On Monday 12 December 2005 05:16 pm, tim hall wrote: > On Tuesday 06 December 2005 17:48, Paul Winkler was like: > > http://slinkp.com/~paul/dont_get_sad_mix_20051206.mp3 > > > > > > I played guitar and sang backups (badly), my wife sang lead > > (beautifully). Yes, your wife sings melodically and very well. Congratulations. A creative suggestion: if the lyrics are important and need to be heard, perhaps she could articulate more on the consonants. Legato singing is not an easy technique, but it can be mastered. Google might bring up some legato tutorial techniques for you. I don't think your backup singing was done badly, but was done without confidence or you were trying to sing quietly. A creative suggestion: record your backup track separately. Put a lot more volume into your singing when recording. You can adjust to the proper level in the mixdown. Except for opera trained women, male singers will outpower female singers 95% of the time. Singing quietly is one of the toughest techniques to master, even harder than legato singing. So why give yourself more difficulty than you need to? Record your wife first, then record yourself. Put as much vocal power into your take as is musically appropriate, then at mixdown balance the takes. Hope this Helps, Stephen.
