Singers frequently singing harmony with themselves

In multitrack studio recordings, obv. Double tracked vocals singing the same melody don't count ("Everyone" did that in the mid 60s)

Brian Wilson
Prince
Michael Jackson
Freddie Mercury and Brian May
Todd Rundgren

what the shit geir

I mean this is like the most common recording technique ever

Double tracking is common, but most of those acts who are particularly famous for their vocal harmonies have had at least 2-3 voices in the band who were able to sing good enough. For instance, Hollies and 10cc would not be on the list here.

Cee Lo
Andre 3000
Missy Elliott
Robert Plant
John Fogerty
Ian Brown
Brian Eno
David Byrne
Harry Nilsson
Jason Pierce
Shock G
Pete Townsend
Ozzy Osbourne
Jack White
Broadcast

seriously you might as well start a thread about "bands that use guitars" or something

Karin Dreijer-Andersson

billy corgan

what the shit geir

I mean this is like the most common recording technique ever

― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 4:12 PM Bookmark

Billy Corgan caws, though.

Marvin Gaye. He had a mic in the control room so that he could sing into it when he was sitting at the board.

Mary Ford was the first pop singer to do this, as far as I'm aware.

Anybody putting the name "Ian Brown" next to the word "harmony" shd probably get their ears syringed.

I think every living musician has tried to use this trick at least once.

Chan Marshall comes to my mind immediatly idkw... she seems to use it on every song... never been sure if it's actually her or a backing singer though.

She never lists a backing singer in the album credits, does she?

George Fucking Harrison and the George O'Hara Smith Singers ffs.

but most of those acts who are particularly famous for their vocal harmonies have had at least 2-3 voices in the band who were able to sing good enough. For instance, Hollies and 10cc would not be on the list here

Uh, but Brian Wilson is? That's Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys...

When I say Brian Wilson I mean Brian Wilson as a solo act, although there are a few Beach Boys tracks where he did most of the vocals himself too.

Murry Wilson is turning over in his grave.

every solo singer ever

every solo singer ever

Before Les Paul inventing multi track recording even?

yep

2-track stereo recording was invented in 1943 Geir

why am I even bothering...

Is Dan's point that the singer is hearing one note but singing another?

My point was that practically everyone who has recorded a popular song with any sort of harmony on it in the past 30 years who has not been part of a group with multiple singers has sung their own harmony parts at least once, only seasoned liberally with exasperated hyperbole.

Yours is more interesting though, so I'm changing it to that.

Bruce Springsteen.

true story: three tenors was actually just pavarotti singing over two tracks of his own voice, but 'the tenor' would not have been as commercially viable, so thyey brought in a couple of mimes to fill out the group

those are some fat mimes

you pay 4 mimes by the pound, so they were v good

shipped in giant invisible boxes I assume

they just couldnt get out of them (too fat to climb over the invisible walls)

Kevin Barnes

For some reason, I keep reading this thread as "Singers Who Frequently Annoy Themselves." Sure hope the lead singer of Hinder is one of them.

seriously you might as well start a thread about "bands that use guitars" or something

― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 6:20 PM (2 days ago)

bands that use guitars