Q: I've seen people ask you how you know how and when to add harmonies to a song, but what I wanna know is how do you know when NOT to add vocal harmonies? My instinct tells me that if it's an especially intimate moment, a single line might work better, but Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence" kinda flies in the face of that thought. I feel that I would err on the side of adding too much vocal harmony, especially if that were my only role in a band, to sing backup. Thoughts?
A: here's what you do, if you love vocal harmony: add it to everything, until you realize you sometimes hate it. And, the same thing works in reverse: if you hate vocal harmony and do not crave it, then, never use it, until you begin to crave it. this whole thing can be solved by listening to your cravings, pretty much