording were according to him ' lazy ' and we could tell from that too . It was important for producers to correct them unless it was what they wanted. Either it made me realise my goal as a producer to facilitate everything and also find ways to improve my recording from that piece of advice given by Tom.

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