Israel McFarland’s “beautiful human,” A Romantic Bedroom Pop Song

Donna Block
7 min readAug 20, 2021

“Features honest story telling lyrics and melodies that are brought to life with unique production. I did all of the writing and production myself which I think has given the song a very personal and distinct sound.”

Israel McFarland is an indie-pop singer-songwriter who was born some time ago. Around that time, he started writing songs. A while after that, he moved to Nashville to work retail and beg people to let him record music.

What is some of the best advice experienced engineers and award-winning producers have shared with you since you moved to Nashville, after getting your 4-year degree in audio production from Liberty University?

One thing I remember being told is to pay more attention to the emotion of the song than tuning everything perfectly; I used to put all the instruments exactly on the grid and tune every note of every vocal in the song. You can really edit and tune the life out of songs if you’re not careful. I’ve learned there’s really some magic in

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