One part above the lead vocal and one part below.

After I felt I had a good vocal performance, I recorded two background vocal tracks. I usually record my vocal about 6 inches away from the mic for loud sections like a chorus, and move up closer to the mic for more intimate sections like verses. I then panned them hard left and right in the mix to create a full sound and leave lots of space in the center of the track for the vocal. First, I recorded two strumming acoustic guitar tracks with the mic pointed straight-on to the neck of the guitar (where the neck meets the body). After writing the song I decided to make a simple guitar/vocal demo to send to Darius’s manager. So you can see for the price of a couple demos, I had a complete recording studio with everything I needed. AKG K 240 Studio Headphones ($99) My Recording Approach… Universal Audio Apollo Twin interface w/effects plugins ($699)Ħ.

Audio-Technica AT4033 Microphone ($399)Ĥ. Garage Band (recording app) – Free with my computer purchaseģ. Refurbished Macbook Air Laptop Computer- $499Ģ. Let’s break down the process and equipment I used on my simple home demo of “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It” (The first #1 hit for country artist Darius Rucker).ġ. I do a fair amount of full demos, but I also have had about half of my major cuts from pitching home demos done on a very basic setup on my Mac laptop. People often ask me if they have to do full-production demos to present songs to publishers or major artist.

Studio one 5 demo songs