[linux-audio-dev] Tastes like chicken!

[John Check]

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