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Happy Friday! Today’s featured FAQ Friday question is: Should vocals pop out of a mix, or simply blend in?

This is a simple question, but a great one! The answer to this comes in which genre you are mixing, and where your song will be played.

When it comes to radio mixes, the first things the label would want to do is take the vocal up mix, so the vocal is sitting far above everything else. This is the same in the world of Spotify, today. The reason it works on radio is because a lot of radio stations would run limiting across their output. So, with the vocal sitting that far above, even with that limiting, the vocal would be pushed in, but it wouldn’t destroy it completely. The vocal would still be pretty vocal and up front.

Another reason to have the vocal sitting up front is that you want people to sing along! You want people to be able to hear your lyrics, remember them, and sing along. This is something that I carry through to this day. I tend to mix songs a little vocal centric.

On the other hand, if you want a more classic 70s rock sound, you may take a different approach. For example, in a lot of the Rolling Stones’ stuff, the vocals are really buried in there. This is an interesting sound, because it can feel more like a band. Rather than having the vocals clearly in the front, they are tucked more into the other instruments. So, if you are going for this feel, then you might want to tuck the vocals into the mix a bit more than if you are mixing for radio or Spotify.

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