With over 100 five-star reviews on Fiverr, I might be new to SoundBetter, but not at all to recording amazing vocals for clients all over the globe! I have years of experience recording lead vocals and harmonies in various genres (including Jazz, Swing, Pop, Blues and EDM etc).
I am a experienced and professional baritone vocalist / singer from Pretoria, South Africa. I have loved music and singing since I can remember and it has formed a major part of my life. I believe that music plays has a important role to play in every persons life and being able to be part of other peoples music is an incredible privilege!
I am available to record lead vocals and original harmonies. I have a home studio and use the following gear:
Rode NT1 Condenser Mic
Audient MK11 Audio Interface
ProTools DAW
I will deliver the first take of the raw audio files of the vocal recording within 4 days and will allow limitless revisions to ensure that I provide you with the take that you need.
All I need is the backing track and the guide track and lyrics.
Have a listen to my demo tracks and send me a message. Lets get this show on the road!
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Languages
- Afrikaans
- English
Interview with Dirk J J van der Merwe
Q: Which artist would you like to work with and why?
A: Jamie Cullum just to see the process through which he creates his songs.
Q: Can you share one music production tip?
A: I not really a producer, but what I have read is, dont try and save a bad vocal with editing and plugins, rather redo the take.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: I normally work on swing and jazz songs because my singing style lends itself to it most.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I would say my pitch is one of my strong points.
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: I bring a lot of emotion and feeling to a song and can also provide some good original harmonies if requested.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I will listen to the backing track a few times and to the guide track to get a feeling for the melody. After that I will read the words to see what emotional changes that might bring to the track. I do a few dry runs and then start recording. Once I have a number of good takes I will listen to it again and see if there are any mistakes that I might have missed and correct them with new takes. Once I am happy with the recording I will put some plugins over the vocals and export the combines mp3 and also the seperate dry vocal wav files and send them to the client. If I get any comments back I will try and correct them with the existing tracks. If it doesn't sound natural I will redo the take to make sure it sounds good!
Q: Tell us about your studio setup.
A: I have a small setup since I only record vocals. I have a Audient MK11 audio interface which has an amazing preamp for vocals. I also have a Rode NT1 condenser mic and record all the tracks through Protools. In terms of plugins, I have some of the Valhalla plugins (reverb and delay) and Nectar 4 Elements. I only use the plugins to export a mp3 with slight edited vocals over the backing track to give the client an idea of what I had in mind, but always provide the dry vocals in wav format seperately.
Q: What other musicians or music production professionals inspire you?
A: I really love Jamie Cullum! His covers of contemporary music is incredible and evevry time I listen to it it makes me feel like making music!
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I normally get sent a backing track with lyrics and a guide track which shows the preferred melody for the vocals. I then record the vocals and send it back to my clients in the format that they prefer, but generally that you be raw wav files.
I was the Vocalist in this production
- Singer - MaleAverage price - $50 per song
I will deliver the first take within 4 days and will allow all the revisions required for the track to be what you expected. If harmonies or doubletracking are required it will cost an additional 20$.
- Rode NT1 Condenser Mic
- Audient MK11 Audio Interface
- Protools
