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Vocal Producer

WHAT IS A VOCAL PRODUCER?

Vocal production is a specialty field of expertise. If you are a producer, you may wish to consider including a vocal producer in your budget who can greatly increase the quality of your client’s final vocals, resulting in greater client satisfaction and possibilities for commercial success.

WHY HIRING A VOCAL PRODUCER IS IMPORTANT:

  • Too often, most of the time, money and creative energy available is put into the instrumental tracks of a recording project. Then, almost as an afterthought, the vocal is quickly recorded. Let’s face it: in this competitive marketplace it takes a great vocal to sell an artist and/or a song.
  • Sometimes a veteran performing artist needs help getting vocals in the studio like they do in live performance.
  • It’s easy to hit the talkback button in the control room and tell a singer “give it more passion on this pass”, “you’re out of tune”, “your voice is sounding thin and weak”, “I don’t believe you yet”, etc. The poor singer can be left emotionally, physically and vocally exhausted and experience a loss of confidence. It takes a vocal producer to tell you how to fix problems and get a singer’s best on tape.
  • A vocal producer can help even a modestly talented singer get amazingly effective vocals in the studio… and can help a great vocalist maximize studio vocals for commercial hit potential.
  • Simply put, you need a vocal producer when you need to have your best vocal performance recorded. Even pro recording artists need trustable feedback from the control room. The only time you don’t need one is when another recording team member is also a vocal producer/coach as well…and this is rare.

WHY CHOOSE MY VOCAL PRODUCTION SERVICES?

  • …the decades of professional success I have had with mine and others’ voices
  • …my knowledge of career-making, heart grabbing and voice saving vocal technique
  • …my people skills and proven intuitive ability to know how to help a singer get a great vocal in the least amount of time… saving money and avoiding energy-robbing frustration!

A TESTIMONIAL FROM A PRODUCER I WORK WITH:

“I have been a producer in Nashville for over 22 years. Many years ago I was getting frustrated about how the vocals would end up on the artists I was producing. After the project was finished, the artists would tell me that they could have done a better job on their vocals. They would all tell me that they could sing better than what we had recorded and were disappointed in their vocals. That’s when I called my friend, Judy Rodman. I now have Judy produce the vocals on every artist that I take into the studio. She knows how to bring out and get the best in every artist. I have seen her work, and it’s amazing what she does. Every artist I’ve produced has told me that they will never do another project without her there in the studio.
Besides being the top vocal producer in town, she is the sweetest person that you’ll ever meet. She is well respected and loved by many in this town for her talent and generosity. If you want to compete on a major scale and end up with the best vocals you’ve ever had, then I would hire Judy Rodman on your next project.”
- Tom Paden www.padenplacemusic.com

SOME OF MY VOCAL PRODUCTION CREDITS:

I have been producing solo and group studio vocals for decades on thousands of commercials, background vocals, demos and masters- including huge radio hits. I produced some of the finest session singers in the world on karaoke projects of many genres, including rock, r&b, classic pop, classic and contemporary country, southern and contemporary Christian. I produced and arranged vocals on hundreds of songs in my various catalogs at RCA, Warner Chappell, Chrysalis and MCA. I produced vocals on new artists in genres including southern rock, celtic/rock, alternative rock, pop and country. I am often hired by engineers, producers and management to get vocal magic out of the artist in the studio.

Besides the artists listed on “Record Producer” page, here are a few of the hundreds of other singers I’ve worked with as vocal producer:

Jenna Hill, Winfiield’s Locket, Trent Bourgeois, Jamie Lynn Spears, Mersaidee Soules, Jennifer O’Brien, Buddy Smith, Jordyn Mallory, Tyson Bowman, Pam Tillis, Shelly Ruffin, Lyndsey Highlander, Lavergn Stewart, Colby Bell, Kaley Caperton, Darby Haas, Charles Ftacek, Taylor Ware, Angela Martinez, Sara Avalos, Lynn Bryant, Krystye Dalton, Jerry Shickling, Natalie Flora, Dr. Dwaine Allison, Jennifer Hardy, Ben Wasson, Deanna Freeman, Mike Lewis, Paul Parr, Frank Snyder, Brian O’Neal, Hunter Nance, The Weavers, Kristy Rice, and too many pro session singers to mention.

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