Recording a cover of a song - how to?

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forumtom

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I'm looking into starting a cover channel where I'll cover my favourite songs however I have a few problems:
-I can't really play any instruments
-I'm not sure how I go about recording a cover

I don't want to lip sync because that's really not going to come out well when the channel is small. So, how do I do it?
I want to be able to record it and then add the appropriate after effects to it so it sounds good.

Thank you.

:)
 
What kind of cover, if I may ask? All the instruments, only a specific instrument, or a combination of vocals and an instrument?
 
forumtom said:
Whatever is easiest!
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It depends on what you want, from there it will depend what you need.
But if you want to capture instruments, get a room and try to remove as much as reverb possible from it (carpets and reverb-reducing crap on walls help).
Get a microphone, and if you are capturing an electric guitar or bass, plug it into your amp, and put the mic in front of it.
If you are capturing acoustic instruments just place the mic infront of the instrument itself.
Get a mixer with a USB output, connect mics to mixer, mixer to pc. The EQ and distances of the mics itself, you will have to adjust based on your own experiments since it is unique for every setup in the world and every try.
On PC, I use REAPER as means of capturing the sound, since it has a nice selection of what I need and the way tracks for with panning and so on fits my needs.
And thats it, just start recording from there.
 
Ok, so when you say record a cover you simply mean that you want to sing only. That's perfectly fine.

Google "backing track" and whatever song name you want. You'll find versions of songs with all instruments, just drums, just guitar, whatever. You can also search for karaoke versions. Then it's just a matter of hooking up a mic and going to town.

Be aware though that what you are considering has issues with copyright. So steer clear of monetization and if you get contentID matches, you may want to take that video down when it happens. Then in future when you've got some views, start looking into partnership with networks that have music license availability for monetizing cover songs.
 
Katie Hull said:
What do you mean by this?
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I mean lip syncing requires precision within editing as to line it up correctly and make it look good. If you have a video of me just lip syncing to a webcam it's not going to look too good at all when trying to line it up with vocals.

Tarmack said:
Ok, so when you say record a cover you simply mean that you want to sing only. That's perfectly fine.

Google "backing track" and whatever song name you want. You'll find versions of songs with all instruments, just drums, just guitar, whatever. You can also search for karaoke versions. Then it's just a matter of hooking up a mic and going to town.

Be aware though that what you are considering has issues with copyright. So steer clear of monetization and if you get contentID matches, you may want to take that video down when it happens. Then in future when you've got some views, start looking into partnership with networks that have music license availability for monetizing cover songs.
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Do popular covers artists such as Boyce Avenue or Alex Goot have licenses to the songs they cover? I was curious about how large channels make money from covers if copyright is an issue.
 
forumtom said:
I mean lip syncing requires precision within editing as to line it up correctly and make it look good. If you have a video of me just lip syncing to a webcam it's not going to look too good at all when trying to line it up with vocals.
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If you listen to the song while reocrding then you only have to match the beginning of the song and the recording afterwards.

forumtom said:
Do popular covers artists such as Boyce Avenue or Alex Goot have licenses to the songs they cover? I was curious about how large channels make money from covers if copyright is an issue.
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Maybe their cover videos are not monetized. Also as far as I know Alex Goot is with Fullscreen and they have a deal with UMPG.
 
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