tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2187271665081218600.post7082016680432149179..comments2023-10-22T09:08:11.703-07:00Comments on The Quest For The A cappella Major: How To Read Comment SheetsMarc Silverberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17087166260682168316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2187271665081218600.post-62742552947906516122015-02-04T10:48:29.322-08:002015-02-04T10:48:29.322-08:00This parallels very closely what I tell my recordi...This parallels very closely what I tell my recording/mixing clients when I ask them to get outside opinions. The paradoxes, the patterns, the sources - it's just humanity, and any one opinion (no matter how "expert") doesn't hold much weight. The more people you can get to "practice judge" your work before the real thing (in competition and performance as well as recording), the better. <br /><br />In making records, a group that makes all of their own choices as to how it should sound usually makes many horrid rookie mistakes by ignoring how it will actually be perceived by the 99.9% ears (both expert and novice) of non-group members who will hear the final result - simply because of their own (over)familiarity with their own voices or arrangements. The same works in competition - if you already have gotten 30 or 40 "judging sheets" before you go for the 5 that actually count, you will probably have corrected 90% of any rookie mistakes before you get to the actual competition.Bill Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07150800715157599893noreply@blogger.com