Singers that don't know basic music theory?!

[Iron Keys]

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

How do you guys deal with these sort of folk? Great voice, bad at communicating what they want.

My music theory is basic, but all I'm looking to hear is the track format in terms of bars.

#long

 

[Iron Keys]

Okay, looks like I'm getting somewhere!

 

[UNORTHODOX]

You gotta make the choice to teach and work it out, or let them go early lol I try to work it out, but I also try to gauge them before hand. No rookies

 

[thedreampolice]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

how do you guys deal with these sort of folk? Great voice, bad at communicating what they want.

My music theory is basic, but all i'm looking to hear is the track format in terms of bars.

#long

preach!!!

 

[Iron Keys]

Haha yeah I taught them how to count bars... over facebook chat! This seemed to help somewhat.

 

[LouBez]

Lol my first question before agreeing to record someone is "can you count bars?"

 

[wrightboy]

that shit kills me. sometimes i work with this dude that's been rappin for years, and he STILL can't count bars. he'll just write, and then i have to listen to what he wrote and tell him how many bars it is. i've tried to teach him and he just doesn't get it.

 

[drex]

I have to constantly tell people, bars is bars...
There is no different way to count them
I may have made three beats that are not 4/4, and those were special projects for myself.
So its basically just counting to four, I ridicule them. I shame them into understanding if they refuse to follow.
Realistically, I probably have lyrics for the track they're about to waste.
I love it when they try to argue, thats when I switch to the hourly rate...

 

[Step Soprano]

I raise the price, and if they don't pay, they don't get their shit. Period.