This led to a two-year gig drumming for another Canadian musician (and legend):Alanis Morissette. He joined right as Morisette was becoming one of the biggest artists in the world, hot on the heels of herJagged Little Pillalbum. It was while touring with Morissette that he first crossed pa...
Lily’s own voice is rich but generally fairly quiet, and is frequently mixed as if it were another instrument — lashings of echo and delay regularly disrupt the flow of her lyrics (particularly on the drum’n’bass workout “Breathe Now”) in a way that can be both disconcerting and ...
"Anthony always used an SM57 for his lead vocals. We put it on a stand, but I'm sure he held it in his hand, and leant on it and swallowed it. That's how he gets his sound, but it meant that it was important to compress him, in order to protect the tape. The backing vocals...
It was the last time my dad was recorded (being 77 years old at the time of recording) and that made us both very happy! What is most amusing is the role reversal as the student (me) was telling the teacher (my father) how to phrase the vocal in 12/8 time. We both had fun ...
“I think it’s fairly equal,” he says. “They’d all got ideas for lyrics and melodies and subject matter. Geri got the idea for the rapping side. Keeps her away from singing.” In his mind, the biggest talent is “without a doubt, Melanie Chisholm. She’d be the one to take ...
5. Songwriter Cliff Crofford based the lyrics on a real person he had known as a boy while growing up in Rochester, Texas. Producer Snuff Garrett played the song for Tennessee Ernie Ford and Johnny Cash, but both turned it down. A music publisher suggested Garrett reach out to Brennan to...
Lyrics were usually provided with projectors or song sheets. The worship leader was generally responsible for all activities for the first 20 - 60 minutes of the service.Many of the things in this document are opinions influenced by personal style and preferences. There are many ways to do ...