“For any producer I've ever worked with, their toughest job is to convince me to not to obscure my vocals. A lot of people don't like the sound of their own voice on, like, cassette tape or something. It's like that for me, and other songwriters I know. Like, "Oh God, that's what I sound like?"” PeopleKnowsJobsSoundVoiceProducersConvinceTapeSongwritersObscureVocalCassettesCassette Tapes Author:Ryan Adams
“History teaches us that a given view has been abandoned in favor of another by all men, or by all competent men, or perhaps by only the most vocal men; it does not teach us whether the change was sound or whether the rejected view deserved to be rejected. Only an impartial analysis of the view in question, an analysis that is not dazzled by the victory or stunned by the defeat of the adherents of the view concerned - could teach us anything regarding the worth of the view and hence regarding the meaning of the historical change.” MenDoeHas BeensGivenSoundViewsTeachVictoryConcernedHistoricalDefeatFavorsAnalysisAbandonedRejectedVocalCompetentStunnedHistorical Change Author:Leo Strauss
“I've watched and learnt from DJs and remixers and paid way more attention to how I want my voice to sound. Before, as long as it was loud and in tune it was fine. I've discovered the difference made by various microphones and effects, so each track has a different vocal sound, my voice is woven into everything and it's above everything.” WayWantLongMadeDifferentSoundVoiceDifferencesAttentionEffectsFinePaidTrackVariousLoudTunesVocalWovenDjsMicrophones Author:Ellie Goulding
“People often ask me how I developed my vocal sound, and the answer usually disappoints them: Its just the way I sound when I sing.” PeopleWayAsksSoundAnswersAsk MeVocalDisappoint Author:Michael Franks
“In the studio you can auto tune vocals, and with drums, you can put them on a grid and make them perfect. I hate that sound. When someone hands me a record and the drums are perfectly gridded and the vocals are perfectly auto tuned, I throw it out the window. I have no interest in rock music being like that.” HandsHateSoundInterestPerfectRecordsRocksMusic IsWindowI HateStudiosTunesVocalRock MusicGridsAuto Tune Author:Taylor Hawkins
“Grand telegraphic discovery today … Transmitted vocal sounds for the first time ... With some further modification I hope we may be enabled to distinguish … the “timbre” of the sound. Should this be so, conversation viva voce by telegraph will be a fait accompli.” ShouldFirstsMayTodaySoundConversationDiscoveryFirst TimeVocalModificationTelegraphTimbreViva Author:Alexander Graham Bell
“It is agreed that all sound which is the material of music is of three sorts. First is harmonica, which consists of vocal music; second is organica, which is formed from the breath; third is rhythmica, which receives its numbers from the beat of the fingers. For sound is produced either by the voice, coming through the throat; or by the breath, coming through the trumpet or tibia, for example; or by touch, as in the case of the cithara or anything else that gives a tuneful sound on being struck.” GivingFirstsThreeSoundVoiceNumbersMusicCasesExampleMaterialsMusic IsBeatsThirdsBreathsFingersThroatVocalTrumpetsHarmonicasSevilleVocal Music Author:Isidore of Seville
“Basically, there were three aspects of dub that influenced dubstep. The most important was playing the instrumental versions of vocal garage tracks, which was a little like what dub was to reggae - the instrumental of a full vocal.The second was dub as a methodology, which, for me, is apparent in all dance music: manipulating sound to create impossible sonic spaces using reverb, echo and such. The third is the influence of the genre called dub. (It became a cliché actually, through sampling old Jamaican films and soundtracks, and adding vocal samples.)” LittlesImportantFilmThreeSoundSpaceImpossibleInfluenceAspectThirdsTrackVersionsGenreEchoesVocalGarageSampleSoundtracksReggaeMethodologyDance MusicJamaicansSamplingDubstep Author:Kode9
“The first time I started listening to Irish music, I had a very strong connection. Strangely enough, there's a great many Japanese melodies and vocal styles that sound very much like Hungarian music. You start seeing all these cross-references and comparative, independent musical cultures.” FirstsEnoughCultureStrongSoundSeeingStyleListeningFirst TimeCrossesConnectionsIndependentMusicalGreat MenMelodyVery StrongVocalHungariansStrong ConnectionIrish Music Author:Tom Waits
“I like to sit in front of the computer, going through files of music, and recording the final vocals, guitars and what- nots. But the windows are always open and you can hear the crickets, birds, chickens, and even the sound of rain hitting the studio. The farm is a great place to hang out in, learn from and create music.” SoundFrontsComputerBirdRainWindowGuitarFinalsStudiosChickensHanging OutFarmsHittingCricketVocalFilesSound Of Rain Author:Jason Mraz
“All those "getting hit/losing rings" sounds tend to be recorded toward the end of a recording session. Depending on the type of game, those efforts and screams can be pretty rough on the voice, so they usually like to record them at the end. You might do hundreds of versions of vocal sounds for a game and you can come out a little hoarse afterward.” LittlesEndsMightGamesSoundVoiceEffortRecordsTypeLosingRingsVersionsRoughScreamSessionVocal Author:Roger Craig Smith
“In many ways, I've chosen to be plain, almost too plain, too self-effacing. Like, if I record a vocal and I don't like the way it sounds, I would have them turn it up and take the reverb off it to make it as plain as possible.” IfsWaySelfTurnsSoundRecordsChosenVocal Author:Ben Folds