Boo why assume? .....
"Jean" could be either boy or girl......?

heres an example:....

http://www.showbizspot.com/celebrities/b/jean-paul-belmondo/

GARY,

I've also been awaiting your mic settings on Joe's website. I know you're always busy though and know you'll get to them when you can. In the meantime I would appreciate if you would also send me Don Mason's and Donny Pesce's mic settings by email - if you don't mind (and if they don't mind).

Thanks for your time.

vc

Vern,,

You've got mail!

Don. Thank you for you great response. I am going to spend some time the week end with our sound guy trying out all the suggested settings and getting the best for me. Four ears are better than two.!!
The keyboard setting I was referring to on the mic page. is under the VOCAL HARMONY CONTROL section - third column from left and gives a choice of OFF-UPPER or LOWER.Like all the other settings on the mic set page I did not really understand their usage, and am so pleased to get some explanation from you with reguard to what they do.
Gary. I have sent you an E-mail reguarding being unable to open your attachment. Hope to be able to solve this. Details in my E-mail
It seems as though there could be quite a lot of interest in this subject. I heard Scottie sing THE COFFEE SONG and liked the way he just fuzzed his voice on the choruses-no harmony, just another voice in Unison, I think.
Dnj-- Oh Come on!!! Do you know any guys that sing like Ann Murray??
Where are all the girls, by the way, Don't they play keyboards??.
Thank you all for your interestand help.
Cheers. Jean Olivia

Thanks Gary,

I still don't see how you have time to provide all the help - here and on Joe's website. And still have time to make chile. And yes, I'm gonna try your recipe; it sounds great !!

vc

Jean.....My apologies, I should have read your the first post regarding Ann Murray ...

"Open mouth insert foot"

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Hi Jean, as my memory recalls, on the Coffee Song, I believe I used the vocal harmonizer preset 'Std Duet', and then simply set the harmony (H) voice (Bal: L/H) to a lower setting than default.

Jean, do you by any chance do the song "Could I Have This Dance"? It would be terrific if you could post some of your music for us to enjoy.

Hi Don, terrific informative post covering the Yamaha keyboard's vocalizer/mic settings.

Scott

Scott. I have not got around to learning to record and post songs yet-but I will learn. I do sing that song so I will try it with the effect you mentioned. Thank you for your help. cheers Jean.

Trivia: An acquaintance of mine, and a good friend of one of my best friends, wrote "Could I Have This Dance". His name is Waylon Holyfield. He once said he thought it was a pretty good song, but had no idea it would become the multi-million seller it did. For years it was a classic at weddings and anniversaries.

In 1972 or 1973, my friend had gone to Nashville to visit Waylon. While he was there another songwriter in the office was working on a new song. He sang it for my friend and asked what he thought. My friend liked it so much that he named his first daughter "Amanda". The guy was Bob McDill and Amanda was one of his first big hits. He went on to write numerous hits for people such as Waylon Jennings, Don Williams and more.

My friend's name was Mac McBryde, and his wife Leslie, used to sing with me. She was one of the best I've ever heard. Waylon Holeyfield brought her to Nashville, wrote several songs for her to record and was very pleased with the result. He shopped Leslie and the songs to RCA Records. They listened and loved them. They called Leslie and Mac in for an interview. They told Leslie to go home and lose about 8 or 10 pounds and they would sign her.
As my friend Mac told it, "We went back to Little Rock and Leslie didn't stop eating until she had gained 20 more pounds! I never asked her to record again."

I don't know if there is a moral here, but evidently somewhere deep inside she didn't want to be a star.
As far as I know, she still makes commercials around Little Rock. Mac passed away a few years ago, and I've sort of lost touch.
Wow, this got off topic and personal and rambling. Maybe I'll delete it after I read it.
DonM

Great information Don. It is good to know a bit about the people who write the songs we sing.I am working on all the VH suggestions I have been given and I must say I sound much improved already. Did I read somewhere that the PSR3000 had an improved vocal harmoniser- that may be even better than the 2000?
I bought some of Carrillon's style disks last night and am just waiting for them to arrive on my E-mail. It is quite exciting - I hope they are good. Jean