[Scott Dorsey]

nickbatz wrote:
On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 9:33:58 AM UTC-7, Bob Olhsson wrote:

interestingly, she was recorded live while just the BG singers were an ov=
erdub.
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From a performance standpoint, recording everybody at once always works b=
etter musically in my experience.

I agree with the point you're making 100%, Bob. Great musicians interact wi=
th one another, while recordings don't during overdubs. And I'm guessing th=
at Aretha didn't rely on comping a whole lot.

Sometimes you might not want interactions between performers, and backup
vocals are a good example. You might want the backup vocals to be an
overdub just so they don't affect the way the lead vocal performs.

But.... you can still make them sound like they are in the same room....

Moreover, most people's ears have changed since sequencers came along, or e=
ven before that with click tracks. Nobody ever noticed that "Gone" (Miles/G=
il Evans Porgy and Bess) has a couple of clams and speeds up. Or "Chameleon=
" (Herbie Hancock of course) speeding up like crazy.

Speeding up and slowing down is part of what can make music interesting,
just like dynamics in amplitude. Not that it's always a good thing, but
when it's good it's good.
--scott

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