New Song and Vocal Request

Tough to call without the vocals adding them could well change so many things.

PS Wookiee singing kills at a parsec so sorry no offers here for yours and all of earth's sanity.

Well, you've got a good track there, and the genre allows you a lot of latitude vocally.  If you have difficulty with pitch you can try growling the tune like a lot of metal singers do.

Well, a week later and still have no vocals. I have given this a lot of thought though, and got to feeling like maybe screamo isn't the way to go since the majority of the parts where vocals would be is relatively quiet anyway. I think at this point, anybody with strong presence and grit could do it. If you know anybody, please tell me. This endeavor is becoming quite depressing.

its a great track man. don't let the vocals/lyrics get you down. move on to the next one and come back to it when something hits you. i make a disc of my last 20-30 tracks every few months and drive around just listening to them and thinking of ideas of how to finish them. or just make it a straight instrumental. why not?

sounding really good though.

Oh! I have lyrics and a melody actually. In fact, the demo project I planned to hand out to those who attempt it has a mixdown of the music, a separate melody track (so you can here what I had in mind), and a midi track with lyrics to go along with it. Here's a link to it.

If you attempt this, there is no need for plug-ins because I'm just going to copy the clips into the master project anyway. And try to do each phrase in it's own punch-in clip. Layered or own track is ok. The melody and timing isn't 100% writtten in stone. There is room to play with it. I just can't sing, so my melodies usually tend to be as flat as my voice. LOL

Asthma doesn't help.

http://66.226.34.217/downloads/demo.zip 
 
So yeah, I actually HAVE the lyrics and melody, I just can't sing. =)

Serenarules


Well, a week later and still have no vocals. I have given this a lot of thought though, and got to feeling like maybe screamo isn't the way to go since the majority of the parts where vocals would be is relatively quiet anyway..

I thought the very same thing when I listened to it the other day. What I heard in my head was far from screaming, but then I'm not a fan of that style anyway. You were probably being more than a bit optimistic to post this on here and expect someone to have done it for you a week later to be honest, so I wouldn't let that get you down.

Serenarules


Duly noted. Though I at least expected somebody to offer in that time. That was before I realised I had given the impression I wanted them to actually write the song. LOL! Anyway, hopefully somebody will do it. I honestly don't care how long it takes.

There's a guy called Alkie who might be your man for this, but he doesn't seem to be on here much any more. I hope you do find someone as I would be interested to hear the finished version, but I think your main problem is that the only reason many of us here (myself included) do our own vocals is because we don't have anyone else to do them for us. ;)

Sorry about this guys. I truly didn't mean to sound impatient or anything. In order to help out, here is a different zip. This one has an mp3 of the music, one of the melody, and a Windows XPS Document printout of the lyrics, matched to the melody. It's a lot smaller than the previous one.
 
http://66.226.34.217/downloads/core-files.zip
 
And just in case you cannot view an XPS file:

Give My Life Away
-------------------

[verse]
i've tried everything
to open all the doors
and break away the walls
you've built around yourself

alone in solitude
my heart calls out to you
but your too dead to hear
the words i shout in tears

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

[verse]
time and time again I scream
and speak aloud your name
i am wishing for an answer
that never comes my way

you left me in the cold
with nothing left to hold
and in this rain of tears
i count the wasted years

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

[solo]

[verse]
my heartache lingers on
the pain grows every day
my mind is going numb
please tell me what to say

exhausted and afraid
i continue on in pain
untill the day I fall
and still i call your name

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

[chorus]
i am still alone
no matter what I say
and it cuts me to the bone
how I give my life away

You too huh? My head is so stufft it hurts. =)

Get better Brent. Health is more important than a stupid song. I gave your track a listen and honestly, it isn't as bad as you say. I rather liked the vibe of it. You voice is no more or less as dark/strong as say ... James Hetfield, considering we can adjust the relative volumes and formants from word to word a teensy bit with v-vocal if we absolutely had to.