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Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on.
Robert Smith
Home
Before
Vocals
Studio
Put
Makeup
Got
Any
Whenever
Even
I write the vocals last, because I wanted to invent the music first and push the music to the level that I had to compete against it.
Axl Rose
Music
Invent
First
Vocals
Write
Push
Had
Because
Wanted
Against
Level
Compete
Last
Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself.
Bryson Tiller
Myself
Natural
Bit
Born
Vocals
Feel
Talent
Like
Maybe
Just
Taught
Little
Little Bit
The vocal arrangements are a big part of the formula for a Bad Religion song - layered harmonies and background vocals. So when I start to describe the elements of Bad Religion's sound, it starts to sound like a Christmas choir.
Greg Graffin
Christmas
Religion
Song
Big
Starts
Harmonies
Background
Bad
Vocal
Vocals
Layered
Part
Like
Arrangements
Sound
Big Part
Formula
Choir
Describe
Elements
Start
Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfelt. Her vocals were so amazing. And, for me, that was a song I went to when I was feeling sad and wanted to feel even sadder.
Lea Thompson
Sad
Beautiful
Time
Me
Song
Amazing
Feeling
Vocals
Perfect
Feel
Sadder
Were
Heartfelt
Wanted
After
Even
Her
There's not a day that I don't work on vocals, have vocal coaches, go to acting classes, read books.
Aaron Carter
Work
Day
Books
Classes
Vocal
Vocals
Read
Go
Coaches
Acting
Acting Classes
The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric's vocals. There's never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together.
Alan Price
Time
Together
Problem
Guitar
Organ
Solo
Vocals
Only
Only Time
Never
Put
Real
Eric
Fitting
Real Problem
Any
Behind
Blues
Low
Figures
Play
Later on, when I signed with Sony, we wanted to re-release 'Fade' as 'Faded' with a brand new mix and with vocals by Iselin Solheim. I think Iselin was the first person who sung demo vocals for 'Faded.' And it worked out great! The way I got in touch with Iselin was through a guy that I work with in the studio.
Alan Walker
Work
Great
First
Think
Later
Way
Signed
Out
Sung
Touch
Vocals
Guy
Through
Fade
Studio
Faded
Sony
New
Demo
First-Person
Got
Mix
Brand
Brand New
Person
Wanted
Worked
Who
I had my first band. it was kind of a progressive metal band kind of thing. I just started writing songs that required more and more challenging vocals, and I just did them. Necessity is the mother of invention, right? So I just sort of did what I had to do to make the songs sound the way I wanted them to.
Alissa White-Gluz
Writing
Mother
Invention
First
Band
Progressive
Way
Kind
Vocals
More
More And More
Had
Songs
Make
Sort
Metal
Sound
Did
Just
Wanted
Them
Required
Challenging
Right
Thing
Started
Necessity
I grew up writing songs in my room on GarageBand, and I would make the beats just out of layering my vocals over and over again. Very Imogen Heap-inspired.
Ariana Grande
Writing
Out
Would
Vocals
Songs
Beats
Over
Make
Up
Very
Just
Grew
Again
Room
I used to chop up C-Span soundbites or interviews with politicians like John Kerry or Bill Clinton into a radio-esque show hosted by Awkwafina and her producer, Mookie. I would pitch down my vocals to have male guests and would send them to a small circle of friends after they were done.
Awkwafina
Circle
Politicians
Down
Interviews
Guests
Would
John
John Kerry
Vocals
Small
Like
Were
Male
Clinton
Up
Friends
Send
Pitch
Done
After
Them
Producer
Bill
Bill Clinton
Used
Show
Chop
Her
Kerry
Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination.
Benjamin Booker
Big
Harsh
Slip
Willie
Some
Pretty
Vocal
Vocals
Delicate
Johnson
He
Combination
Stuff
Like
Also
Blind
Vulnerable
Very
Just
Influence
Soft
I'm tired of being around men all the time. I'm going to start a band called Skirt with three girls and I'll play the guitar and sing backing vocals in drag. I went window shopping when I was in New York, saw a lot of amazing dresses.
Brian Molko
Time
Tired
Shopping
Guitar
Amazing
Men
Girl
Three
Band
Saw
Backing
Dresses
Window
Vocals
New
Sing
Around
Lot
York
Going
New York
Being
Skirt
Play
Start
Drag
I think I'm a vocal genius, not a musical genius. I like background vocals. I consider myself a voice, not a singer. A voice is a sound, and singing is what you do with that sound.
Brian Wilson
Myself
You
Genius
Singing
Think
Consider
Musical
Background
Vocal
Vocals
Voice
Like
Singer
Sound
There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.
Brittany Howard
Myself
Song
Writing
Sit
Guess
Out
Would
Entertaining
Athens
Vocals
Having
Voice
No-One
Songs
Beats
Drum
Hours
Got
Doing
Hear
Lot
Trying
Same
Often
Just
So Much Fun
Different
Room
Much
Realizing
Fun
Whole
Ever
Started
Playing
My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals... they're screaming-growling stuff... and he's got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I'm, like, 'Hats off to you.'
Bruce Dickinson
You
Son
Losing
Band
Every
Minutes
Pretty
Hats
Vocals
Voice
He
Stuff
Like
Singer
Practices
Without
Got
His
Off
Five
Get
Really
Hard
Reasonable
Thing
I like Kehlani a lot because she's on her grind; she does everything herself. She's writing her own music and, you know, putting all the vocals together, and she's just dope. She just reminds me a lot of me.
Bryson Tiller
Music
Me
You
Together
Writing
Own
Dope
Herself
Everything
Vocals
Putting
Reminds
Like
Know
She
Because
Does
Lot
Just
Grind
Her
Before getting on 'The Voice,' I was very critical and judgmental of people's vocals. After getting on the show, I was so nervous, I realized my low notes were gone, so nerves do take a big toll on your voice.
Cassadee Pope
People
Nervous
Big
Before
Gone
Critical
Nerves
Vocals
Voice
Take
Judgmental
Were
Very
Getting
After
Low
Notes
Realized
Your
Show
Toll
Hip-hop I never really got really into mainly just because I'm not a big fan of rap. I do like R&B artists like Beyonce. I'm a big fan of her mainly because of her vocals. They're just so awesome. I love her and Christina Aguilera, and that whole urban kind of feel is really great, especially with my voice.
Christina Grimmie
Love
Great
Big
Awesome
Rap
Kind
Vocals
Voice
Never
Mainly
Feel
Like
Beyonce
Because
Got
Hip-Hop
Big Fan
Just
Artists
Just Because
Fan
Urban
Really
Whole
Aguilera
Her
I'm not a singer. I double-track my vocals. I'm just not secure in my voice. I can't do single-track - I sound weird.
Cuco
Secure
Vocals
Voice
Weird
Singer
Sound
Just
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.
Dave Grohl
Music
People
Vocals
Like
Drums
Fake
Sound
Hear
Listen
Just
Tuned
Much
Radio
Even
A lot of my vocals were the first time I ever sang the song.
David Longstreth
Time
Song
First
Vocals
First Time
Were
Lot
Sang
Ever
I pay such close attention of the record making process that most people would assume are very little and wouldn't be that big of a deal; the packaging, the title, and the harmonies, I think, are arguably as important as the lead vocals.
David Nail
People
Important
Big
Pay
Think
Assume
Harmonies
Would
Record
Vocals
Arguably
Lead
Attention
Most
Deal
Making
Very
Close
Close Attention
Process
Title
Little
Packaging
Actually, if you listen to the vocals on my grandfather's records, you will hear we sound similar. We both sound kind of dry. We have a dry voice, and we both love harmony - he was a man of harmony, I'm a man of harmony. I think it just runs in our blood.
Desiigner
Love
You
Man
Will
Think
Harmony
Our
Kind
Runs
Similar
Vocals
Voice
Both
Records
He
Dry
Sound
Hear
Blood
Listen
Just
Grandfather
Actually
I've always loved the sound of female vocals.
Devin Townsend
Vocals
Female
Always
Sound
Loved
As a vocalist, I can scream, and I've got a really good singing voice, but I can't do the really heavy vocals.
Devin Townsend
Good
Singing
Vocalist
Vocals
Voice
Singing Voice
Got
Scream
Heavy
Really
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