Lots of time lead singers slur things because they can’t remember the lyrics (even tho’ they wrote them less than 2 weeks ago or have sung them 200+ shows per year). I’ve also been told that it’s easier on your voice to sing slurring the words. Many times you see lead singers do it in the earlier sets in bar environments to save their voices for the last set.
When I track vocals I like having some background vocals either slurred or without consonants at all. Makes for a warmer more human sounding vocal mix.
I always wondered if that’s where the scat singers came from (hey hey hey… he said “ scat “ ).
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