EMMA : Especially now that many more people are going to huge TRANCE festivals, they may go to see a known dj, and they may leave having heard
another 10 dj's they would have never otherwise been exposed to. I think all of the styles are now complimenting each other in this way. I think that the newfound exposure the more radio friendly tracks are receiving will pave the way for the underground sounds to gain more commercial and mainstream play.
BABAK :When you start working on a track with a producer, what are the key elements that you work on in terms of choosing the right vocal sound on
a particular track to get the best result with the music production?
EMMA :To me the most important thing is the emotion of the song.
Firstly I only ever write to, or release a song if I get a huge
inspiration from the music and have something I really
want to say. This means I am not releasing tracks overly
frequently, but whenever I do release a track I want to be
sure it receives the attention it deserves.
As far as vocal sounds go, I like to keep the vocals fairly
real sounding, nothing that I can't reproduce in a live
environment. I usually stick to one or two effects, a nice
reverb and a long delay from the TC Helicon, to me this
is all that should be necessary to make the vocal good.
If it doesn't sound good with just this, then I feel the
song isn't working.
BABAK : Could you tell us how you got involved with
the Trance music industry?
EMMA : I was in music for years before I was luckily
introduced to the world of TRANCE. I started out playing
acoustic music, then writing pop songs for other people as
well as myself, and then ended up in a rock band with Sony
in Australia. I was always searching for the right "fit" with
music. Eventually, while on a writing trip to London, I was
introduced to producer Chris Lake. I had never been
involved in this kind of music before, but had always
loved listening to TRANCE when I was out, I just grew
up on a diet of rock and pop music in Australia so
TRANCE was a foreign world to me, as much as
I loved the sounds.
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