COLLAB DEMO: The Visitors by ABBA (Lana & Doc)

doc_ramadani

Hi mates,

last weekend, I leafed through my vinyl collection and stumbled upon one of my treasures to which I listed a lot being a teenager. On one song I thought that Lana ( @coffeecrank ) should give it try. I asked her. She agreed and recorded it lightning fast. I sang the parts of Benny and Björn.

We had a lot of fun and hope that you enjoy it too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldOMY4uKR4g

Doc & Lana

doc_ramadani

And to tag: @samw2019 @d1g2w3 @maximgottmer @cwcw @Wigs @Rick_amateur @Diego @Raphael_Hussl @Vocality @Goldtaff

doc_ramadani

And: @DogMeat @bentk @Gaston_Jauregui @blondiewales

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That was great! I've never heard that song before, but Lana's version sounds really professional.

I was waiting for you to sing, Doc. I'm guessing you were doing the quiet background vocals? I would have liked to hear you more!

doc_ramadani

Thanks, @Sophia. Yes, I did the parts of Benny & Björn which are in the background. Glad you liked our rendition.

doc_ramadani

But, Sophia stay tuned. Sonja and I have been to a concert and came back with a great idea for a video.

samw2019

That was great,! I've never heard that Abba song it's different from what I've heard of them, nice vocals and good one, all the best

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doc_ramadani

Lana,

thanks to your mistake I learned a TON on how to edit timing in my DAW.

Doc

d1g2w3

Oh wow, voice is perfect for this Lana!

Vocality

Nice voice Lana bright tone, yes noticed a timing issue due to backing track differences something I had to watch out for as well when pitching against original track and using a karaoke/backing track.

Really nice colab though well done.

Vocality

maximgottmer

What a surprise! Lana has a clear and beautiful voice very good job!
is Lana doing the exercises also?
Greetings Maxim

doc_ramadani

Hey Maxim, @maximgottmer

Lana is @coffeecrank. She is on 2.0 PRO, too.

Doc

cwcw

For all the ABBA songs I know, I have not heard this one...ironically, I like this better than some of the ones I know. If you had not told me this was originally ABBA, I would have thought you two did the original. Seriously.

Great job, to both of you! Well done!!

Chris

WendyJane

That was really well sung and put together. @doc_ramadani. Lana @coffeecrank your vocals were great and suited this song perfectly. Great collaboration, congratulations to you both.

DogMeat

Great job guys. I agree on what already said. Lana you sound great, and Doc is harder to spot on this one. This was also a new Abba track for me. Never heard of it.

Goldtaff

I dont personally know the song but it sounded really good to me.
Well done both.

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sagemacg

Bravo @doc_ramadani @coffeecrank !! Great performance of a fun tune!

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Klaus_T

good job you both. i hardly heard you though, Marco. looking forward to seeing the video you announced

d1g2w3

@coffeecrank, I think your low is one of your biggest traits right now. You have a lot better tone than my women down in those lower notes.

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d1g2w3

What you've got to remember is you're not a dude (I know it's not something to forget easy lol). You are going to have a straight up harder struggle than guys who just have their normal speaking register in this range.

It's the same way us guys have to practice the head voice to get where your speaking register is.

The fact that you are singing with good tone down in our speaking/chest register means your better than most women who.

Danny

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d1g2w3

On those songs, that's where you can add an octive or change the key and add some resonance/distortion when you learn it.

Raphael_Hussl

Well done, you two!

@coffeecrank Good to hear a new demonstration from you! Was the original version sung by a man? Anyway, you did great in the speaking register and have a very cool and pleasant tone. I'm also noticing as I'm going on with the exercises that I'm gaining a few more notes in the lower register, so it's definitely possible and probably works a lot faster than gaining higher notes although the possibilities for stretching are more limited than in the higher range.

@doc_ramadani Good job with the mix and great that you could learn so much from it about editing. It's often very helpful to watch the waveform and see on which beats every phrase must be and to cut the vocal track into slices on every point where it is possible. but longer editing tasks are always pain in the ass, like my uncle from America would say! Especially if the track even has been recorded to another backing track, so great work! I remember that on a couple of songs from my own album I had to edit the drums which had been recorded along to almost finished tracks and sometimes I edited almost every single beat in the whole song.

doc_ramadani

Hi @Raphael_Hussl,

thanks for your comment and the kind words. Hopefully I don't need these not so often because I do not really like that editing. I rather like to spend my time on listening to music, making music or singing.

Doc

Raphael_Hussl

@doc_ramadani I can understand this. It's better if you focus on doing these things a lot because unfortunately there aren't really situations where you will get a frenetic ovation for editing tracks on stage although it takes a hell lot of time.

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d1g2w3

@coffeecrank you could also pick a note in the chord instead of the tonic note which means you dont have to change the physical song itself. It only changes the key if it's a half step or something.

Anyway I know the difficulty, I think that's why I was kicked out the cover band I was in.

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Raphael_Hussl

@coffeecrank Yes, I can imagine this in case you always use the exercise tracks for practicing. I think on the audio workouts the lowest notes are not very low. I often do the exercises without using anything that plays along the scales and just do it by feeling. While going down at the end of the exercises I sometimes notice when I check with an instrument which pitch I'm at that some low notes which were always outside of my range now feel very comfortable.

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