[voicegenius]

Originally Posted by Ken Lewis

Well, thank you for that. And thanks to VoiceGenuis who, how the hell did you find that blog, i just re-read it and its from 2005. you must have been doing some serious digging. thanks for reposting it, i'm glad it got resurrected and a whole bunch of new people could benefit from it. I remember early on in my career learning what vocal comping was and the power that the technique could have on a finished record. One of my first experiences with it was when i was working on a Foreigner album, and the producer, Mike Stone, was recording and comping Lou Graham's vocals, and Lou is an AMAZING singer. But hearing the difference between listening down to one great take, and listening down to the comp'd sum of 8 great takes comp'd down to one single vocal comp was just an amazing experience to watch and learn.

And what have i been doing all week? Recording and comp'ing vocals for a band i'm producing called 13 Yards to Victory. 2 excellent singers in the band but having the ability and time to record multiple takes, have them try different approaches, different deliveries, ideas, etc, then be able to sort thru and find the best moments, the vocals are coming out great. Yeah vocal comping is usually boring as hell, but the rest of my job is pretty darn fun, so if i gotta slog thru some boring moments to make sure that the record comes out great, then its just part of the job.

Well, this is what happens when you search for buried treasure!

Wish there were more threads like this one... Of course without all the "smartments"... Guess I'll keep digging!