I do my own harmonies. I do not use vocoder. I simply listen to the chords and what will sound good.

I learned this from listening to and finding the harmonies in Bee Gees songs. Plus, God blessed me with a very broad range )over 4 octaves).

Now I can just harmonize at will. I recorded The Rose with a five part harmony in the third verse, and I have been told by a record producer that if I had not been 9 years old when Bette Midler first recorded it, they would have probably used me.

But that vocoder will save me some time. Hmmmm....