I like a singer to sing the song from top to bottom — I don’t like to focus on one area at a time unless they insist. I actually rather they try and perform a song and there’s only so many times you can perform something before it starts to deteriorate — five or six, max. While the singer performs each take I’ll have the written lyrics in front of me, along with a comp sheet made up of columns for each performance. As they’re singing, I’ll give each take a tick in a particular line to note whether it was good or not. If I see something questionable, I can go back to the singer, look briefly on my sheet and give them some accurate feedback. Or I can go to a performance that may be generally good, but if there are a couple of lines that aren’t quite right, then we can focus on those rather than make them do the whole performance over and over again. It just makes it quicker for when you’re comping the vocals because visually you can see a foundation for the comp in front of you, for example, if Take 4 was the best take in general and I will start there.
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