God knows i needed it! It looks as if the answer to the problem of the vocals clashing with the accompaniments is to simply put a syllable — preferably the vowel — on top of every beat. I’ve been trying it on The Entropy Express and it seems to be working. Not the tight bouncy groove i would like, but it doesn’t clash and that’s what matters. This means that i will almost certainly finally put out the Pigman album next year, as well as the redux of Songs For The Emotionally Bewildered.
Funnily enough, after a decade of watching videos and reading books on making pop music, i bumped into this in a video showing rappers how to stay on beat. How about that.