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Thread #128355 Message #2873748
Posted By: GUEST,CS
28-Mar-10 - 04:18 AM
Thread Name: Weak Breathy Girly Vocals in Folk?
Subject: RE: Weak Breathy Girly Vocals in Folk?
"I thought, had everything going for her, except her whispy voice, recorded very close mic'd."
You've done it now Callitfolk! I can smell the rotten eggs and cabbages piling up from here..
Otherwise, as a vocal style, I agree with Matt it's not necessarily any more or less affected than any other. But with particular reference to the close mic thing compared to more traditional unaccompanied folk singing, it's certainly interesting how singing without amplification (other than naturally occurring acoustics) means it's more or less impossible to sing in such a fashion at all. The only singing I do is unamplified, so when recording recently it suddenly dawned on me that I didn't actually have to project like I would normally, and that approaching the songs in a more 'intimate' manner was therefore an alternative option provided by using a mic.