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Bringing the Background Vocals
to the Foreground:
A roundtable with vocalists Gabrielle Goodman,
Kudisan Kai
,
and Darcie-Nicole Wicknick
Chaired By
Darcie-Nicole Wicknick
Special to MusicBizAdvice.com
With so many
singers trying break into the music industry, a common perception is that
singing backup vocals is a sure-fire way to get in. Some believe that
background singing is easy work, easy money, and for those too shy to sing
in the front. Others believe that looks are everything and that with
Pro-Tools, they can manufacture your sound, so you can be a back vocalist as
easily as you can pack groceries.
These ideas about the world of a professional background singer merit some
serious discussion, so I had a conversation with
Gabrielle Goodman and
Kudisan Kai, two longtime professional vocalists who not only have their own
solo albums out, but whose combined credits as background vocalists include
working with artists such as Beck, Chaka Khan, Elton John, Patti LaBelle,
Bette Midler, Sting, and many more. Both Gabrielle and Kudisan are presently
teaching in the Voice Department at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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