Mashups and acquiring vocals

[DdottodD]

Hey all, I was just curious as to how I could find vocals and such to try and make mashups with... something like 3lau or Kapslap if you are familiar with those guys. How do I go about finding acapella versions of popular songs and remixing them, if they are always layered with other instruments, etc. in the original. I have seen so many mashups and remixes that use leads, synths, or vocals from the original songs but have no idea where to get them - they probably just have good connections. But nonetheless - how do mashup artists get vocals when they are just messing around and don't want to ask tons of artists for their stems?? Do they just EQ out the instruments or what? Sorry I have so much questions, but you get the idea. (i wouldnt post any remixes on the portal obvs.)

[Bspendlove]

At 6/12/13 07:21 PM, DdottodD wrote: Hey all, I was just curious as to how I could find vocals and such to try and make mashups with... something like 3lau or Kapslap if you are familiar with those guys. How do I go about finding acapella versions of popular songs and remixing them, if they are always layered with other instruments, etc. in the original. I have seen so many mashups and remixes that use leads, synths, or vocals from the original songs but have no idea where to get them - they probably just have good connections. But nonetheless - how do mashup artists get vocals when they are just messing around and don't want to ask tons of artists for their stems?? Do they just EQ out the instruments or what? Sorry I have so much questions, but you get the idea. (i wouldnt post any remixes on the portal obvs.)

You can find Voice samples everywhere if you look on loads of websites... Or some websites that provide royalties and you can download voices on there own.

It is easy to get free voice samples but always be sure to email them to ask if it is alright or make sure you give them some credit.

EQing the instruments out would be very hard (as I know, EQ would do nothing to get rid of all the instruments)...

Searching the web is great for this and you will be able to find loads of songs with the vocals only.

And it would be good to get the instrumental of a song, so you can chop it up, re-arrange it, add your own music parts to it, add different vocals, instruments so on....

The instruments can be done yourself (Just need a alright ear to try to get roughly the same sound as the original instrument) or you can get someone else to do it because it never hurts to collab with someone!!