Vocalists , is that what we call them ?

[BreadBin]

An interesting thread?

[lurksalot]

1 minute ago, BreadBin said:

An interesting thread?

Well I thought the material had potential 

[BreadBin]

And sew you were proven correct. 

[Dad3353]

Sorry, I shouldn't have posted that. Too late; the needle and the damage done. 

[lurksalot]

13 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Sorry, I shouldn't have posted that. Too late; the needle and the damage done. 

You've certainly sent us on an odd tack it seams 

[discreet]

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

A singer is a vocalist, and a singer, and a musician, and a [insert epithet of choice...]

Cockwomble.

[stingrayPete1977]

Bobbins

[fleabag]

I'm gonna stitch everyone up -  it's Crooner

Now let that be and end to it

[Maude]

2 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said:

If you play bass your a bassist, guitar a guitarist, vocals - vocalist? 

Slightly OT but we had this discussion at rehearsal a few weeks ago. Guitar = guitarist, bass = bassist, violin = violinist, drums = drumist? 

Is there a rule to what becomes an 'ist' or an 'er'? 

[Dad3353]

1 hour ago, Maude said:

Slightly OT but we had this discussion at rehearsal a few weeks ago. Guitar = guitarist, bass = bassist, violin = violinist, drums = drumist? 

Is there a rule to what becomes an 'ist' or an 'er'? 

Try Percussion = Percussionist..? 

[Norris]

I used to be a tromboner

[bassace]

Singer

[DrBike]

Getting back on track - if you look at the credits on most albums/songs the normal manner for describing this is "vocals", for what we do it's "bass" and another instrument would be "guitar".  Following on from this we have guitarist, bassist and ipso facto vocalist rather than singer.

 

Of course, just to be awkward there are exceptions cos "drums" are performed by the drummer and I guess that those who play keyboards prefer to be keyboard players rather than keyboardists.

[Barking Spiders]

We need more categories added; caterwauler, screecher, whiner, yodeller, shouter for starters

 

[Yank]

It's singer.  As in  "Who's singing this one?"  Singer,  not singest.  I sing and play,  not vocalise and play.  The term is LSD,  not LVD.

[stingrayPete1977]

So is a rapper a rapist? 

[discreet]

1 hour ago, DrBike said:

...if you look at the credits on most albums/songs the normal manner for describing this is "vocals", for what we do it's "bass" and another instrument would be "guitar". 

Then surely it should be 'voice'?

[stingrayPete1977]

1 hour ago, Yank said:

It's singer.  As in  "Who's singing this one?"  Singer,  not singest.  I sing and play,  not vocalise and play.  The term is LSD,  not LVD.

So every studio I've ever been to that asked is for vocals and BVs should have said "we are ready for singing and backing singing now"? 

[lurksalot]

A voiceover artist would definitely be a vocalist , as he is vocalising the words , but the minute you put them on a melody you will be singing it , so it has to be singer , simple really , non of your trendy vocalist wordage , it's just not big or clever 😂

[discreet]

The  T w a t  in the Hat?

Edited July 13, 2018 by discreet

[discreet]

Darn it, I completely dropped a stitch and lost my thread over the textile puns! Sorry to be a wet blanket.

[Dad3353]

I'd add a few more, but I've run out of material. 

[stingrayPete1977]

7 hours ago, lurksalot said:

A voiceover artist would definitely be a vocalist , as he is vocalising the words , but the minute you put them on a melody you will be singing it , so it has to be singer , simple really , non of your trendy vocalist wordage , it's just not big or clever 😂

What about rap, skat, humming, that Peter Frampton voice box thing? 

[lurksalot]

1 minute ago, stingrayPete1977 said:

What about rap, skat, humming, that Peter Frampton voice box thing? 

Vocalisty stuff is that , and poo 

[discreet]

And whistling. Is that 'vocalising', or is it just 'bloody annoying'?