There are times when the out off tune take will actually be better than on tune. It may have more emotions whereas the on-tune part can sound a bit cold, emotionless. Happens a lot when singer is focusing on keeping it in tune. Autotuning when used correctly can bring out the best of both, emotions and tune. Personally when i'm recording someone, i try to emphasize the emotion and don't care for slight mistakes "just let it rip, will fix the tuning later".

Also, when you take pretty much any singer, record them for hours, some bits will be totally off. Take the best singer you can think of and with 100% certainty you could post clips of them being just horrible. With Britney and a like, there is some money to be made from those so we hear the leaked clips more often.

This one wasn't even that bad, just a bit out of tune here and there. Go and find David Lee Roths vocal tracks and they are just horrible, one would really have to think how on earth he is even considered to a be a lead singer. Put the original track with the rest of the band on: brilliant.

It's about context, if you take any vocal track and solo them, they are pretty awful compared to the finished song. For singers it's a nightmare in studio, you can make them cry, hell, with proper evil, you can make them quit music forever in a single session. That's why you usually never present takes back to them solo, you just fade other tracks down a bit, put some room reverb etc.

That guy's like a perfect hybrid of David Lee Roth and John Belushi.

>> ^kceaton1:

>> ^Duckman33:
Interesting, I posted this months ago and no one seemed to care. http://videosift.com/video/Roth-Stops-Van-Halen-Show-Scolds-Fans-
for-Fighting
Dupe? Even the title is almost the same as mine.

I can't call it, but that is of course a VERY CLOSE call there. Yours does go on quite a bit longer so technically no, but I'll let the more experienced users call it out for sure...


Actually, since mine goes on longer that is technically a yes. Since this one adds nothing to the one I already posted except different camera angles and sub-titles which weren't really necessary.

>> ^Duckman33:

Interesting, I posted this months ago and no one seemed to care. http://videosift.com/video/Roth-Stops-Van-Halen-Show-Scolds-Fans-
for-Fighting
Dupe? Even the title is almost the same as mine.


I can't call it, but that is of course a VERY CLOSE call there. Yours does go on quite a bit longer so technically no, but I'll let the more experienced users call it out for sure...

>> ^Bad-Wolf:

Damn kids !! Get offa my lawn !!

or David Lee Roth

>> ^schlub:

Guess I'm old.. was expecting Beach Boys

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Looks like David Lee Roth at 1:00

What stage presence! He simply oozes charisma from every pore! And he has those rock poses down to a science! David Lee Roth WATCH OUT! Mark Gormley is coming after your spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

>> ^arvana:
Somebody ran David Lee Roth's "Running With the Devil" a capella track through it, and it came up with this:
http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith



You just made my day! Thanks for that link!

Somebody ran David Lee Roth's "Running With the Devil" a capella track through it, and it came up with this:

http://music.metafilter.com/2943/Runnin-With-The-Songsmith

Many artists use it, that how they get some guitars to talk, the talk box. You can note a talk box by the tube that is next to the mic.

The talk box can be used with an effects pedal (Generic Volume Pedal, and even a wah pedal), or your sound guy can do it for you depending on how much rampaging you do on stage...Think Angus Young, doesnt have time to stomp on a pedal!


EDIT: Remiss I am!

"Van Halen used a Heil Talk Box on the single "Can't Get This Stuff No More", from their short-lived 1996 reunion with original lead singer David Lee Roth and the recording of their Best of Volume I greatest hits album. According to guitarist Edward Van Halen, the tube from the talk box used in the first part of the solo didn't work properly unless stuck into the back of his throat, triggering his gag reflex. As a result, Van Halen's guitar tech Matt Bruck had to use the tube while Van Halen played the solo." Talk Box

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box

And dude, David Lee Roth was a fine looking lady back in the 80's!