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Vocals in EDM (pg. 2)
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| chris marsh |
i like good vocals on a track personally - even if its not a "proper" song adds a human element and a bit of soul. I prefer female vocals on a dance track - even if its just a bit for the breakdown
I like male vocals on rock and jazz (like female on jazz equally)
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| mathieu |
| like both but my fav tracks tend to have vocals in them. Probably because my 1st exposure to edm was from the radio when I was a kid in the 90s, I still love ''Modjo - Lady'' and ''Dirty Vegas - Days Go By''. ''Dj Sammie - Heaven'' is a bit too much for me to handle nowadays tho, even there, that track has a load more personality that 95% of edm... Too much personality actually :stongue: |
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| SYSTEM-J |
I do like vocal tracks, but as a DJ they should be used quite sparingly. A vocal immediately makes the track "big" and hooky, and unless you're a tactless trance moron you want to space out your big tracks for greater effect.
Also: not in trance. Just no. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
| unless it is a gay christian soul singer talking about house music over the trance track. Then it is totally fine. House, is about soul, come on ya, let me feel your soul. the soul in jack's house, let me feel it. |
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| EddieZilker |
| I like them, but I think it depends on the song. I don't really like most Top 40/True Love/Dumbed-down-version-of-love-loaded-with-narcissistic-ideation - basically 90% of anything belted out by a black female vocalist in a gay bar, in the early 90's. I can't complain too loudly just because I'm a horrid lyricist and most of the poetry I write down is utter garbage, but I like songs with lyrics that make me think a little deeper without being pushy about it. |
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| zodiac9 |
Most of the lead vocals I hear in today's progressive EDM are an afterthought. Mixed in badly, too much FX, very hard to understand. When I can understand the vocals I usually end up rolling my eyes in disgust and tune out/fast forward. Seems to me most EDM producers have no clue about how to produce a song with vocals. This is why I listen to instrumentals. I've heard quite a few decent instrumentals that were ruined by vocals.
Lead vocals and lyrics can not be treated as an afterthought, thrown in just because you want to produce a vocal track. |
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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by zodiac9
Most of the lead vocals I hear in today's progressive EDM are an afterthought. Mixed in badly, too much FX, very hard to understand. When I can understand the vocals I usually end up rolling my eyes in disgust and tune out/fast forward. Seems to me most EDM producers have no clue about how to produce a song with vocals. This is why I listen to instrumentals. I've heard quite a few decent instrumentals that were ruined by vocals.
Lead vocals and lyrics can not be treated as an afterthought, thrown in just because you want to produce a vocal track. |
I've heard that, too. |
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| Normie |
Re the Dreamy/angelic/lullaby thing:
I guess it's because I don't have that much time in this genre as a listener. For me those vocals are like the Supersaw. I just haven't got sick of hearing them yet and so, I like them. A lot actually.
Now maybe age is catching up. I'm a huge Iron Maiden/Metallica/Strapping Young Lad fan. The breathy ethereal stuff should be anathema to me. But it just isn't.
Old sucks... ;)
+| quote: | Originally posted by wayfinder
most trance vocals are . not because the singers are bad, however.
grievance one: noodling over the same bass note during the first verse. that has to stop. every ing song starts with 2 minutes of the same bass note (the traditional DJ-can't-mix intro) and of course they'd have the girl singing there already so she has to noodle around that one note. it all sounds the ing same. try it yourself: take ANY vocal trance track and after the first verse, continue with "heaven holds a sense of wonder" (from delerium - silence). it ALWAYS works. they're all the same empty, boring track.
grievance two: the lyrics are . there are two or three notable exceptions, but damn the situation overall is bad. it's embarrassing to even listen to on your own, let alone in a group of people
grievance three: everything's a ing lullaby. breathy, dreamy girl's voice... |
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| Fledz |
I like both but as long as the music was built around the lyrics, not the other way around. You can see when lyrics have been tacked on and it rarely works.
The reverse is sometimes true. With a vocal track you can strip the music back a decent amount and often have to so the vocals aren't swamped. If you then drop the vocals and release an instrumental but add nothing to beef the track up, it ends up sounding lifeless.
Vocals should be used sparingly but a good vocal usually electrifies any dancefloor. |
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| Subtle |
| I prefer vocal tracks these days, there is usually more work put in it. |
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| dj_alfi |
| If you by vocals mean singing, then no! Keep that in the ing billboards where it belongs. |
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| stewart.m |
| trance was made with vocals in mined i superpose it depends on songs or just vocal elements. |
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