Carolyne, that was perhaps the most gracious reply I have ever read anywhere! Thank you for making an honest effort to understand the intent of my message! Probably three times a month on various forums, I see people choosing to be offended by the words of people who mean no harm.

In my opinion, the ability to respond graciously (even when people DO mean harm.. but especially when they don't) is one of the best indicators of confidence. Confident people are willing to take risks. And having taken the risk, they are also confident enough to hear observations objectively.

Regarding your differentiation between harmony and other BGV (with which I totally agree) I want to say that adding harmonies to the vocals of a singer with a stylized delivery is complicated by the fact that you may feel the timing differently each time you record the passage for each harmony. I'm like you in the sense that I use timing as an accent in my guitar playing, so I have NEVER been able to go back and add harmonies, because I "feel" the timing differently each time!


Here is where vocal and guitar harmonizers shine... because they let you sing (or play) with total free form abandon, and the harmonies just follow along obediently! But I guess that's where you started, isn't it? In my opinion a GOOD hardware based harmonizer is worth its weight in gold for people like you and me, who sing /play it with a different feel every time.

But... lots of people would disagree, so you have to regard opinions as just that.

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