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Bringing the Background Vocals
to the Foreground:
A roundtable with vocalists Gabrielle Goodman, Kudison Kai,
and Darcie-Nicole Wicknick
Chaired By Darcie-Nicole Wicknick
Special to MusicBizAdvice.com
Live, Jingle, or Album Session?
MBADC:
What
would you say is the most rewarding component of being a background
vocalist, live, jingle, or album session? Do you have a preference?
GG: I really love
the spontaneity of live background singing. But I
also like to do album or single recordings too. There's nothing like
hearing those harmonies back in your headphones. My least favorite is jingle
singing but jingle singing can be extremely lucrative.
DW: Live is always
fun. But through session work, I learned so much about the recording process
as a session vocalist… And I made great connections via session work, so I
would say my leaning is there.
KK: Each component
has its pluses. I love live performance. There is nothing that
compares to the energy that you get from a live audience of thousands of
people. Plus the traveling and staying in great hotels and being catered to ain’t bad either. It’s a paid vacation most of the time. As for sessions,
it’s fun to create and perfect what you do. In a live performance, it is
what it is and it can’t be changed after it comes out of your mouth. There
is a lot to be said of always being on point in live performances. It is
quite a trait. In the studio, you get to fix it. That is gratifying.
Jingles are my least favorite because it usually is the least artistic.
Everything is timed to the minute and the sound and improvised has to fit
into that minute and sell the product. Sometimes that is difficult and
tedious.
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