Hear and Identify

Hear and Identify 1. at 00:03 there is a loud cough, it seems that the singer coughs straight into the microphone, because this is a studio recording the sound engineer could have made cut out the section from the track to make it more professional. the singer could have tuned his head away from the microphone. 2.00:02 there seems to be a bit of background noise, it cound be that the gain of the mixing console is tuned up too high or the singer could have stepped on the pedestal making the background noise. Tuning the gain of the microphone down would have decreased the chance of any background noise. 3.00:21 the singer sounds like he went out of time for about 3 seconds. "and the degree of independence" sounded like he was reading from a sheet.The sound engineer should have made another take and the singer should have memorised his words before recording. 4.00:16 when the singer was singing the word performance, the first three leters"per" become plosives which happened because the microphone didn't have a pop shield to stop the plosive from happening 5.00:30-00:48. when the second verse started then the synth started with the vocals. The problem was that the synth was way too loud making the listener lose/ forget about the rhythm section.What the sound engineer should have done was to mabe make the synth start quieter then increase the sound slightly by using automation tools. 6.00:30-00:48 also during the second verse if you listen to the track carefully you can hear harmonies. The harmonies are in tune for most of the time but it's really hard to hear it because the backing vocal is way too quiet.what might have improved the mixing is if the engineer records the backing instruments first and then the main vocals after the harmonies on separete grinds in logic or pro tools. By doing that he would have had to change the volume for each instument and for the vocals he would have found any errors and would have been able to make the harmonies come together. 7.1:00. the vocalist went for a long note at the pre chorus but the note in which he was at sounded flat. this could be due to the lack of water, not enough traning or it could possibly be the fact that he could'nt hear himself because the instruments were so loud. a way to improve this is to do vocal exercises to get the vocals ready and to maybe turn down the instruments so the singet can hear himself sing. 8.1:48.the singer went for a big finish at the end.His voice was fine but it didnt match the note the instrument was playing, in fact it sounded like the note he was hitting was higher, indicating that the note he was singing was a sharp higher than the actial note he was meant to reach. what he could have then done to improve is to improve his listening skills so he can reach the right note.