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Boy, I am glad I just jumped to the end of this thread! I bet there's all sorts of crap floating around in this one.
I don't know the history of Ken Lewis, only bits and pieces. But I have listened to the beats he has for sale on his page, and they're pretty damn friggin' good. So, famous, pioneer, or not, whatever. The man makes some noise - and I generally HATE beats. It's really hard to impress me with an instrumental track.
But aside from that, "the music industry" is a vast ocean of content... not just the clear channel stuff. So to say that "excessive" vocal comping is a problem in the music industry is a strange statement. Believe it or not, much of the "under produced" sounding music, is extra produced to sound under produced. Just like some things are mixed to sound "less mixed."
There is no such thing as excessive vocal comping. Vocal comping is a technique for getting the very best sounding performance you can. Listening for continuity is part of the process. You can't over comp something. You either take the best and least contingent pieces, or you don't. And honestly, I've heard a lot of "one takes" that sound more like comps than comp'd vocals.
Lastly, I have to say that in the sphere of "main stream" music, while I do feel that song value has generally declined - I often find myself impressed by the production value. I mean painstakingly rigorous production. Hundreds and hundreds of tracks that sound cohesive and spontaneous. Trust me, even some of the simplest sounding songs have some INTENSE production that we as listeners never realize is happening.
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