I do care how my voice sounds with instruments but I can usually blend as needed.
In the case of my wolf dulcimer which was the first time I had an instrument made specifically for me I just trusted the luthier. I gave him a recording of CO (which admittedly is a YOUNG sounding mew now but hey) and also had spent some time hanging and singing with him. He knew I wanted a baritone but I think made it warm and yet bright enough to compliment my voice.
I care more about what kind of mic I use. I learned from first the OCP days and then more with Thor and then LSP and the occasional other recording I've done that a mic can make a WORLD of difference. But you know this. I guess my voice sounds different to me on recordings but... not much these days.
I've gotten intensely lazy because Ed is so good at arranging so that things sound great with my voice when I take the lead (which is more than him since we are still working on his voice and his main instrument is piano but mine is assuredly voice.)
Does that help? And - Joey! Dulcimer!! I'm lovin it!!
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Date: 2007-05-01 04:53 pm (UTC)I do care how my voice sounds with instruments but I can usually blend as needed.
In the case of my wolf dulcimer which was the first time I had an instrument made specifically for me I just trusted the luthier. I gave him a recording of CO (which admittedly is a YOUNG sounding mew now but hey) and also had spent some time hanging and singing with him. He knew I wanted a baritone but I think made it warm and yet bright enough to compliment my voice.
I care more about what kind of mic I use. I learned from first the OCP days and then more with Thor and then LSP and the occasional other recording I've done that a mic can make a WORLD of difference. But you know this.
I guess my voice sounds different to me on recordings but... not much these days.
I've gotten intensely lazy because Ed is so good at arranging so that things sound great with my voice when I take the lead (which is more than him since we are still working on his voice and his main instrument is piano but mine is assuredly voice.)
Does that help? And - Joey! Dulcimer!! I'm lovin it!!