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I've got a question about an instrumental version of a song that would go along with the full version of the song with vocals. I haven't found anything to suggest what that means on TAXI yet; but I have found 3 ways to accomplish this on other websites, but no recommendation of which is best for music licensing. #1 - Make a second, identical mix with the only difference being that the vocals and non-musical sounds are muted. #2 - Make a second mix with the vocals and non-musical sounds muted, but then remix the remaining music tracks to sound the best they can without vocals. #3 - Record a new lead instrumental track or tracks to mix in place of the vocals which are muted (the new instrumental track(s) could be mixed at the lead vocal level, or at a lower level to blend with the music and not stick out like the vocals did). I could see that if a music editor wanted to cut between the vocal and instrumental versions, then #1 might be better. But if an editor wanted an instrumental version that sounded like a "real," finished song and to stand on its own, then #3 might be better. And #2 is kind of halfway between the two. From TAXI's experience, is one of these the best way to make an instrumental version?

Roy Rendahl, Poppermost, Trimordial Studio

Option #1 is the way to go.

What they want is options, so they can mix in an instrumental part of the song whenever they want, switching between the one with vox and the one without. If you alter the mix in any way, they can't do that.

They may ask for alt. mixes, but make sure to rename them appropriately to differentiate them from the original mix. You still want to make #1 your default submission.

The subject is covered 5mins into this episode of Taxi TV http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22253689

Hi Magne,

Thank you very much for the help!

r

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