A day with Monya Russo

Hi everybody,
today I had the privilege to have with me in my studio one of the best singers I've ever worked with, Monya Russo.

She's really young but has an impressive talent and ...curriculum! Try to search on Google and you'll agree. ;-)

She came to Molen to record all the vocal tracks for her next single. 68 voice tracks (main voices and tons of backing vocals) in 4 hrs, with no pauses, without ever appearing unfocused or tired. She came with her sister Selena, who's also her manager.

One of the things that impressed me most is her (very rare) ability to emit the so-called "acuti di fischio", extremely high-pitched notes that sound very similar to a whistle but are produced with the vocal cords and not, in fact, whistling.

I made a short video with her explaining a few notes about it.

 
Looking forward to working soon again with her!

With her sister Selena..

With me.

 

Producing Rudy Saitta - Ch.0

Hi mates, and welcome to the "Chapter Zero" of this new production by Molen.

Let me introduce you my friend Rudy Saitta, very talented young singer and songwriter from my own town. To tell the truth he is Sicilian, but he moved here in the north when he was a child. He attends the course in pop music at the Conservatory of Music of Cuneo and that's where I met him first.

A few days ago, in collaboration with the independent label Ænima Recordings, I decided to start working on the full production (arrangement, recording, post-production, mastering and videoclip) of the next single by Rudy.

He came to me with a handful of songs recorded crudely with just guitar and vocals, so that I could decide, without being distracted by different sounds or arrangements, which of these was the one with the most potential.

I chose the one that convinced me more and today we started working on it.

First step: structure. We built a quick midi guitar guide and set up a list of markers to divide the whole song in sections.

Second step: vocal guide. I made Rudy record a rough vocal line so that I'll have a voice track to use as a reference when I work on the arrangement of the song.
I recorded this track using an SE Z5600A (tube condenser microphone) and an Audient ASP008 as a pre-amp.

That's all for today. Stay tuned and check out for next updates!