AT Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:57:49 Mike wrote:

>Yeah -- the vocals are kind of a turn off for me too.
>But that's a problem with a lot of contemporary music
>-- people who can't sing, singing, or singing in a
>really annoying manner.  I really get the feeling a
>lot of current indie pop singers just don't try -- the
>bar has been set so low.  Even groups that I like,
>such as Beulah or Canasta, I wish the vocals were
>stronger.

That's cause we're living in a new age of acts who have come together on the 
pretext that "someone" or anyone has to sing the songs. Ultimately it 
results in a good percentage of these acts having *singers* by default as 
opposed to the traditional band arrangement of growing with a dedicated 
ACTUAL singer or auditioning one specifically for the band.

Our act The First Time just replaced their main vocalist/songwriter with a 
new frontman whose stage presence has greatly improved the band's reception 
live...and on re-recordings of the most recent album. Many bands would have 
their songs best served by the voice best suited...not just the one that's 
convenient at the time they were created.

Just my two sense.



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