Short Ton Productions Produces Music for Movies and Television

Soundalikes are recordings that are meant to sound similar to well known bands. The record should convey to the listener a similar aesthetic and vibe while still being original. Music publishers quite often are limited to small budgets and cannot work in sync licenses for the real band's recording and composition. For this reason, it is cheaper to utilize a sound-alike recording in the same vein.

As a recording artist wanting to record sound-alikes, you want to take influence from the referenced artist without infringing on their copyright. First set your song at a similar BPM. This ensures the overall vibe will remain. A few beats per minute difference would be fitting. It is recommended to use a different key. Study the song's chord progression and song structure. Make sure you use a different progression whilst retaining the feel. Another key aspect is instrumentation. You'll want to record tracks that are included on the referenced record, shooting for tone and arrangement in their style.

Lyrically, try to write words that relate the overall idea yet are unique enough to be considered a real song unto itself. If your vocal style is not similar enough to the artist's you will need to hire with a session vocalist who can convincingly sing the referenced genre. This factor is very important to convincing the listener.

Once you have recorded all of your tracks, the production additionally needs to be modeled after the recording artist. Study articles covering the artist's production process in detail. The music producer usually talks about what gear was used and how they approached processing specific tracks. If you have a decent project studio, you should be able to complete the process at home. However, sometimes employing a mixing engineer to fine tune the recording will make your song to sound its best. No matter where you decide to mix the track it is smart to have the song mastered by a dedicated mastering house. Send both the referenced song and your composition so the engineer can shoot for something very similar in comparison.

Now that you have perfected your soundalike writing process, your compositions can start to be signed to music publishers. If the music is good enough and fit the right situation, the music can be a nice source of income via sync licensing and back-end public performance royalties.

Scott Horton of Short Ton Productions is the definition of today's songwriter, music producer, and mixing and mastering engineer. Collaborating with talent all over the world his music can be heard on records and in television and movies. Listen to Scott's songs at www.shorttonproductions.com