-
Complete one or more of the following recording tutorials
4-
AS Recording 2017 – Adele ‘Someone like you’ 30 minLecture1.1
-
AS Recording 2017 – Dionne Warwick – Walk on by 30 minLecture1.2
-
AS Recording 2017 – Jimmy Cliff – Many rivers to cross 30 minLecture1.3
-
AS Recording 2017 – John Legend – All of me 30 minLecture1.4
-
AS Recording 2017 – Adele ‘Someone like you’
AS Recording 2017 – Adele ‘Someone like you’
| Artist | Adele |
| Song | Someone like you |
| Tempo | Roughly 130 bpm |
| Original Instrumentation | Piano |
| Original Length | 4.45 mins |
Have a listen to the original here
| Step 1 | Download the Logic X file – ‘Adele – someone like you AC’ and the ‘someone like you audio’ folder
Import the audio into Logic X. Follow the importing audio’ tutorial |
| Step 2 | Construct the arrangement using the acoustic guitar loops provided in the MEDIA tab of the Logic project. |
| Step 3 | Set up a track to record vocals. Take care with your record levels.
Record the vocals |
| Step 4 | Add some reverb to the vocal and acoustic guitar using an auxiliary bus. |
| Step 5 | Balance the levels between the vocals and guitar |
| Step 6 | Experiment with double-tracking the vocal for the chorus section.
Experiment with harmonies for the Bridge section. |
Download links
This tutorial will cover,
| AS Music technology 2018 | Recording | Adele |
| Someone like you | Acoustic guitar | Audio editing |
‘Someone like you’ Lyrics
Verse 1
I heard that you’re settled down
That you found a girl and you’re married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn’t give to you.
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain’t like you to hold back or hide from the light.
Pre-chorus
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn’t stay away, I couldn’t fight it.
I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded
That for me it isn’t over.
Chorus
Never mind, I’ll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Don’t forget me, I beg
I’ll remember you said,
“Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead”
Verse 2
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
Chorus x 2
Outro
“Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.”