Do they record the song without the instrumental first?
When you record its a bunch of things just sliced together like main vocals, backing vocals, then various layers of production. this just the vocal layer
When you record its a bunch of things just sliced together like main vocals, backing vocals, then various layers of production. this just the vocal layer
This.
The most well known term for these are song "stems" (the things that make up a song: vocals, an instrumental like drums/guitar/harp, etc.)