Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
Subject (313) But can they sing

Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread Matt Kane's Brain
On Thu, November 3, 2005 6:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: It really gets on my t!ts if they can't sing, don't quite know their range, or are really thin vocally. Tons of Latin house records have weak singers imo. So many that I can't really stand most Latin house records. Too much whispy

Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread Brian 'balistic' Prince
Thursday, November 3, 2005, 6:53:16 PM, you wrote: IM First, what's your general reaction to vocal tracks? And does it IM bother you when some of these vocalists can't quite cut it? I do cringe when I hear techno vocals that aren't up to scratch. I always heavily process my own voice, in the

Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread Tim Moore
On Nov 3, 2005, at 3:53 PM, Ian Malbon wrote: Clearly there has been a move by many producers to incorporate more vocals in techno and related genres (Diva-house has always been an exception). I remember thinking this was going to become a trend when Juan dropped The Flow. Some, like

Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread P. Lasell
Oddly, I have good associations built up around house or techno 12's with off-key vocals. Y'know, like an old 12 on DJ International or Eightball. I can't tell you how many times I've heard a vocal trainwrecks, as a dj beatmatches flawlessly while the vocals roar out of tune over each other.

Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread jurren baars
Ian Malbon wrote: Clearly there has been a move by many producers to incorporate more vocals in techno and related genres (Diva-house has always been an exception). I remember thinking this was going to become a trend when Juan dropped The Flow. Some, like Recloose, employ guest vocals,

Re: (313) But can they sing?

2005-11-04 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight
Good points here I think. I like the use of vocals to tell some kind of story or overall message. Dropping in vocals somewhere in the middle of a set, unless they are just sampled bits, is kind of like a head floating in mid-air without a body What's that doing there?! ;) I love hearing

(313) But can they sing?

2005-11-03 Thread Ian Malbon
Clearly there has been a move by many producers to incorporate more vocals in techno and related genres (Diva-house has always been an exception). I remember thinking this was going to become a trend when Juan dropped The Flow. Some, like Recloose, employ guest vocals, and others, like