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Soundalikes are pieces of music that are meant to sound similar to well known bands. The song should allow the listener a similar aesthetic and vibe while still being unique. Music supervisors very often are limited to small budgets and cannot afford sync licenses for the original artist’s recording and composition. For this reason, it is more affordable to use a soundalike recording in the same style.

As a recording artist wanting to write sound-alikes, you want to take influence from the original band without infringing on their copyright. Firstly set your song at a similar speed. This ensures the overall attitude will remain. A few beats per minute difference would be fitting. It is recommended to change the key. Study the song’s chord progression and arrangement. Ensure that you write a different progression whilst retaining the feel. Another key aspect is instrumentation. You will want to use instruments that sound like on the referenced record, shooting for tone and arrangement in their manner.

Lyrically, try to write text that convey the overall concept yet are original enough to be considered a real song unto itself. If your vocal style is not similar enough to the artist’s you will need to find with a session singer who can convincingly sing the referenced genre. This factor is extremely important to convincing the audience.

Once you have recorded all of your tracks, the production additionally should use similar techniques as the musicians. Study blogs covering the artist’s production process in detail. The producer usually covers what plug-ins was used and how they approached processing specific tracks. If you have a decent home studio, you may be able to complete the recording at home. However, many times employing a mixing engineer to polish the recording will allow your piece to sound its best. No matter where you decide to mix the production it would be smart to have the song mastered by a dedicated mastering house. Send both the original song and your version so the engineer can model something very similar in comparison.

Now that you have perfected your sound-alike recording process, your songs can begin to be picked up by music publishers. If the songs are good enough and fit the right cue, the music can generate a nice source of money via sync licensing and back-end public performance royalties.