No. Not another pretentiousness thread.
Im not talking about lyrics at all.
I'm talking about the current state of recording vocals.
I'm talking: why on the vintage lps it is very rare to have an lp where it is difficult to make out the vocals, but today's prog cds.....?
For instance, just listened to Ignatus -Lights From The Deep cd. I cannot make out two thirds of what the vocalist is saying.
There are many examples of this.
When it is really dismaying, of course, is when you have something that is truely good, like Torre de Alchimista "same" which is COMPLETELY RUINED by the vocal mix.
Do these bands even use studios?
What are the differences in studio recording from vintage prog days & now? (Way I see it, it cant be that much down to this because, feck it all, when have you heard a current pop song where you cannot make out the lyrics? Never. If they can do it for pop, why not prog? Is it because prog is "thicker" and more difficult to make the vocals clear?)
Are they recording vocals deeper into the mix that in the old days?
Myself, I put little emphasis on vocals and lyrics in prog. But, for some reason I cannot explain, it truely bothers me when the vocal delivery or recording-of is botched up. I rather hear embarrassingly-juvenile lyrics properly recorded, than the best lyrics in the world done a disservice by having them on the final product as being bungled into something amorphous, un-distinct.
Do today's bands not realize how important the mix of the vocals is?
(Okay, Im not saying this fault lies with the "big" bands. It doesnt.)
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