Well,
I will leave it all as differing opinions as opposed to digressing into a debate.

What I will say though about my mixing philosophy on vocals though is this and I think where quite a bit of the difference of opinion perhaps is coming from....

I prefer mine or anyone's vocals to be treated with just a slight bit more prominence (so that the lyrics can be heard)than any other instrument in the mix. Wereas the differing philosophy here seems to be the vocals are everything and anything else in the mix should fall way behind them. For my own tastes I do not agree with that mixing philosophy on vocal pieces.

I know very well that's the way everyone does it and that's the way it is traditionally done. I just do not happen to subscribe to that.

As far as cutting back and working out the "editing problem...first this cd is not released yet it and has to go to a final mastering yet before it is committed to cd by me. I do not just write and record anything and say ok, that's good put it on a cd. I certainly take my work as seriously as everyone else here takes theirs.

The fact that I work at a feverish pace at creating it does not mean that at least IMO that I accept whatever crap comes out of my mouth and hands. Easily 5x's the amount of work that I do commit to cd, never makes it to the recording phase and winds up in the studio shredder.

Because others perhaps may take 2 years to get enough tunes together for a cd, it does not necessarily follow that those who work at an accelerated pace are cutting corners at any phase along the way.
thanks for everyone's input,
Terry

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jam on,
Terry http://imjazzed.homestead.com/Index.html