They said, “Not really.” So, I took the track and [WM] How do you sketch out your string artist or producer, I’ll usually import the MIDI
I wrote a whole new string arrangement. The ideas? Do you sketch it out using virtual sounds into ProTools where I’ve got the East/West
opening was influenced a bit by what they gave or write your ideas out? Composer Cloud subscription library.
track they gave me was, like, the progression [Jared] A bit of both. I usually use Sibelius, So I’ll use that to send it to them. I’m never
of the bridge. It built and built then finished with sometimes Finale. If I have a choice these days sure how much of an imagination the other
the chorus progression. So, I wrote this big usually I use Sibelius because I’ve gotten so party has. Some people would hear the
string thing and we recorded it. The thing that fast at it. I’ll write it in Sibelius, hearing it in my Sibelius arrangement and be able to say, “Oh
I recorded to had a drum loop and synths and head the whole time. I also use the Sibelius yeah, I know it’s all going to sound great.”
other production elements. I sent it off to them. playback feature to check my work. When I’m Others might think it sounds terrible. They just
They loved it. But I heard nothing else. Then in the studio and time is money, I don’t want to won’t hear it. So, I try and give them a decent
when I heard the mix back it was as though all be there going, “Oh, that’s what it sounds like! sounding demo so that they’re comfortable
the production had been taken out and it was That’s a surprise.” signing off on it.
[WM] Do you use the sounds that come with [WM] Let’s say I’m a keyboard player and I
Sibelius? have a keyboard that can make some decent
me but after that it was a whole new thing. The
just the strings.
Then Brooke Ligertwood had come and sort
of ad-libbed this Brooke thing. It was beautiful,
string sounds. I find lots of keyboard players
but I think she sang the line “What A Beautiful [Jared] Yeah, yeah, yeah. I have this theory, play the string sound as though it’s a pad
Name” once coming out of it, and the rest of it right, that if you can make it sound good sound. How would you help this player create
was this worship moment. It was stunning. That in Sibelius it’s going to sound amazing with something live that sounds like real string
vocal was recorded after I did the strings. It was real players. I work it up in Sibelius using players?
fascinating to see how they pulled it all together. their sounds then, when I’m sending it to an 150 August 2019
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