On Sunday 28 November 2004 01:40 pm, Jan Depner wrote: > On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 06:52, Dave Phillips wrote: > > Hey John: > > > > I'll chime in with some kudos for the tune, but I agree with your own > > assessment re: the vocal, it does need to come forward. No point in > > singing words if they can't be heard or understood, yes ? > > > > Vocals are often a problem for people who don't particularly think of > > themselves as "good" singers (whatever that means: is Bob Dylan a "good" > > singer ?), and there's a resulting tendency to put the vocals too far > > back in the mix. The thought is often to truly "mix" the vocals in with > > the instruments, but I suggest taking it the other way on, i.e., mixing > > the instruments against the voice. The song is the thing, its melody and > > lyrics must be clearly heard (or at least clearly sensed: I can't > > usually understand the lyrics to Mudvayne but at least their man is out > > front). One of my favorite local musicians made a wonderful album years > > ago, but the one mistake he made on it was to mix his voice too deeply > > into the instrumental sounds. He told me he wished he hadn't done so, > > and that his decision was based on his poor opinion of his own singing. > > Sometimes it's best to get another opinion, I guess that's part of the > > function of a good producer. > > Absolutely. It took me forever to get used to listening to myself > sing. You've got to bring the vocals out front. Bob Dylan is a perfect > example ;-) > > Jan
FWIW I took another pass and posted it to the same URL
