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Originally Posted by Goat Whiskey Picks
It amazes me how many very competent people but musicians and sound techs try to bury the vocals in the mix. I had to fight this in the mixing of my last CD. He kept trying to lay the vocals where you had to really listen to hear them. The majority of the listening public want the vocals to be up front and clear because they want to be able to sing along. Never have understood burying them.
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Yep, and it's not just singer-songwriters who want their vocals heard... tell the engineer to go listen to any commercial song, 'hit' song on the radio, especially from way back when... you can always hear every word.